Company
When
most
newcomers
picked
up
conventional
lover
boy
roles
for
their
debut,
Vivek
Anand
Oberoi
ditched
the
tried-and-tested
formula,
and
sashayed
into
the
film
industry
with
Ram
Gopal
Varma's
2002
film
Company.
When
the
film
released,
the
actor
walked
away
with
accolades
for
his
role
of
Chandu
aka
Chandrakant
Nagre.
Years
later,
in
an
interview,
Vivek
revealed
that
he
stayed
in
the
slums
for
15
days
to
convince
Ram
Gopal
Varma
to
cast
him
in
the
film
as
the
latter
believed
that
he
was
too
good-looking
to
play
a
gangster.
Saathiya
As
an
actor
who
believed
in
breaking
the
norms,
Vivek
picked
up
Shaad
Ali's
rom-com
Saathiya
in
the
same
year
(2002).
This
time,
the
actor
became
every
girl's
dream
man
with
his
charm
and
endearing
performance.
Not
many
people
know
that
Saathiya
was
initially
offered
to
Abhishek
Bachchan,
but
the
latter
turned
the
role.
Guess,
Abhishek's
loss
turned
out
to
be
Vivek's
gain!
Yuva
As
Arjun
Balachandran,
the
carefree
and
spoilt
son
of
an
IAS
officer
in
Mani
Ratnam's
Yuva,
Vivek
left
the
audience
mesmerized
with
his
great
screen
presence.
Despite
the
film
being
a
multistarrer,
the
actor
left
a
lasting
impression
with
his
memorable
act.
Of
course,
his
chemistry
with
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan
also
added
more
spark
to
the
film.
Omkara
Vishal
Bharadwaj
pulled
off
a
casting
coup
of
sorts
with
his
film
Omkara,
an
Indian
adaptation
of
Shakespeare's
Othello.
In
a
film
starring
talented
performers
like
Ajay
Devgn,
Saif
Ali
Khan,
Konkona
Sen
Sharma
and
Kareena
Kapoor,
Vivek
Oberoi
made
sure
that
his
role
of
Kesu
Firangi
remained
etched
in
people's
mind
for
a
long
time.
Shootout
At
Lokhandwala
It
won't
be
wrong
to
see
that
Vivek
Anand
Oberoi
is
the
best
when
it
comes
to
playing
wicked
in
reel.
After
Company,
the
actor
once
again
hit
the
'gangsta' mode
to
essay
the
role
of
real-life
gangster
Maya
Dolas
in
this
Apoorva
Lakhia
directorial.
As
expected,
it
was
all
fireworks
on
the
big
screen!
Krrish
3
Vivek
Anand
Oberoi
once
again
went
'bad'
for
Hrithik
Roshan's
Krrish
3,
in
which
he
played
the
main
antagonist
Kaal.
Though
the
film
received
mixed
reviews
from
the
critics,
Vivek
as
the
physically-disabled
anti-hero
packed
a
punch.