Vivek Oberoi was ‘thrown out of films, boycotted’ after speaking out against Salman Khan: ‘Threatening calls to me, my sister, parents’

Vivek shared that he was fired from films that he had signed, and no one was ready to work with him. It has been suggested that this happened because Vivek spoke up against one of the biggest stars of Bollywood at the time, who had way more influence that Vivek. He shared that him and his family were getting a lot of threatening calls in the aftermath. “A point came during that time where everyone was boycotting me left and right. No one was ready to work with me, and I was thrown out of the films I had already signed. Moreover, I used to get a lot of calls threatening me. These calls were made to my sister, father and mother as well,” he said.

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While Vivek was cagey about his alleged break-up with Aishwarya, he said that his personal life also went through turbulent times during this phase. “Apart from that, my personal life was completely in a mess. I went into depression, and just like any ‘mama’s boy’, I went to my mother and cried a lot. I asked the ‘Why me?’ question a lot. All she said was, ‘Did you ever ask yourself that question when you were winning awards, making films, and getting followed by fans?'”

Now a successful businessman, Vivek continued to work in films after the incident, but he never came back to being called the ‘next big star’. His later roles included films like Prince (2010), Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007), and Krrish 3 (2013), among others.