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BIOGRAPHY

Vivek Oberoi
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Viveik Oberoi, born September 3, 1976 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, is a Bollywood actor. He is the son of veteran actor Suresh Oberoi.

Oberoi attended Mayo College, Ajmer and Mithibai college in Mumbai. At an actors' workshop in London he was spotted by the director of NYU, who took Oberoi to New York City to complete his Masters Degree in film acting. He then did some scriptwriting before making a break in films.

Oberoi made his debut in Ram Gopal Varma's "Company". The film was a critically acclaimed hit and his performance was applauded. He received Filmfare Awards in the Best Debut as well as the Best Supporting Actor category. He then starred in the action films, Road and Dum, in which his performance was appreciated.

Oberoi starred in "Saathiya" (2002), which was a critically acclaimed hit and his performance was applauded. He received Filmfare Awards in the Best Debut as well as the Best Supporting Actor category.

Soon after, Oberoi's been working steadily, appearing in numerous successful films in India such as the comic film Masti (2004), the critically acclaimed film Yuva (2004); Kaal (2005); Omkara (2006), an adaptation of Shakespeare's play Othello which was critically acclaimed in India as well as overseas playing the character of Kesu based on the character Michael Cassio in the original play and Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007), in which he won acclaim for his role as the gangster Maya Dolas.

Oberoi was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage showing Tamil, Netru, Indru, Naalai. His next film will be Mission Istanbul directed by Apoorva Lakia.