Vivek
Oberoi,
who
shot
for
a
solo
song
for
Apoorva
Lakhia's
Mission
Istaanbul,
personally
selected
the
six
Russian
dancers
who
gyrated
with
him
in
the
track.
Lakhia
confirms,
"Vivek
auditioned
the
girls
himself.
He
wanted
the
song
to
look
good
and
I
guess
Vivek
also
wanted
to
hang
around
with
some
cute
and
cool
chicks!"
It
is
learnt
that
after
Vivek
got
a
good
response
to
his
performance
at
IIFA
Bangkok.
Mission
Istaanbul
producer
Sunil
Shetty
and
director
Apoorva
Lakhia
were
so
impressed
by
Vivek
that
they
decide
to
shoot
a
solo
track
with
him.
The
song
is
Apun
Ke
Saath
Jo
Ladega
with
Mika
Singh
rendering
the
track.
It's
an
offshoot
of
the
Aye
Ganpat
song
in
Shootout
At
Lokhandwala.
Says
Lakhia,
"Sunil
and
I
decided
to
give
Vivek
the
song
choreographed
by
Rajiv
Goswami.
Originally,
there
was
no
solo
song
of
Vivek's
as
he
plays
a
Turkish
commando
so
we
couldn't
have
him
singing
and
dancing
around
trees.
He
danced
so
well
at
IIFA
it
was
as
if
he
wanted
to
prove
he
could
dance
too."
Is
there
any
truth
to
the
buzz
that
Vivek
was
feeling
insecure
and
had
fought
with
Apoorva
as
he
felt
Zayed
Khan
was
being
promoted
more?
Says
Apoorva,
"Earlier,
people
were
saying
we
were
not
promoting
Vivek
enough.
That
wasn't
true.
It's
just
that
Zayed
has
a
romantic
angle
and
had
two
songs
with
two
different
girls.
Vivek
has
never
come
to
me
with
any
complaints.
This
is
our
second
film
together.
We
are
friends
and
share
a
pretty
good
relationship.
Now
we
have
decided
to
promote
only
Vivek's
song
and
not
the
Vivek-Zayed
number.
I
have
to
be
fair.
It's
a
two-hero
film."
Story first published: Monday, June 30, 2008, 11:25 [IST]