Vivek Oberoi
Birth date: September 3, 1976
Sun Sign: Virgo
Place of Birth: Mumbai, India
In The Family: Vivek is the son of Bollywood Actor Suresh Oberoi
Address: 5, Kartar Kunj,Golden Beach,Ruia Park,Juhu,Mumbai 49
First Movie: Company
Trivia: Vivek has been linked to Guru Preeth, Rani Mukherjee, and Aishwarya Rai.
He was publicly threatened by Bollywood bad boy Salman Khan during a press conference.Vivek Oberoi attended Mayo college in Ajmer. He was then discovered by the director of NYU during an actors workshop in London. Oberoi completed his Masters Degree in New York. Returning to India, he got his first big break in Ram Gopal Varma's gangster flick "Company" (2002).
Oberoi's career took off from there.Next in line was the psycho-thriller "Road" (2002) and then "Saathiya"  (2002), opposite Bollywood superstar Rani Mukherjee which cemented his star status in the film industry. Highly publicized relationship with Mukherjee and Aishwarya Rai also didn't hurt his rise to fame.His father is a veteran actor, who did shades of roles ranging from a hero to supporting actor to a villain. His son today is a star and one of the most talked about actor in Bollywood.
Vivek Oberoi, son of actor Suresh Oberoi, made his debut with Ram Gopal Varma's Company, where he plays a notorious underword don, Chandu. For this movie, he had been awarded with the Best Debut from: Anandlok (2002), Filmfare (2003), Zee (2003), Screen (2003). He was also awarded the Best supporting actor: (Company), Zee (Company) and Cine Award Winner for - Best Debut Actor & Best supporting Actor.
After his initial success, he made Road, Dum, Saathiya , Darna Mana Hai, Masti, Yuva, Kyon Ho Gaya Na and the latest being Subhash Ghai's, Kisna. He did a variety of roles with a wide star cast. He was linked for quite sometime with the green-eyed beauty, Aishwarya Rai and was supposedly threatened by Salman Khan for the same. He was also in the news when he broke his engagement with long time girlfriend, Gurpreet. Life and career has moved on ever since for Vivek and he seems to be steadily climbing the ladder.
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