Vivek Oberoi Opens Up on Bollywood’s ‘Insecurity’ and His Shift to Business

Published On: December 4, 2024 8:09 am

Vivek Oberoi remembers that despite Shootout’s popularity, he was unemployed for 14 months. explains why he chose to become a businessman in Lokhandwala.

With movies like Saathiya and Company, Vivek Oberoi made a name for himself in Bollywood. Nevertheless, despite his films’ success at the box office, the actor’s career had a dreary period when he was forced to spend months at home. After that, Vivek made the decision to go with his backup plan, which was to start his own company.

In an interview with SCREEN, Vivek Oberoi describes how he had to go into business in order to oppose the industrial lobby’s activities. He disclosed that, despite the popularity of the movie, he was unemployed for 14 to 15 months following Shootout at Lokhandwala, which drove him to decide to pursue a career in business.

Vivek Oberoi on going 14 to 15 months without a job

“In my 22 years, I have completed about 67 projects, but the industry is a very unstable place,” he remarked. You may be doing your job as an actor, receiving accolades, and acting well, but for other reasons you may not be able to get employment. After the Ganpat song went viral and I received honors for Shootout At Lokhandwala in 2007, I expected a lot more proposals, but I didn’t receive any. After the film’s popularity, I sat at home for 14 or 15 months. It wasn’t until about 2009 that I made the decision to become financially independent rather than entirely rely on this.

I didn’t want to be in a position where your future was determined by a lobby. Because they had power, someone may coerce you into doing anything.

Vivek Oberoi discusses his decision to pursue a career in business

Vivek Oberoi went on to say that starting a business was always his backup plan and that it allowed him to become financially independent. “Business was always a backup plan, and I decided that film would be my passion,” he stated. My business should be my primary source of income as it allowed me to become independent and escape the trap of lobbying, which is, in my opinion, a terrible way to life. For some people, it’s a source of income, but not for me.

The last time we saw Vivek Oberoi was in Indian Police Force, Rohit Shetty’s first web series, which also starred Shilpa Shetty, Sidharth Malhotra, Sharad Kelkar, and Shweta Tiwari. He will soon be seen with Riteish Deshmukh and Aftab Shivdasani in the film Masti 4.