Suresh Oberoi

Suresh Oberoi (born 17 December 1946) is an Indian actor and politician who appeared in Hindi films. He is a recipient of the 1987 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He started his career in radio shows, modelling and later moving to Bollywood, making him a popular character actor in the 1980s and much of the 1990s. He is the father of actor Vivek Oberoi.

Early life Oberoi was born to Anand Sarup Oberoi and Kartar Devi on 17 December 1946 in Quetta, then Baluchistan Province of British India. His father ran a real-estate business. Within a year, after the 1947 partition of India, the family along with four brothers and four sisters moved to India, and later relocated to Hyderabad where his family established a chain of medical stores. Oberoi was active in sports. He was a tennis and swimming champion, later winning the President's Award as a Boy Scout. After his father's death when he was just out of high school, Oberoi, along with his brother, continued running their pharmacy chain.

Career He has appeared in over 135 films. He recited a few couplets in the song "Dil Mein Phir Aaj Teri" with Anuradha Paudwal for the film Yaadon Ka Mausam (1990).

In 2004, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party as a primary member.

Television Oberoi has acted in the television shows Dhadkan and Kashmeer.

Personal life

Family He married Yashodara, 8 years younger than him, in Madras on 1 August 1974. The couple have a son, Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi, born in 1976 and a daughter Meghna Oberoi born a few years later. His wife Yashodara is, as he said in a 2002 interview with Times of India, "from a Punjabi business family who had lived in the south."

Poetry

In addition to acting and singing, he writes "romantic and philosophical poetry".

World Psychiatric Association Together with the speaker Brahma Kumaris Sister Shivani Verma, Oberoi is an ambassador of the World Psychiatric Association.

Politics

Filmography Films

Dubbing roles

Live action films Film title Actor Character Dub Language Original Language Original Year release Dub Year release Notes The Mummy Arnold Vosloo Imhotep Hindi English Arabic Ancient Egyptian 1999 The Mummy Returns 2001

Animated films Film title Original voice Character Dub Language Original Language Original Year Release Dub Year Release Notes The Lion King James Earl Jones Mufasa Hindi English 1994 1995

Awards and nominations

Champions of Change Award in 2019, for his work in culture. The award was conferred by Shri Pranab Mukherjee at Vigyan Bhavan New Delhi on 20 January 2020.