‘I went straight to a nearby slum, lived there for three weeks’: Vivek Oberoi recalls transforming himself into Chandu Nagre for ‘Company’ after Ram Gopal Varma expressed doubt about his polished image
Before he became ‘Chandu Nagre’ in ‘Company’ (2002), Vivek Oberoi had to fight for the part. Ram Gopal Varma initially passed on him, feeling he lacked the rough, street-hardened edge the character needed. Determined to change that, Oberoi moved into a small rented room in a Mumbai chawl for three weeks, using the experience to…