Vivek Oberoi made his Hindi film debut in 2002 with  Ram Gopal Varma's 'Company' and became an overnight sensation. He was considered to be the next big superstar. Some also considered him to be the next superstar. However, after delivering hits and swooning the audience with his charm, his career started going downhill after a press conference he did in 20023. In the conference, he spoke about the abusive calls he got from Salman Khan where the superstar threatened to kill him for his closeness to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan 

However, months before the conference, Vivek had expressed his love for Salman Khan in an interview. Post the release of his film Road, Vivek did an interview with Rediff where he talked about stardom.