Viveik to play Cassius

Everyone associated with the film is tightlipped, news about stars jumping into Vishal Bhardwaj's Shakespearean bandwagon Othello continues to leak out.

The director has zeroed in on Viveik Oberoi to play Cassius in the Shakespearean tragedy. Viveik has just completed Indra Kumar's Pyare Mohan and is excited about his second comedy with the filmmaker.

"It's going great," says Viveik. He adds, "Some people had a problem identifying with the risqu humour in Masti. Pyare Mohan will pose no such problem."

Not only that, Viveik who plays Pyare and Fardeen who plays Mohan share a great rapport. Nowadays, chocolate boy Viveik makes sure that he hits it off well with his male co-stars.

John Abraham in Kaal, Aftab Shivdasani and Riteish Deshmukh in Masti are some of his recently acquired pals.