I did shopping and strolled in Ruwi, recalls Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi

Vivek Oberoi’s his first film “Company” in Hindi was with Mohanlal and after nearly two decades he debuted in a Malayalam film “Lucifer” with Lalettan, writes Vinod Raghavan

MUSCAT : Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi, was moved by the young dance performers of Delicious Academy for Dance and The Kings United, which took him back to the memory lanes of his younger days as a child dancer who performed way back in the 80s in Muscat.

The “Company” actor, who was in Muscat as Chief Guest for the closing ceremony of the first ever European Union Film Festival, organized by the French Embassy in Oman in collaboration with the IFFO, minutely watched the steps on Bollywood numbers, reminded him his earlier days as a child dancer who performed on stage in the capital city of Oman.

Remembering the bygone era, “Saathiya” fame actor recalled that he first performed in the capital city of Oman and revealed, that, “I used to practice a lot and work very hard on stage and also used to assist my seniors at the backstage for which we used to get TA, DA for our performance, which I saved and used to go to Ruwi and do shopping.”

“I used to stroll in Ruwi and do small shoppings of buying chocolates and fancy items, (those days foreign made goods were in great demand back home), reveals the “Krrish” actor.

“The Shootout at Lokhandwala”, actor had special words for Omani singer, Jihad Al Raisi, and added, that nowadays, the word Jihad is wrongly interpreted, but here is the singer Jihad from Oman, who spreads love and brotherhood. He loved Oman and said Omanis are peace loving people and known for their hospitality.

In his recent south Indian Malayalam film “Lucifer” he played a villain’s character, was all praise for the veteran Malayalam actor Mohanlal, addressing him as Lalettan (Big Brother), he said, “coincidentally my debut film “Company” in Hindi was with with the great actor and now my first Malayalam film “Lucifer” is also with Lalettan.

The ardent devotee of “Lord Ayappa” took questions from the audience and replied elegantly. He also had kind words for the host of the evening Piya Pawani, who is a model and also acted in a South Indian Tamil film and short films viz. “The Broken Nest”, “Art That Hurts” amongst them in Oman.

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