Guess who is feeling most insecure with the latest buzz about Vivek Oberoi? No, Gurpreet is passé and neither Hrithik nor Shahrukh have the time to sit and mope. It`s Fardeen Khan, who believes that Vivek is "stiff competition to all."

Fardeen admits to being insecure but only after he has downed one peg too many. "He (Vivek) is damn good – he is the best," he slurs in his cute, accented phirang tone. And what does he propose to do now that the two are acting together in their mentor Ramu`s next film? While close buddies insist that the Khan is far less belligerent than his ferocious dad, Feroz, and couldn`t hurt a fly, the actor claims: "I am a toughie."

But his earnest concern for his career showed when he took Oberoi aside recently for an exchange of notes. Is Fardeen picking up acting tips from the gifted Vivek?