Vivek Oberoi recalls his earlier days amid career slump
Vivek Oberoi recalls his earlier days amid career slump
Recently, Vivek Oberoi recalled his earlier days, on tasting success followed by a career slump that made him feel “depressed.” At that time around, he opened up on Akshay Kumar for having guided him.
This was long back when he was down and out. That time, he needed it, and he was there for him. His career was in doldrums.
He added that one fine day he received a call from Akshay Kumar asking him about his whereabouts. He t.old him that he was depressed. After some half hour or so, he lands up at his house and asked him all about his issues and let me vent out my problems and pain. He listened to him
patiently. He said while he may not be able to help me much with the issues, but to have a positive mindset, he could help me with work.
Oberoi shared how the actor suggested he could “divert” the shoots and shows that came his way to Oberoi. “He told him, he has a lot of shoots which he can’t do. So he
will divert it to him and to start doing them… Wow! Who does this? That helped Vivek to go back on stage. He started seeing fans in shows, fans are cheering – he got a positive feeling such that he was busy in rehearsals. After that, he started doing shows non-stop. And with it came money.
He also shared that his “frustration” at that time stemmed from not getting reasonable offers despite “delivering films, getting awards, nominations. He shared he used to ask why was he being sidelined?”
He lauded Akshay’s efforts and said, “So, he didn’t say he will stand up for you, fight this war against the lobby. He gave him a simple, practical solution. Money came, positivity came, love came, fame and performance commitment too. These are the things that he has have deep love and gratitude for. Vivek further added he always wished him success. God bless him. May he be happy and healthy.
News Edit KV Raman
