{"id":6820,"date":"2016-05-03T16:05:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T10:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=6820"},"modified":"2016-05-03T16:05:10","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T10:35:10","slug":"bad-boy-billionaires-review-the-truth-about-how-the-rich-rob-the-country-get-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=6820","title":{"rendered":"Bad Boy Billionaires Review: Nothing New Here, Just the Truth about How the Rich Rob the Country &#038; Get Away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<span class=\"dropcap\">B<\/span><em>ad Boy Billionaires<\/em> finally released on Netflix after being mired in a legal battle for over a month. Netflix quietly dropped three episodes featuring the stories of India\u2019s three tycoons \u2013 Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, and Subrata Roy, who have been accused on charges of fraud, money laundering, and defrauding public sector banks. The fourth episode on Satyam Computer Services founder Ramalinga Raju still remains unavailable as the matter is being heard in the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/hyderabad\/raju-wants-to-see-episode-hc-tells-netflix-to-respond\/articleshow\/78522997.cms\">Telangana high court<\/a>.\n\nThe docu-series doesn\u2019t tell us anything new about these scamsters or their alleged crimes, but it is the way the narrative is woven together that is quite gripping. The story-telling begins with the rise of India\u2019s \u201cbad boys\u201d, followed by details of how their fortunes came crashing down. The commentary throughout the series is provided by close friends, former employees, and journalists who bring their own perspectives to the events that took place.\n\nThe episode on Vijay Mallya is aptly titled \u201cThe King of Good Times\u201d. It begins by telling us about the \u201ccharismatic\u201d man who threw lavish parties and was able to sell alcohol, considered a taboo in many Indian households, with flair, and then elevated the brand by starting Kingfisher Airlines. An ironic bit from this episode is when a reporter asks Mallya about how he feels being compared to Donald Trump and Mallya replies, \u201cI\u2019m not yet anywhere near bankruptcy.\u201d Oh, how the tables turn. What will leave viewers fuming, is the tone-deaf commentary by his son Siddharth Mallya, and \u201cclose friends\u201d, including Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Shobhaa De.\n\nMallya is constantly described as someone who was just \u201cflamboyant\u201d, with an \u201cego\u201d; they\u2019ve called him \u201cchildlike\u201d and an \u201cidiot\u201d. It\u2019s an attempt to whitewash his crimes \u2013 the fact that while the Kingfisher staff was unpaid for months, he hosted a grand 60th birthday bash featuring Enrique Iglesias. An employee\u2019s wife died by suicide because his family had no money. The \u201cgood times\u201d were only restricted to his personal life. For people who worked for him, the times were turbulent.\n\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\"><p><em>Bad Boy Billionaires<\/em> lays bare the lacunas in our system.<\/p><\/blockquote> \n\nThe episode on Nirav Modi, titled \u201cDiamonds aren\u2019t forever\u201d, has little original footage and a lot of clips from his store openings and brand advertisements. While the influence of his uncle Mehul Choksi and wife Ami Modi is briefly touched upon. The filmmakers don\u2019t dig deep into the story of Choksi, now himself a fugitive, who had a big part to play in the wrongdoings. A heartbreaking moment arrives in this episode when a Punjab National Bank clerk describes his ordeal in jail for merely \u201cdoing his job\u201d, and how they were mere pawns in a game played by their big boss, who is walking around freely in London sporting an ostrich-skin jacket and arrogantly saying \u201cno comment\u201d when confronted by journalists. Yes, Nirav Modi is very much a free man. The ordinary people\u2019s lives he touched not so much.\n\nThe most gripping and impactful episode features Subrata Roy, the chairman of Sahara India Pariwar. Titled \u201cThe world\u2019s biggest family\u201d, it captures the rise of a young Subrata Roy in the interiors of Uttar Pradesh, as he gets the poorest people in India, who are alienated from the formal banking system, to invest in his \u201cschemes\u201d. The episode also captures the cult of Subrata Roy, from the dress code, to the trademark hand signals and people touching his feet and lying down in front of him. One has to undoubtedly be a larger-than-life figure, to get one in 17 individuals in the entire country to put their faith in you. And then cheat them. It\u2019s heartbreaking to see ordinary people \u2013 from villages and cities \u2013 getting ensnared in Roy\u2019s trap.\n\nThe arrogance of Subrata Roy is also visible, sending 127 trucks worth of documents to the regulators, or calling officials \u201csarkari gunde\u201d for taking action against him. The powerful always believe the party will never stop, until it does.\n\n<em>Bad Boy Billionaires<\/em> lays bare the lacunas in our system. Public sector banks kept giving loans to unviable businesses, regulators were always behind the curve and there\u2019s nothing that cannot be done by giving a few bribes here and there. It also points out the severe contradiction in how differently rules apply to ordinary people and how they apply to the rich. While the farmer is hounded for loans unpaid and a person defaulting on an EMI can have his life turned upside down, these tycoons robbing the country of thousands of crores continue to live luxurious lives, backed by powerful lawyers who can take the judicial system for a ride.\n\nThe series leaves us without any hope or a positive takeaway. But then, it is merely capturing reality.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix docuseries Bad Boy Billionaires gives us a glimpse into the rise and fall of India\u2019s three fraudsters \u2013 Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, and Subrata Roy. 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