Salman Khan clashes with old foe Vivek Oberoi

Salman Khan’s most ambitious film till date Veer has
been scheduled for a November 27th release date. But on the same date Dharma
Productions’ yet untitled Saif Ali Khan – Kareena Kapoor and Vivek Oberoi
starrer directed by Rensil D’Silva is also being planned for a release. It will
be for the first time that any of Salman’s film will clash with old foe Vivek
Oberoi’s. While, Salman written Veer is a much bigger project, said to be having
100 crore budget, Vivek’s film can prove tough competition to Veer because of
its topical subject and coming together of Karan Johar and UTV’s smart marketing
strategies. It is learnt to have a plot line quiet similar to that of 1999
released Hollywood thriller, Arlington Road. In the film, Saif and Kareena play
a Muslim couple who are terrorists living a double life.

Vivek is the second lead in the film and he is also
a terrorist. Minissha Lamba plays a journalist who is his love interest. Om Puri
also has an important role in the film. Irrfan was approached to play the role
of a terrorist in the film but he turned it down. One can recollect, in April
2003, Vivek Oberoi had held a press conference at his house complaining about
Salman Khan harassing him over phone and giving him life threats for his then
relationship with Aishwarya Rai. Salman had that time not reacted to the
negative publicity he got from this episode but it is learnt that he made sure
that Vivek was almost ostracized by most industrywalas.

After his break up with Aish, Vivek has on many
occasions attempted brokering peace with Salman, but the controversial Khan has
always chose to ignore him and hinted that he will never forgive him.