Dive into a revealing conversation with Suresh Oberoi on Lehren Retro! Gain unique insights into his connections with the Bachchan and Salman Khan families after the Vivek Oberoi and Aishwarya Rai saga.
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00:00 But you know Vivek had a very colorful past, personal life before Priyanka happened in
00:05 his life.
00:06 How did you handle that?
00:07 Because it was lots of ups and downs.
00:11 I had no choice.
00:12 I used to do this myself in school and college.
00:15 I used to have fun with a new girl everyday.
00:20 So you just felt it was youthful?
00:24 No but most of the things I didn't even know.
00:29 Vivek never told me.
00:32 Ramu told me.
00:38 Before Ramu, somebody else told me.
00:40 That this is how it is.
00:43 A friend comes and this is what happens.
00:47 I explained to him not to do film.
00:50 Not to do shooting.
00:51 Do whatever you want to do.
00:53 But now how many people do living in relationship everyday.
00:58 Even then how many people were there.
01:01 They used to get together, break up, get together.
01:04 It used to happen.
01:05 That's right.
01:06 It happens.
01:07 But did this, but you know you have worked with Mr. Bachchan in so many films.
01:11 You've been actors, co-actors.
01:13 Lovers.
01:14 So many films.
01:15 Shahrabi, so many films.
01:16 And did this, you know the history of Vivek and Aishwarya, did that ever affect your friendship
01:23 with Mr. Bachchan?
01:25 I never was a friend of his.
01:27 Oh, you were great friends with Mr. Bachchan?
01:30 I was not a friend of Bachchan.
01:32 I was a co-star.
01:34 We were not friends.
01:36 Okay.
01:37 At my brother's death, Jai ji came and sat with him.
01:41 He took my brother's photo and made it.
01:44 Like that, the relationship industry was there.
01:48 Friendship with Danny, Mukul, and our group.
01:52 There was another Akal Chakrawala.
01:55 I was not such a friend with him.
01:57 Okay.
01:58 Yes, he had invited me for his birthday.
02:01 Fine.
02:02 But friendship, or most of the things, he doesn't even let me know.
02:08 That's true.
02:09 Yeah.
02:10 But in any case, both of you are mature adults.
02:12 But whatever he is hiding also in his mind, what can I do?
02:15 And I am also hiding.
02:16 When you meet, then?
02:17 We meet well.
02:18 We meet very well.
02:19 That is so nice.
02:20 That is how mature people should be.
02:22 We meet very well.
02:23 Okay.
02:24 That is great.
02:25 Fantastic.
02:26 So, did you advise Vivek at any time to be careful with his personal life, that he is
02:33 going a little wild?
02:34 No, I really liked the girl when she came home.
02:36 Okay.
02:37 And now that your son's friend will come, what will you do?
02:40 Will you love her?
02:41 Yes, he will be nice to her.
02:42 Yeah, correct.
02:43 I don't know what was cooking, what was happening.
02:47 That's right.
02:48 But now that he is settled down, you must be very relieved, isn't it?
02:53 I was relieved then and I am still relieved.
02:57 And with me, even today, Mr. Bachchan meets me, he meets me well.
03:01 Mr. Salman Khan meets me.
03:03 I am hiding the secret from him.
03:06 With respect.
03:07 With respect.
03:08 Whenever I say, Mr. Salim meets me, I say, Vivek, your touch is sweet.
03:13 You are elder.
03:14 I respect Salim bhai.
03:15 I respect Salim bhai.
03:18 Now, in our relation, if something happens, it happens.
03:22 But relations don't get spoiled.
03:24 Okay.
03:25 It's not that I don't want to, I don't speak with Mr. Bachchan and Salman and his father
03:33 and I don't, if I meet anywhere, if it's Ishwari, then why not.
03:37 His son, now yes, we would have met here.
03:41 Vivek and I were going in for Shubhratra.
03:45 Shubhratra is, no, Shubhratra invited that badminton champion, that girl.
03:51 Hindi Sandhu.
03:52 Yes, Sandhu.
03:53 So, they were coming out and all of us stood, he met.
03:59 With so much love, today, what is his name, Abhishek, my daughter calls Meghna from far and meets him.
04:06 Meghna, how are you?
04:07 All well?
04:08 We meet very well.
04:10 That's very nice.
04:11 That's what maturity is all about.
04:13 But there is no hatred from within.
04:16 That's right.
04:17 It's done.
04:18 It's done.
04:19 That's true.
04:20 Nothing personal, he says, don't call me on you.
04:23 Don't call you on me, I'm quoting.
04:27 No, no, in that, you watch Godfather, you will learn how to live life.
04:32 He says the same thing, a person who doesn't spend time with his family is not a man.
04:38 He says never tell anybody what is in your mind, let the other person know.
04:43 He said this line, well, he murders that guy and says, wants to murder that guy and says
04:51 tell him that it was not personal.
04:53 Not personal.
04:54 Only business.
04:55 I mean business, if somebody doesn't want to work with you, or business, if somebody
04:59 wants to work with somebody else, business.
05:02 True, true, true.
05:04 Very true, yes.
05:06 If I take it personally, it's not right.
05:09 Okay, yeah.
05:10 Vivek has moved out and set up his own house elsewhere, isn't it?
05:15 He's done very well.
05:17 He's doing very well.
05:19 He's set up a house and made offices in Dubai also.
05:22 Okay.
05:23 He's in and out, he's coming now, next month.
05:27 Okay.
05:28 So he doesn't, but you were okay with his shifting out and setting up on his own?
05:34 From my house?
05:35 I was very happy.
05:36 I said, "Where was the place?"
05:38 It was such a drama.
05:40 People used to come all day.
05:42 Okay.
05:43 There's a ground floor downstairs, I can't get down.
05:46 The kitchen is busy all day, their tea and breakfast is going on.
05:50 Then their maids, then drivers, then this.
05:54 And so many people in a house.
05:57 Okay, it was difficult to live, but the office was also out of business.
06:02 And you know how film industry and other businesses are.
06:05 Everyone comes down to the house and sits.
06:07 That's right.
06:08 Where does the boss sleep?
06:09 I say, "Sit, have tea."
06:10 So you were happy when he's become independent?
06:14 It's good.
06:15 Yeah.
06:16 I also was, you know, I was more away from these things.
06:20 I wanted to have more silence, more of meditation, more of spirituality.
06:24 Now, the day, the night was on.
06:27 It's late at night, it's coming in the day.
06:30 And the house used to be full.
06:32 Okay.
06:33 Sometimes, you have to walk to reach.
06:35 Okay.
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