Vivek Oberoi admits that he shares a great chemistry with Ash but they their personal feelings didn't to creep into their characters. In this interview Vivek talks about his his film kyun Ho Gaya Na..., his relationship with Aishwarya Rai and his futrue plans.
Kyun Ho Gaya Na looks like your most romantic film to date?
It isn't an out-and-out romantic film. Its more a fun film where I play an exuberant flamboyant character. It's about two morally mismatched people. Aishwarya plays a romantic at heart. She has these crazy romantic notions about the perfect love and the perfect man who'd sweep her off her feet - Mills & Boon type. For my character, Karan, love is just not important. That makes him most unlike me (laughs). Interestingly, Karan wants an arranged marriage in Kyun... for practical reasons. She can't understand how anyone can marry a stranger.
So in the film we're two completely incompatible creatures brought together by Mr Bachchan.
Thank you for spoiling the film for me.
You're welcome. Let me also tell you, contrary to general belief this isn't a film in the same genre as Hum Tum or When Harry Met Sally. It isn't a boy-girl but a man-woman story.
I've done a romantic film before. But Kyun Ho Gaya Na is more bubbly young and popcorn than Saathiya. It's a less heavy film. The tone was always meant to be light and incandescent. I play a grownup who refuses to look at relationships with any seriousness. The couple in this film isn't at loggerheads at all. They're buddies with differing attitudes towards love. I loved my character because he gets to play pranks on Ash. But it's done innocently. In real life too, I love my little jokes as long it doesn't harm anybody.
How difficult was it to enact the cynic when in real life you are totally in love with the actress?
(Laughs uncomfortably) It wasn't difficult at all. At the end of the day we're all actors. I may be shown pumping bullets into someone. That doesn't mean I'm really doing it. For me it's all about creating associations as an actor. Through those associations I build a world for my character. I imagined a world for my character Karan and then I worked on it. Besides Aishwarya, I had great fun working with Amitji, Om Puriji. All three have great comic timing. You'll be surprised to see how young and vibrant Amitji is in the film. He's such a pleasure to watch.
How difficult was it to enact the cynic when in real life you are totally in love with the actress?
(Laughs uncomfortably) It wasn't difficult at all. At the end of the day we're all actors. I may be shown pumping bullets into someone. That doesn't mean I'm really doing it. For me it's all about creating associations as an actor. Through those associations I build a world for my character. I imagined a world for my character Karan and then I worked on it. Besides Aishwarya, I had great fun working with Amitji, Om Puriji. All three have great comic timing. You'll be surprised to see how young and vibrant Amitji is in the film. He's such a pleasure to watch.
How do you rate your own performance?
Five out of 10.