Interestingly, Kareena Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan shared screen space with Vivek Oberoi in Mani Ratnam’s Yuva

Vivek Oberoi, who briefly dated Aishwarya Rai during the shooting of Kyun Ho Gaya Na, alleged that Salman Khan had called 41 times in one night and asked him to stay away from the latter, along with Rani Mukerji and Somy Ali, in an infamous press conference on 1st April 2003. This created a lot of stir at that time. Many celebs, including Kareena Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, and Sanjay Leela Bhansali, reacted to the incident.

“If he had a problem with Salman, why could he not solve it instead of going to the press? I have worked briefly with Salman for a film I finally did not do. He was thoroughly gentlemanly with me. My sister Karisma and Salman are very good friends. In fact, she contacted him immediately after this incident,” Kareena had said as per Times Now.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who was a close friend of Salman at that time, described the Tiger star as “the best human being I have met in my life.” He took a dig at Vivek and said “I am very scared of Vivek. I will never be able to work with him now. I may shout at him on the sets and he may call a press conference against me. All the heroines should touch his feet for protecting their dignity,” before adding, “The film industry functions on fraternal feelings. If there is a problem, we solve it in-house. Vivek has no business talking about Salman’s mental state. He should not have talked about his Coca-Cola campaign or Rani Mukherji, Diya Mirza and Aishwarya Rai at a time when he was supposed to be so distraught.”

“Salman’s problem is he thinks with his heart. He gives his life to people he loves. That is why his friends have always stood by him. He is perfectly sane and there is no need to send him to a shrink, as some self-styled psychoanalysts think. As for him getting professionally insecure, Salman will be around for a long time. He has given three of the biggest hits ever (in Bollywood) – Maine Pyaar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Koun…! and Karan Arjun. Those who think Salman is getting insecure should examine their career closely,” the filmmaker added.

Abhishek, who was not dating Ash then, had said, “In the film industry, there is a code of honour whereby all problems are sorted out internally.”