Vivek Oberoi spent a sleepless night before going for the first day shoot of Ram Gopal Varma's Rakta Charitra.
Recalls the actor who's working with his mentor after a gap of almost seven years, "I was trying to relax myself the night before, watched a movie, listened to some music." But when he walked in to the sets the next morning, it felt 'strangely familiar' for the actor. "It was like I was back on the sets of Company, " he smiles, "I was really emotional the first day. It was like an end of saat saal ka vanvaas." And how did the scene go? "It was one of the most difficult scenes of my career. But the minute I did it, Ramu said, 'I lived with the character for two years and you walk in and do one scene, like you've known the character for years'. That felt great!"
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