'It was like a fatwa was issued against me': Vivek Oberoi - Page 2

Originally posted by: 09tanki

He is the only bollywood actor listed along with Wipro's Azim Premji, Gandhi Mallikarjuna rao, GMR, Shiv Nadar of HCL, baaki kuch log bus naam ke he ambassador ban ke gumtey hai.

https://www.forbes.com/global/2011/0718/heroes-philanthropy-11-kaldor-zhiqiang-oberoi-heroes-list.html

"He remembers the defining moment when he was "wallowing in self pity, following a string of flops, and his mother took him to the pediatric wing of Tata Memorial Hospital to meet five-year-olds, who were fighting cancer. "Seeing the smiles on their faces, I realised that my problems were nothing, and I had no right to crib about my life. The actor instantly swore to use his celebrity status to make an impact. His Project DEVI (Development and Empowerment of Vrindavan Girls' Initiative) has cared for 2000 minors in the last nine years, even earning him a place in Forbes' Top 40 philanthropists under 40."

I really wish his career only improves from now.. he really deserves to be successful.

He is a very good man. Aishwarya Rai should not have left him. Abhishek loved Karishma.

happened long time back, both have moved on he is supposed to be in happy space with wife and kids now why is he talking about the past and sounding bitter

Shootout at Lokhandwala became a huge hit

He needs to stop talking about Salman. The victim game is getting old. He's doing some good work now so he should concentrate on that.

Reading this interview, I get the feeling maybe the journo added in this old line and Vivek didn't actually bring it up again? Who knows.


Really old news now I know but when he held a press conference 😆 I remember it sent a shock wave through the industry. There's so many things that are covered up within the industry, they're like this 'one big family' when it comes to hiding each other's secrets that this boy calling a press conference for such a stupid reason, put them off working with him. I'm sure a few were being loyal to Salman but most of them were just looking out for themselves. No one wants a loose cannon on their sets, one that calls a press conference when a problem can be resolved in a far more private and effective way.
Yes Vivek had a right to react to Salman's calls that came off the back of a severely toxic relationship with Aishwarya. But Vivek should've dealt with it privately and he would've been still seen by the majority as being right in the matter. Sometimes a reaction is so over the top, it takes over the initial action (which was just a bunch of phone calls LOL), and that's what happened here.

I always wonder though, whether Aishwarya egged him on to call the conference 😆 He was so besotted with her I'm sure a 'tujhe meri kasam' hand on forehead could've stopped him 🤣

Who knows? But Aishwarya released her press statement, didn't mention any support for Vivek in it.. She definitely left Vivek to hang and dry.. ouch. Have the pair of them interacted since then? I know Vivek has sought forgiveness from Salman but what does he say about Aishwarya and do they avoid one another like the plague 😆

Anyways, everyone has moved on thank goodness and good luck to them.

Good to hear of Vivek's charitable endeavours 👏 Salman has always been charitable so I'm glad he took the advice to form a charity. I remember back in the day reading (in magazines) about how he'd impulsively give his watches/other possessions to friends and family, how he would stop his car on the road to help accident victims and take them to the hospital when other cars passed by, how he gave bone marrow - and this was all before his road accident incident so I get a bit taken aback when I read over here that Salman is being fake with his charity. (But hey, everyone entitled to their opinions!)