Showing posts with label Bad Boy Billionaires. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bad Boy Billionaires. Show all posts
I gave Vijay Mallya the benefit of doubt-Dylan Mohan Gray
8:11 AM
Nominated in mid-day and Radio City Hitlist OTT Awards, Bad Boy Billionaires creator Dylan Mohan Gray on aiming for an authentic story
Mohar Basu (MID-DAY; February 4, 2021)
Money, money, money must be funny in a rich man’s world — the song by ABBA reverberates at the back of one’s mind while watching Netflix’s three-part series Bad Boy Billionaires: India. Envisioned as a multi-part outing, the series that has received a nomination in the Best Non-Fiction category at mid-day and Radio City Hitlist OTT Awards, caught the audience’s attention for its impartial storytelling. It explores the greed and fraud that built up and brought down India’s infamous tycoons — Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Subrata Roy.
In a chat with mid-day, Canadian-Indian filmmaker Dylan Mohan Gray, who helmed the Mallya episode, decodes the thought process that went into creating the series. “I gave Vijay the benefit of doubt. What appealed to me as a storyteller was that I had an erroneous impression of him. [While there was ample news floating in the media], it still had the scope for a surprising story.”
While Gray deems the business tycoon’s decisions questionable and unethical, he also believes that “there are many like him”. “His fugitive life attracted more attention than the facts of the case. Some people thought I was too harsh on him, some feel I was soft, but largely people thought I was fair,” says the director, adding that “real-life stories in India are told with a great deal of bias.”
It took Gray by surprise when people around Mallya weren’t afraid to come on record and call him out. “There was no fear of him trying to alter the narrative to his advantage, which helped bring in an authentic gaze into the story. Vijay was legally advised to not speak. Representing the family, Sidhartha was initially skeptical and unsupportive of the project. It took several rounds of negotiations to convince him that the docuseries was neither a propaganda or a hatched job. We wanted to explore the person, his decisions and deep dive into authentic facts,” he signs off.
Did you know?
The fourth episode in Bad Boy Billionaires: India — showcasing B Ramalinga Raju — remains on hold as Netflix is contesting a legal challenge.
Cast your vote for the Hitlist OTT Awards
- Bad Boy Billionaires: India has been nominated in the Best Non-Fiction Show category
The other nominees are:
- Wake N Bake - Rohan Joshi (Amazon Prime Video)
- The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives (Netflix)
- Family Tandoncies - Amit Tandon (Netflix)
- Indian Matchmaking (Netflix)
- Outside In - Vir Das (Netflix)
- Log on to www.hitlistottawards.com to cast your vote.
- You can also vote via SMS. Send HITLIST <space> category name <space> your choice (a/b/c as on the website) to 57575.
- Voting lines close on February 9.
No relief for Netflix web series "Bad Boy Billionaires" in Supreme Court
8:23 AM
TIMES NEWS NETWORK (THE TIMES OF INDIA; September 3, 2020)
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain the petition by OTT platform Netflix against a Bihar court order restraining it from streaming a docuseries named ‘Bad Boy Billionaires’ allegedly based on rise and fall of billionaires, including Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Subrata Roy and other business tycoons.
Soon after Netflix announced the web series, which was to be telecast from Wednesday, two petitions were filed against the show. Diamond merchant Mehul Choksi, accused in the PNB scam, filed a petition in the Delhi High Court which refused to pass interim order. The second petition was filed by the Sahara Group in a court in Bihar which directed Netflix not to telecast the documentary.
Netflix moved the apex court but a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde refused to entertain its plea. The court said an appeal against the lower court order could not be filed directly in the SC and asked it to approach the Patna high court. “This is not the proper procedure. You should have gone to the high court,” the bench said.
Sahara Group has also filed a criminal complaint against Netflix and directors of the documentary under the Information Technology Act, Indian Penal Code and the Trademarks Act.
Mehul Choksi moves court against web series ‘Bad Boy Billionaires’
8:46 AM
TIMES NEWS NETWORK (THE TIMES OF INDIA; August 27, 2020)
New Delhi: Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi on Wednesday moved Delhi High Court against screening of an upcoming Netflix series ‘Bad Boy Billionaires’ reportedly based on Indian tycoons who ran afoul of the law.
Fearing that he has also been dragged into the documentary, Choksi claims it will amount to trial by media and jeopardise his right to fair trial, as he is an accused in the multi-crore PNB scam.
Justice Navin Chawla orally asked the counsel for Netflix to consider granting pre-screening to Choksi and cut short the controversy, listing the matter for hearing on August 28.
Choksi, the promoter of Gitanjali Gems, and his nephew Nirav Modi are accused in the Rs 13,500-crore PNB fraud case. ‘Bad Boy Billionaires’, which is scheduled to be released in India on September 2, is described on Netflix platform as “This investigative docu series explores the greed, fraud and corruption that built up — and ultimately brought down — India’s most infamous tycoons”. It takes a look at controversial cases of infamous businessmen Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Subrata Roy and Byrraju Ramalinga Raju.
Advocate Vijay Aggarwal, representing Choksi, sought postponement of the documentary’s release, arguing that his client saw the trailer and has been receiving phone calls from across the world asking him if he is part of the documentary and seeking comments.
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