‘There was no relationship with him, our families never got along and…’ – Firstpost

Fighter actor Akshay Oberoi who will now be seen in Sunny Sanskari Ki Tusli Kumari, spoke to Free Press Journal in an interview and addressed a question about his cousin and Bollywood star Vivek Oberoi.

Akshay said, “Again, you never know what’s actually happening in those Bollywood rooms when people are discussing casting. But it has never happened to me that someone has said something like that. I think I’m saying this with a certain level of confidence because nobody knew we were related.”

He added, “Not even the casting people. Nobody knew. And I never used that to my benefit. I never said it because what would I get? It’s not like I could call and approach him either, you know. Unfortunately, I don’t say it with pride, I say it with sadness – that there was no real relationship. So, what would I call and ask from him? I just went about my own way.”

‘Our families never got along’

I was very sure that no one was going to help me. I didn’t have a mentor, godfather, or guidance in this line. Now that I’m starting to reach somewhere, people are connecting the dots. Journalists ask me, directors I’ve worked with in the past say, ‘You never told me.’ And I’m like – what could I have told you? To share something, something has to exist, right? Our families never got along, and here I was. Maybe we were just unlucky as a family in that way. Him and his father are both very good actors, and I’m honored to be from that lineage. But it would have been fun if we could have done it together.

Vivek Oberoi recently opened up about his heartbreaking love life, when he lost his girlfriend as she succumbed to acute lymphoblastic leukaemia at the age of 17.

“I thought, ‘This is it. She’s the one.’ I envisioned us going to college together, getting married, and having kids. I had my life planned out in my mind,” the 
_Indian Police Force_ actor told Men’s XP.