Vivek Oberoi: One Would Now Be Known By Work, Not Father's Name
Actor Vivek Oberoi on Monday said India has changed a lot in the last five years and now a person will be known by his work rather than the family legacy.
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Pti
Actor
Vivek
Oberoi
on
Monday
said
India
has
changed
a
lot
in
the
last
five
years
and
now
a
person
will
be
known
by
his
work
rather
than
the
family
legacy.
He
was
speaking
at
the
launch
of
a
poster
of
'PM
Narendra
Modi',
a
biopic
on
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
in
which
he
plays
the
lead
role,
by
Union
minister
Nitin
Gadkari.
The
film
is
slated
to
release
in
40
countries
this
Friday,
he
said.
Oberoi
said
he
was
fortunate
to
get
an
opportunity
to
play
a
"great
personality"
(Modi)
in
the
film
and
happy
that
its
poster
was
launched
by
senior
BJP
leader
Gadkari.
"Both
are
'karmayogis'
and
heroes
in
real
sense.
India
has
changed
a
lot
in
the
last
five
years.
I
think
'ab
aapke
baap
ka
naam
nahi...kaam
chalega'
(now
a
person
will
be
known
by
his
work
instead
of
the
father's
name)," he
said.
Oberoi
said
he
faced
lot
of
troubles
in
securing
the
biopic's
release,
"but
they
could
neither
stop
the
film
nor
Prime
Minister
Modi".
"I
don't
know
what
they
were
scared
of
-
the
film
or
the
chowkidaar's
stick?
People
who
have
big
cases
against
them
and
don't
appear
in
court
dragged
us
to
court.
People
who
are
infamous
for
taking
'commission'
dragged
us
to
the
Election
Commission,"
he
said,
without
taking
any
names.
"23
tarik
aa
rahi
hai...inka
time
aayega...yehi
kehna
chahunga
shehzaadeji
(apparently
referring
to
Congress
chief
Rahul
Gandhi)...ab
hoga
nyay
(the
date
of
Lok
Sabha
polls
result
is
nearing...now
justice
will
be
done),"
he
said.
To
a
query,
he
rued
lack
of
support
from
the
film
industry
towards
his
movie.
"There
should
be
efforts
to
bring
about
unity,
otherwise
we
will
remain
a
soft
target,"
he
said.
The
film's
producer,
Sandeep
Singh,
said
he
also
wanted
to
make
a
biopic
on
Gadkari,
but
the
leader
was
not
keen
on
it.
On
the
film's
tagline
'Ab
koi
nahi
rok
sakta' mentioned
on
its
poster,
he
expressed
confidence
that
the
BJP
will
once
again
come
to
power
under
Modi's
leadership.
On
the
occasion,
Gadkari
said
the
movie
will
inspire
and
motivate
the
young
generation.
"Modiji
has
brought
recognition
and
respect
to
India
across
the
world.
Things
which
did
not
happen
in
the
last
50
years
happened
in
last
five
years,"
he
said,
listing
the
NDA
government's
various
developmental
works.