Vivek Oberoi gets serious!September 23rd, 2009 Vivek Oberoi is preparing well for his role in Ram Gopal Varma’s upcoming film, Rakta Charitra, which will have Vivek playing Paritala Ravi. The role requires him to grow his hair and beard.
Ash just wants to move on manSeptember 14th, 2009 Aishwarya Rai is tired of the past that Salman Khan and Vivek Oberoi keep digging up. The actress, who is married now, wants to forget her relationships with them, move on and stay happy with her husband, Abhishek Bachchan.
Vivek enters Kannada filmsSeptember 9th, 2009 Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi is on the brink of making his debut in Kannada films. He will star in cinematographer-director Ashok Kashyap’s film Sihi Muthu.
Vivek Oberois bday charitySeptember 4th, 2009 Vivek Oberoi is back after a good European holiday and has planned on how he will be celebrating his 33 birthday this year. The actor doesn’t want any show-sha, and thus he has decided to celebrate this occasion with the children of orphanage.
Vivek Oberoi visits ashram, cancer patients on 33rd birthdaySeptember 3rd, 2009 MUMBAI - Instead of ringing in his 33rd year with parties, Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi chose to spend his birthday Thursday at an ashram here and with cancer patients, says a source close to the actor. There is no party, no dinner, no celebration that has been planned by Vivek for his birthday.
Unexpected guest- Vivek drops in on HrithikAugust 19th, 2009 Last Thursday, Vivek Oberoi dropped in to meet old friend Hrithik Roshan on the sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Guzaarish at Mehboob Studios. The two had a great time chatting and catching up.
Mortified VivekAugust 17th, 2009 Vivek Oberoi wishes he hadn’t called that press conference in April 2003. Yes, that one where he said that Salman Khan had been harassing and threatening him over the phone for his relationship with Aishwarya Rai, who Salman was earlier dating.
Vivek plays down avoiding Salman at partiesAugust 12th, 2009 Salman has always been vocal about his displeasure for Vivek in his interviews even till now. Vivek on the other hand has been trying in vain to seek forgiveness from him but to no avail.
Shiney lost a golden chance to play villain opposite SRKJuly 31st, 2009 While he is right now in the news for being a real life villain accused of raping his maid servant and languishing in Mumbai’s infamous Arthur Road jail, Shiney Ahuja, it is learnt had missed a golden opportunity to play the villain onscreen opposite none other than B-Town Badshah Shah Rukh Khan. Reveals a source from SRK’s production house, “The first actor approached to play the role of the villainous producer Mukesh Mehra in Om Shanti Om was Vivek Oberoi but Vivek declined the role, since he didn’t want to be seen in a negative role, in the mega film starring King Khan.
Vivek Oberoi connection in Aishwaryas Ravana!July 29th, 2009 South superstar Vikram is supposed to make his Bollywood debut with Mani Ratnam’s Ravana. He plays Aishwarya Rai’s hubby in the film.
Priyanka Chopra latest to catch the Twitter bug (Snippets)June 28th, 2009 MUMBAI - After many national and international celebrities, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is the latest to have taken to social networking website Twitter in a big way. Priyanka has recently taken to Twitter and she is quite regular as she updates her account at least once a day, a source close to the actress told IANS.
I've got my dream role in 'Rakta Charitra': Vivek OberoiMay 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vivek Oberoi says he didn't know what his dream role would be like until filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma asked him to play Paritala Ravi, the lead role of a rebel-turned-politician, in his "Rakta Charitra". "Journalists have often asked me what my 'dream role' would be and I always dismissed the idea thinking a thing like that never existed, until I encountered Paritala Ravi.
"For 'Rakta Charitra', I was in talks with Ramu for just 7 seconds" - Vivek OberoiMay 16th, 2009 Vivek Oberoi hardly needed any convincing before he signed on the dotted line for Ram Gopal Varma's 'Rakta Charitra'. It took him a mere seven seconds to make up his mind as he decided to return with his 'master' many years after 'Company'.
Vivek Oberoi has a winner on hands with PrinceMay 5th, 2009 All those lucky few who have managed to see the show reel of TIPS Film’s upcoming next, Prince starring Vivek Oberoi in the lead simply cannot stop talking about it. The buzz is strong in industry circles that Vivek has got a surefire winner on hands to make a great comeback.
'Rakta Charitra' will re-launch both me and Vivek Oberoi" - Ram Gopal VarmaMay 3rd, 2009 By Joginder Tuteja
Now this one has turned out to be the mother of all casting decisions. Seven years after launching Vivek Oberoi in the role of Chandu in 'Company' [2002], Ram Gopal Varma has showed his faith in the actor again.