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At 32, Vivek still lives with parents!
Vivek Oberoi still lives with his parents, though he is 32 years old. It helps, of course, that he doesn't have a girlfriend.
"Yes it's funny," Vivek said in explanation, "Twice my parents bought me a place of my own. In three months, I ended up selling my new homes and coming back to my parents. I missed them so much. Today, I'm more sure of who I am. I don't have to try to be anything. By god's grace I continue to do good work for the underprivileged."
Though he lives with him, Vivek has asked his father Suresh Oberoi to no longer manage his career and the star said that it was better this way.
"For four-five years my career hadn't stabilised. Now it has. Dad was just not able to enjoy life because he was busy looking after my career. I felt terrible, like a bad son. Now Amit Chandra's Surge Entertainment is looking after my career, but dad still has the last word. Now I'm happy to see him relax, go out with mom."
Vivek has a Karan Johar film with Kareena Kapoor and Saif that he hopes will break his bad run in the movies.
The actor is currently in the margins after the disaster of Mission Istanbul and the thanda response to his film before that, Shootout at Lokhandwala.
"I'm doing Karan Johar's film directed by Rensil D'Silva and it is a brilliant role," Vivek said, "When I read the script, my first question to Karan was, why me? He laughed and said it was because I was talented and I could pull it off. And I love working with Kareena. We share a great rapport after Yuva and Omkara. We share a great chemistry." The actor said he also got along with the actress's boyfriend, Saif Ali Khan.
"And I also look forward to working with Saifoo again. I called him Langda Bhaiyya throughout 'Omkara'. And Rensil is a fantastic writer. It's going to be on right after the Tips' movie, which I'm shooting in South Africa. Then I go to New York to shoot for Karan-Rensil's film. Neither the Tips' film nor Karan's film has a title yet. I am excited about the work I'm doing."
He added that despite going through a bad patch, he was making new friends in Bollywood, I've made so many new friends - Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri have been extremely kind to me. Also Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar, Riteish Deshmukh and Akshay Kumar have been a huge support. In fact, after my performance at IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) awards, Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan) came up to encourage me. Jaya aunty was clapping when I danced. Abhishek also sent me an SMS which was really sweet of him."
Vivek Oberoi still lives with his parents, though he is 32 years old. It helps, of course, that he doesn't have a girlfriend.
"Yes it's funny," Vivek said in explanation, "Twice my parents bought me a place of my own. In three months, I ended up selling my new homes and coming back to my parents. I missed them so much. Today, I'm more sure of who I am. I don't have to try to be anything. By god's grace I continue to do good work for the underprivileged."
Though he lives with him, Vivek has asked his father Suresh Oberoi to no longer manage his career and the star said that it was better this way.
"For four-five years my career hadn't stabilised. Now it has. Dad was just not able to enjoy life because he was busy looking after my career. I felt terrible, like a bad son. Now Amit Chandra's Surge Entertainment is looking after my career, but dad still has the last word. Now I'm happy to see him relax, go out with mom."
Vivek has a Karan Johar film with Kareena Kapoor and Saif that he hopes will break his bad run in the movies.
The actor is currently in the margins after the disaster of Mission Istanbul and the thanda response to his film before that, Shootout at Lokhandwala.
"I'm doing Karan Johar's film directed by Rensil D'Silva and it is a brilliant role," Vivek said, "When I read the script, my first question to Karan was, why me? He laughed and said it was because I was talented and I could pull it off. And I love working with Kareena. We share a great rapport after Yuva and Omkara. We share a great chemistry." The actor said he also got along with the actress's boyfriend, Saif Ali Khan.
"And I also look forward to working with Saifoo again. I called him Langda Bhaiyya throughout 'Omkara'. And Rensil is a fantastic writer. It's going to be on right after the Tips' movie, which I'm shooting in South Africa. Then I go to New York to shoot for Karan-Rensil's film. Neither the Tips' film nor Karan's film has a title yet. I am excited about the work I'm doing."
He added that despite going through a bad patch, he was making new friends in Bollywood, I've made so many new friends - Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri have been extremely kind to me. Also Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar, Riteish Deshmukh and Akshay Kumar have been a huge support. In fact, after my performance at IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) awards, Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan) came up to encourage me. Jaya aunty was clapping when I danced. Abhishek also sent me an SMS which was really sweet of him."
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