Published 11:08 IST, August 11th 2020

Vivek Oberoi's role in 'Road' was supposed to be played by Fardeen Khan & other trivia

Road (2002) is a thriller film that starred actor Vivek Oberoi in the lead role. Here is some interesting Road movie trivia that might intrigue you.

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Ro (2002) is a thriller film that starred actors Vivek Oberoi, Maj Bajpayee and Antara Mali in le roles. While film was directed by Rajat Mukherjee, it was produced by Ram Gopal Varma. Here is some interesting Ro movie trivia that might intrigue you.

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Ro movie trivia:

  • director of film, Rajat Mukherjee wanted Fardeen Khan to play Vivek Oberoi’s role in movie. Furr he wanted Masti actor, Aftab Shivdasani to play Maj Bajpayee’s role.
  • Bollywood actors Saif Ali Khan and Urmila Matondkar were also considered for le roles.
  • Apna Sapna Money Money actor Koena Mitra me her debut with Ro song, Khullam Khulla.
  • Ro was also atrically released in Cana.
  • producer of Ro, Ram Gopal Varma said that film was inspired from real-life accidents that took place on Indian ros. Here, Varma also me a mention of accidents on long-distance routes.
  • During launch, this film was titled Ankh Micholi. Furr, during that time, film was going to star Bollywood actors, Nana Patekar, Saif Ali Khan and Urmila Matondkar in le roles. Taufiq Baraskar was going to direct this film inste of Rajat Mukherjee.
  • This was Antara Mali and Vivek Oberoi’s second film toger. producer, Ram Gopal Varma decided to cast duo since ir previous film, Company was a huge success.
  • People h huge expectations from Ram Gopal Varma’s Ro. Unfortunately, thriller turned out to be a flop.
  • Raajneeti actor Maj Bajpayee was reportedly looking for work for past nine months when he was offered a role in Ro. Bajpayee was reportedly living with his family in Bihar. After shooting for 2001 supernatural action thriller Aks, actor waited for a good script. He was n approached for thriller film, Ro.
  • Ro also drew inspiration from films like Duel, Hitcher (1986), Dely Nightmares ( Hitchhiker), Joy Ride, Kalifornia and several ors.  

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Ro Plot:

plot of this film revolves around a couple who has eloped. couple is travelling from Delhi to Jodhpur. Things start to get ugly when couple picks up a hitchhiker on a deserted highway who inturn turns out to be a psychotic stalker.

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Vivek Oberoi's films:

Actor Suresh Oberoi’s son Vivek Oberoi me his debut in Bollywood with 2002 gangster film Company. Since n, actor has starred in films like Mission Istanbul, Kurbaan, Krrish 3 among several ors. actor is well kwn for his role in movies like Masti and Shootout at Lokhandwala.

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11:08 IST, August 11th 2020