Vivek Oberoi on Bollywood: 'An exclusive club where surname or which lobby you do salaam at, matters more than talent'
Hindustan TimesVivek Oberoi has said that he may have made mistakes in the past and taken wrong turns in his career, but he has no regrets. In a new interview with Hindustan Times, the actor opens up on how his journey in the industry has been and how Bollywood was made into this ‘exclusive club’ where surnames matter more than talent. Calling Bollywood an ‘exclusive club’, Vivek further said, “For any industry to thrive, for any industry to grow, you need fresh ideas, you need people coming in and you need to be a welcoming space and not a space that goes on, ‘Listen this is an exclusive club, and unless you have the right surname or the right contact, you are not in. Even though technically, I have been in the industry longer than her, I said ‘no let it be starring Richa Chadha and then Vivek Oberoi. I wanted to do anything but that.” Asked if he wasn’t fascinated with the idea of a larger-than-life ‘launch’, Vivek said stardom does not excite him.
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