Vivek Oberoi parts ways with dad

So it has finally happened. Actor Vivek Oberoi and father Suresh Oberoi have parted ways. The father will not be managing his son's career any more. He confirmed the news saying, "I am no long handling his work now."

Apparently Oberoi Sr hasn't taken rumours blaming him for his son's debacle too well. When we spoke to him, he said "I felt very sad when I learnt that people were commenting about me like that. So I decided to give the ropes to someone else."

Surge Management Company has replaced Suresh Oberoi.

Vivek's career, which seemed promising at the beginning, plummeted at some point and has never since recovered.

The actor started off with Ram Gopal Varma's Company and then went on to deliver another hit in Saathiya. At the time, he was being made out to be Hrithik Roshan's strongest competitor.

Trouble started after he got involved with Aishwarya Rai. Insiders insist that this was the beginning of the end. Then he did what many consider the most immature action of his life – called a press conference against Salman Khan.

The move cost him dear – Aishwarya Rai left him and he had made an enemy out of Salman.

Meanwhile he had also rubbed other biggies the wrong way. He turned down Yash Raj's Hum Tum and closed that door too. Others who wanted to work with him began to stay away after they learnt that Suresh Oberoi was making decisions for Vivek.

Slowly but steadily the actor's career went downward. His attempts at helping the Tsunami-affected people were seen as publicity stunts.

Recently he returned to the big screen with Shootout at Lokhandwala. But evidently that film too has done little or nothing to salvage his flagging career.

It remains to be seen now if Surge can give Vivek what he needs the most – a serious image makeover.

Jhonny Vaz