Vivek has Road for company

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">Bloodline. He’s Suresh Oberoi’s 26-year-old son. Riveting. That’s Vivek Oberoi as Chandu Nagre in <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Company</span>. Tinsel town’s in a tizzy. The Road ahead is filled with possibilities. And, at the end of his stint with Ram Gopal Varma’s next, Vivek feels he is right on course.<br />‘‘While discussing the characters in the movie, I wanted the role essayed by Manoj Bajpai.But Ramuji insisted that I play the hero and not eye Manoj’s role. I listened to him — and I’m glad I did because Manoj has done a fabulous job. I’m not sure I would have been able to do justice to the role.’’<br />Modesty blase? No, it’s a mature head on young shoulders speaking. Usual? Perhaps. But certainly not the name of the movie. ‘‘At a sitting with Ramuji and Rajat Mukherjee, we discussed a whole lot of names. But with film titles reading like the first lines of old lyrics, we decided on being different. So you have <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Road</span>, which is depicted as a character in the film!’’ Being straightforward is his style. Both in the real and reel world. <br />‘‘Admittedly, my role in Road is linear — but had I tried to twist my character, I would have ended up spoiling the roles of Manoj and Antara Mali.’’ So, how straightforward is a ‘linear’ role? ‘‘I play this simple guy who loves this girl. Then, a chain of uncertainties involving insane people around me means that I experience a nightmare. If my role is linear, it’s because I needed to play sane to handle the insane situation around me.’’<br />Beyond Rajat Mukherjee’s Road, there’s E Nivas’ <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Dum</span> with Diya Mirza; and Shaad Ali’s <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Saathiya</span>, presented by Mani Ratnam and Yash Chopra. Besides, Vidhu Vinod Chopra is greenlighting another project with Oberoi Jr. It’s sonrise boulevard for sure. <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">vinodnair@indiatimes.com</span> </div> </div>