Vivek Oberoi – the new stunt star

Much has been said about Vivek Oberoi’s fitness training sessions and the long-haired look for Apoorva Lakhia’s ‘Mission Istanbul’. Vivek, who was last seen playing a tough underworld henchman in ‘Shootout At Lokhandwala’ has escalated his status of someone who is more than just an action hero – to that of a stunt star with ‘Mission Istanbul’.

Shot in the hilly terrains of Turkey, the film required the two leading heroes, Vivek and Zayed Khan to undertake some difficult stunts. In what can be called a stupendous feat, the duo jumped down from a 40-storeyed tower, that too without a safety net. And if that wasn’t all, Vivek and Zayed who had delivered the perfect shot in the first take, decided to go ahead and do the shot seven times since it gave them an adrenalin-high.

Confirming about his dare-devil stunt, Vivek told Indiatimes Movies, “The film has quite some stunts and mostly, it was our director Apoorva who would first attempt the stunt since he is the adventurous sorts and only if he was sure, we would go ahead with it. In certain cases, he opted for duplicates. But when it came to jumping from the 40-storeyed tower, Apoorva wasn’t really up for it. However, for me and Zayed, it seemed like the best opportunity to establish our credentials as stunt heroes. And so, we did it.”

He added, “Though we had developed goose bumps before the first take, grappling from the height was so much fun, that we decided to give six more takes”.

Now with an attitude like this, we are sure you would agree if we said that Vivek Oberoi has not just grown to join the league of Akshay Kumar, SRK and Aamir when it comes to sporting a six pack but also in terms of being professional to the point of perfection.