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Did You Know Vivek Oberoi Walked Out of His Then-Debut Abbas-Mastan Film Due To Nepotism?

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Actor Vivek Oberoi made his debut with Ram Gopal Varma directorial movie Company and heaped plenty of praises for his spectacular efficiency. But do you know he was initially alleged to debut in Bollywood with Abbas-Mastan movie? The actor walked out of the movie as a result of he bought the function on account of his father Suresh Oberoi and he wished to make it on his personal. After he walked out of the movie, Vivek struggled for a year-and-half, gave a number of auditioned, and at last landed a job in Company. Also Read – Is Ram Gopal Varma Making a Film on Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case? All You Need to Know Talking about the identical, he instructed a number one day by day, “Now, nepotism is a big word, but back in the day, it was very normal for every film guy of the second or third generation to be launched by his dad and for me also, it was the same. Son has returned from New York, let’s launch him–there was this whole setup with Abbas-Mustan. It was all going solid but in the middle of that, I had this crisis of conscience. My dad is my idol and he came in and made it purely on merit, no last name, nobody writing any kind of letters for him. He just auditioned and made it.” Also Read – Vivek Oberoi Pays Challan of Rs 500 After Mumbai Police Imposed Fine For Not carrying Helmet, Mask- Says ‘Pawri Nahi Hori Hai’ And the thought I had was that if one thing goes incorrect with this movie, my dad’s life financial savings have been on the road. And I’d seen lots of people doing the identical factor and going bust. So for me, it was very scary. And I simply had these sleepless nights and I went to my dad and stated, ‘I can’t do the movie, I’ll wrestle such as you’, and he stated, ‘but I built a platform, so you don’t must wrestle!’ A couple of weeks later, I met Abbas-Mustan, apologised to them saying I can’t be doing their movie,” he added.

He was established because the romantic hero after Saathiya and went on to star in movies equivalent to Yuva, Masti, Omkara, Shootout at Lokhandwala, and PM Narendra Modi biopic. He can be subsequent seen in horror-thriller Rosie: The Saffron Chapter, which he’s additionally producing below the banner Oberoi: Mega Entertainment.