Vivek Oberoi, who is in the news for his fitness sessions and retro look in Apoorva Ladakhia’s ‘Mission Istanbul’ has deviated his identity from just an actor to a stunt star.
The film which is extensively shot in hilly areas of Turkey asked for some stunts. The duo, Zayed and Vivek performed a stunt called stupendous feat, in which they had to jump from a 40 storeyed tower. Both of them were apprehensive, initially, but then did the stunt in the first shot and decided to go ahead and do the shot seven times as it gave them an adrenaline high.
“The film has quite some stunts and mostly, it was our director Apoorva who would first attempt the stunt since he is the adventurous sorts and only if he was sure, we would go ahead with it. In certain cases, he opted for duplicates. But when it came to jumping from the 40-storeyed tower, Apoorva wasn’t really up for it. However, for me and Zayed, it seemed like the best opportunity to establish our credentials as stunt heroes. And so, we did it.” says Vivek when asked about the stunts. He added,
“Though we had developed goose bumps before the first take, grappling from the height was so much fun, that we decided to give six more takes”.
Nice attitude….way to go dude!!
While shooting for Sunil Shetty’s Mission Istanbul, director Apoorva Lakhia and actor Vivek Oberoi along with the rest of the cast stayed at the Les-Ottomans Hotel in Istanbul. At the same time, Hollywood actor and director Kevin Costner was also staying in the hotel.The Academy Award-winner was in Istanbul with his rock band, Modern West, for a concert at the WOW Convention Center — the first in a series of events, Hollywood Stars in Turkey.After it became known that that Costner was staying at the hotel, a lot of his fans showed up at the hotel to catch a glimpse of the star.Two of these fans saw Vivek Oberoi there, and they ended up partying and spending a lot of time together. The girls even accompanied VO to the Mission Istanbul shooting and soon the actor became a butt of everyone’s jokes for dating two girls together!
Taken aback
Vivek laughs off the incident saying, “It’s embarrassing to even talk about this. I did make lots of friends in Istanbul as I love seeing a new place and going out and partying but we all did it as a group.Kevin Costner was staying in the hotel we were in and there was a group of Turkish girls who had come there. I thought they had come to meet him but to my utter shock they turned out to be my fans! Adds Vivek,“Saathiya was a hit in Turkey. Hindi films are a craze in Istanbul since Raj Kapoor’s time and fans would even drive down to meet us.”
He has signed Karan Johar’s next production, Mission Istanbul is almost complete and a “big film” is in the pipeline. Here, in a heart-to-heart, the actor clears the air. Read on…
Recently there was a rumour of you flirting with your dinner host’s gal and getting slapped. Comment.
Someday if I ever write a book on The Craziest Rumours That I Have Heard About Myself this would be No 173. Jokes aside, it’s absolutely untrue. The story was upsetting as it made me out to be a sleazeball. I have tremendous respect for women. Anybody who knows me can vouch for that. My mother (Yashodhara) — is my hero. I would never do anything that would make her ashamed of me.
It wasn’t you?
I heard it was about some other actor but whoever the actor might have been, if he did what he did, he deserved to get slapped. Alcohol or no alcohol there is no excuse for misbehaving with a girl.
You’ve had link-ups with women ever since your break-up with Aishwarya…
Continue reading ‘I have tremendous respect for women: Vivek Oberoi’
It’s always comeback climate in tinsel town. After heartbreak and a dizzying vortex of non-stardom, Vivek Oberoi is back in top gear, if Karan Johar’s next flick is anything to go by. Post Shootout at Lokhandwala’s success, Vivek Oberoi is back in the big league. He will be playing an important character in Karan Johar’s untitled next, to be directed by Rensil D’Souza. Karan Johar, who is currently in Miami shooting for Dostana, confirmed, “Yes, I have signed Vivek for my next film. I was really impressed with his role in Shootout. It is an unusual love triangle between two guys and a girl. Saif, Vivek and Kareena will play the respective roles.” He added, “The basic idea came from me but it was Rensil who developed it into a proper story. The film will go on the floors in October. It will be complete by the first quarter of next year and will be shot in London.”
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