Vijay Mallya Contradicted Courts, Deflected, Painted A Different Picture In Podcast: Raj Shamani
Vijay Mallya recently appeared on Raj Shamani's podcast and took the internet by storm. During the podcast, Vijay Mallya talked about his life, the rise and fall of Kingfisher Airlines, the IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore, and also addressed the financial allegations levelled against him for the first time. Now, Raj Shamani has opened up about how he prepped for the chat and how Mallya deflected some questions.
Appearing on Chalchitra Talks, Shamani recalled the preparation that went into the episode and said, 'One person watched every YouTube video that exists about him, to check which stories add up and which don't. One person scraped every tweet that he has posted in the last three years. A third person compiled every news piece on him, on TV and online."
'Another person was in charge of assessing his side of the argument. We also spoke to ex-employees and associates. I did my own homework; I spoke to people who were very close to him. Then, we compiled all the information together. But we realised that a lot of it wasn't adding up. He'd said one thing, but the news reports said something else and the courts said something else; dates weren't matching… There was 'bhasad', nothing was adding up," he said.
Shamani continued, 'So, we decided to create a timeline of events, a chronological account of his life. Then, we highlighted every detail that we could corroborate, and only then did we do the podcast. There were some stories that he denied; for example, I asked him about being a brat in his youth and showing off his expensive cars. But he denied it. He painted a different picture. Some details he agreed with. Other things, like Supreme Court dates and the lookout circular dates and the date his passport was revoked, he didn't seem to be aware of himself."
Shamani added, 'There were times when he agreed, there were times when he disagreed, there were times when he gave a different story. That's how we did our research. Plus, there were a lot of answers that we predicted, and because we did the rehearsal, I knew where to take the conversation… "
'We knew when he'd deflect, and we had a response ready. There were stories about him having a shell company in France, and because we knew the name of the company, he couldn't deflect, and he told us the story. We asked him about the private jets and the Picasso paintings and the Tipu Sultan sword, and he answered how he saw fit," he concluded.
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