Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Vivek Oberoi Biography

Early Life:
Viveik Oberoi was born in Mumbai and attended Mayo college in Ajmer. At an actors' workshop in London he was spotted by the director of NYU, who took Oberoi to New York City to complete his Masters Degree in film acting. He then did some scriptwriting before making a break in films.
Career:
Oberoi made his debut in Ram Gopal Varma's Company. The film was a critically acclaimed hit and his performance was applauded. He received Filmfare Awards in the Best Debut as well as the Best Supporting Actor category. He then starred in the action films, Road and Dum, in which his performance was appreciated.
His next film was with Yash Raj Films titled Saathiya (2002) and directed by Shaad Ali. The film was critically and commercially successful and he also received Best Actor nominations at various award functions. The comic film Masti (2004) was also successful and so was Kaal (2005). He was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai.
Personal Life:
Vivek was previously engaged to model Gurpreet Gill but the engagement was broken due to unknown reasons. Soon after, Oberoi dated actress Aishwarya Rai, but have recently broken up.

Filmography as Actor

Mission Istanbul (2008) - Rizwan Khan
Dus Kahaniyaan (2007)
Fool n Final (2007) - Lucky
Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007) - Maya Dolas
Naksha (2006) - Vicky
Omkara (2006) - Kesu Firangi
Pyare Mohan (2006) - Mohan
Home Delivery (2005) - Columnist
Kaal (2005) - Dev Malhotra
Kisna: The Warrior Poet (2005) - Kisna Singh
Yuva (2004) - Arjun
Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na (2004) - Arjun Khanna
Masti (2004) - Meet Mehta
Darna Mana Hai (2003) - Amar
Dum (2003) - Uday Shinde
Saathiya (2002) - Aditya Sehgal
Company (2002) - Chandrakant (Chandu)
Road (2002) - Arvind Chauhan

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