Befo e
he
became
‘Cha du
Nag e’
i
‘Compa y’
(2002),
Vivek
Obe oi
had
to
fight
fo
the
pa t.
Ram
Gopal
Va ma
i itially
passed
o
him,
feeli g
he
lacked
the
ough,
st eet-ha de ed
edge
the
cha acte
eeded.
Dete mi ed
to
cha ge
that,
Obe oi
moved
i to
a
small
e ted
oom
i
a
Mumbai
chawl
fo
th ee
weeks,
usi g
the
expe ie ce
to
soak
i
the
cha acte ‘s
wo ld
a d
t uly
get
u de
his
ski
befo e
steppi g
i
f o t
of
the
came a.
Vivek
Obe oi
o
tu i g
dow
a
eady-made
lau ch
Speaki g
to
The
I dia
Exp ess,
Vivek
Obe oi
ope ed
up
about
tu i g
dow
the
cha ce
to
be
lau ched
by
his
fathe ,
vete a
acto
Su esh
Obe oi.
Despite
this
bei g
the
easie
path,
he
decided
agai st
it,
d ive
by
a
desi e
to
ca ve
out
his
ow
ide tity
i
the
i dust y.
He
said,
“I
walked
away
f om
that
oppo tu ity,
st uggled
fo
18
mo ths
afte
that,
a d
faced
a
lot
of
ejectio ,
but
I
am
p oud
of
that
choice.”
Vivek
Obe oi’s
th ee
weeks
i
a
chawl
to
become
Cha du
Whe
Ram
Gopal
Va ma
took
o
‘Compa y’
as
di ecto ,
he
was ‘t
su e
Vivek’s
sophisticated,
well-g oomed
image
could
pull
off
the
aw
i te sity
Cha du’s
cha acte
dema ded.
He
the efo e
asked
Obe oi
to
take
th ee
weeks
a d
come
back.
The
acto
did ‘t
waste
a
mome t
of
it.
He
ecalled,
“F om
his
office,
I
did ‘t
go
home.
I
we t
st aight
to
a
ea by
slum,
took
a
kholi
( oom)
the e,
paid
the
e t
a d
moved
i to
it.
I
lived
the e
fo
th ee
weeks.”
He
t a sfo med
ea ly
eve y
aspect
of
himself,
the
way
he
ca ied
himself,
his
small
eve yday
habits,
a d
eve
wo ked
alo gside
a
st uggli g
photog aphe
to
shape
the
ight
visual
look
fo
his
cha acte .
Ram
Gopal
Va ma’s
ext
p oject
afte
Vivek
Obe oi’s
‘Compa y’
Mea while,
o
the
p ofessio al
f o t,
Ram
Gopal
Va ma
has
a ou ced
his
ext
p oject,
‘Sy dicate’.
The
sto y
ce te s
o
a
shadowy
o ga isatio
posi g
a
se ious
th eat
to
I dia’s
existe ce.
Vivek
Obe oi’s
jou ey
a d
what’s
ext
fo
him
O
the
othe
ha d,
Vivek
Obe oi
made
his
acti g
debut
i
2002
a d
has
si ce
built
a
ame
fo
himself
with
films
like
‘Saathiya’,
‘Yuva’,
‘Omka a’,
‘Compa y’,
a d
‘Shootout
At
Lokha dwala’.
Up
ext,
he’ll
be
see
playi g
Vibhisha
i
Nitesh
Tiwa i’s
high-p ofile
‘Ramaya a
Pa t
1’.
