Last week, actor Vivek Oberoi was in the news as he bought a swanky new Rolls Royce Cullinan. Priced at around ₹12 crore, it is one of the costliest cars in the world.
Vivek isn’t the first person in Bollywood to buy a Rolls Royce, but most of the others who own this car are among the biggest superstars of their generation. Vivek’s film career has not been as successful in comparison. This led many to wonder how Vivek could afford the vehicle. What they probably didn’t know is that over the last two decades, the actor has carefully built a business empire that would be the envy of most Indian entrepreneurs.
How Vivek Oberoi battled a ‘derailed’ career
The next big thing is how Vivek Oberoi had been described when he made his foray into Bollywood with Company in 2002. Hits like Saathiya, Masti, and Omkaara followed, and it was all but assumed that this youngster would go on to rule Bollywood. But then his personal life spilt over into his professional. His relationship with Aishwarya Rai led to that infamous spat with Salman Khan. Over time, Vivek’s films stopped working at the box office. The new films he got were not in the same league. There were whispers that he had been ‘boycotted’ from the industry for going against a superstar. But Vivek continued working, appearing in Telugu and Malayalam films like Rakta Charithra and Lucifer, as well as web series such as Inside Edge.