Vivek Oberoi says lobbies in Bollywood blocked his road to success, feels there was ‘no logic’ behind it: ‘I was told kaun panga lega?’ | Bollywood News
Like many who fall through the cracks in the system of Bollywood, actor Vivek Oberoi found himself out of work even though he had a successful start in Bollywood. While he has made quite a name for himself on the business front, he often talks about this period in his life when he was almost ostracised from Bollywood. In a recent interview, Vivek recalled how people from Bollywood looked the other way when he was going through a tough time in the early 2000s and made a conscious choice to not work with him. Vivek’s career faced a major crash after he accused Salman Khan of intimidating him, and harassing Aishwarya Rai, in 2003. By the mid 2000s, Vivek said that he was not getting enough opportunities, even after appearing in successful films like Omkara and Shootout at Lokhandwala. He shared with Pinkvilla that while people, including the industry folks, appreciated his performances, they told him that they couldn’t cast him for the fear of ruining their equation with whoever was holding the proverbial strings. …
