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Vivek Anand Oberoi or Viveik Oberoi, (born September 3, 1976 in Hyderabad, India), is a Bollywood actor. He is the son of actor Suresh Oberoi and is related to Shikha Uberoi.
Biography
Early life
Viveik Oberoi was born in Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh 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.
Recently he appeared in Omkara an adaptation of Shakespeare's play Othello which did not do well in India but was critically acclaimed by critics and did well Overseas.
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 the two have recently broken up.
Vivek also does alot of volunteer work, he sponsored a village afer the Indian Ocean Tsunami.
He also released Tanya Khubchandani and Sandeep Chowta's government approved anti substance abuse documentary titled Dead End.
Awards
- 2003, Filmfare Best Debut Award, Company
- 2003, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award, Company
- 2003, Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Male, Company
- 2003, Zee Cine Award Best Male Debut- Male, Company
- 2003, Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Male, Company
Filmography
External links
fr:Vivek Oberoi
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