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The king of good times on the not-so-good times

Last updated on: May 05, 2016 15:42 IST

'One of the businesses I was involved in failed, sadly. There were other businesses that still exist, which are hugely successful. Should I, therefore, be a hypocrite?'

'No more dreaming big'

Image: Vijay Mallya remains unfazed. Photograph: Reuters
 
 

Even as the law enforcement agencies, bankers and former Kingfisher employees are baying for his blood, liquor baron Vijay Mallya remains unfazed.

Mallya claims he is a 'patriot', and is in a ‘forced exile’ in London.

Mallya had left India on March 2, days before the Supreme Court heard the plea of a clutch of state-owned banks seeking the recovery of over Rs 9,000 crore from his group firms. 

The consortium alleged in the Supreme Court that the industrialist was not cooperating in the investigation of cases lodged against him and was averse to disclosing his foreign assets. 

In an interview with the Financial Times, that lasted four hours, during the course of which the newspaper said he smoked thin cigarillos, Mallya spoke about his forced exile and made every effort to portray that he is targeted for having a flamboyant lifestyle.

Here are some interesting points he mentioned in the FT interview.