Vivek Oberoi follow in Salman Khan's footsteps

Actor Vivek Oberoi’s busy pumping iron these days. The actor will apparently do his first bare-chested scene on the big screen in Zilla Ghaziabad and is working out for the sequence that requires him to look his buff best. Working diligently towards acquiring a six-pack, Vivek’s not taking it easy, even if that means having to work out on a makeshift gym on the sets in Wai where he is currently shooting and buzz is that the filmmakers are happy with the results too.

A source says that he’s always been regular with his work out sessions, but for Zilla… he’s majorly into weight training.

“The film requires him to go bare-chested and Vivek wants the look to be perfect and convincing. So, he’s taken up working out more religiously now,” says a source.

Apparently, the actor was required to go bare-chested for a recently signed brand too, but the actor had to back out at the last minute. An insider reveals that it was on the insistence of the filmmakers of Zilla... that Vivek backed out of going shirtless for the ad that he shot for.

“The filmmakers wanted the bare-chested look to be associated with the film, as that’s one of the highlights of the film,” said the insider, adding, “We want Vivek’s look in the film to be kept under wraps, especially his shirtless look. So we requested the ad-filmmakers to change a bit in their script and they did it for Vivek,” said the source.

The actor had apparently worked out for a chiselled look in his earlier films Mission Istanbul and Prince too. But according to a source, it was not half of what his look is expected to be in Zilla... “But it’s not only for Zilla, that he’s bulking up. Even his role in Krissh 2 requires him to be at his fittest best and Vivek is working towards it,” the source adds.