Vivek Oberoi recalls cleaning rehearsal rooms and serving tea as Farah Khan’s assistant: ‘I never told anybody who my father was’

Vivek also recalled a near-fatal accident in which he narrowly escaped death while travelling to a shoot location. He shared, “During shooting for the film Road and I was driving from Bikaner to Jaisalmer at night. I had warned the driver 10-15 times to drive slowly because it is night time and visibility is low. I was sitting in the front seat and after this incident now, I never sit in the front seat. I reclined my seat and suddenly a huge crash happened. There was massive sound.”

He added, “What happened was, on the road, a camel cart came from the side suddenly, and there were iron rods on the cart. And those iron rods smashed the windshield and penetrated through the car. If I would not have reclined my seat, those iron rods would have just gone through me. I couldn’t get out of the car because the iron rods were stuck on top of my head, but I was unscratched. I almost died after that. I vowed to never travel at night.”

Vivek is currently busy promoting his new film Masti 4, in which he stars alongside Aftab Shivdasani and Riteish Deshmukh. During the interaction, he also recalled pulling a prank on Aftab when they shot the first Masti in 2004. He shared, “Aftab has bought his new Mercedes when we were shooting for Masti aur hum logo ne bakra kia tha iska. We stole his car keys, and we parked it somewhere else, two lanes behind where Aftab had parked it. Then we quietly kept key near Aftab, and when he came out… His expressions… his blood pressure just dropped. He told us not to prank him with his car.”