1 00:06:24,265 --> 00:06:25,505 Mr. Gandhi, 2 00:06:25,585 --> 00:06:30,185 do you intend to have complete prohibition in the new Indian State? 3 00:06:30,265 --> 00:06:31,225 Oh, yes. 4 00:06:31,305 --> 00:06:34,265 -Absolute prohibition? -Absolute. 5 00:12:52,905 --> 00:12:57,625 {\an8}People have very much accepted and appreciated prohibition 6 00:12:57,705 --> 00:12:59,465 {\an8}and they want more of it. 7 00:17:22,704 --> 00:17:27,514 {\an8}Vijay Mallya, known as "the liquor baron," the uncrowned "King of Alcohol". 8 00:17:27,585 --> 00:17:29,695 Vijay Mallya, welcome to the studio. 9 00:17:30,345 --> 00:17:33,545 Article 47 of the Indian Constitution says 10 00:17:33,625 --> 00:17:37,545 that the State shall endeavor to promote prohibition. 11 00:17:42,545 --> 00:17:45,585 I'm not forcing anyone to drink. 12 00:22:05,585 --> 00:22:07,065 Advertising is banned, 13 00:22:07,625 --> 00:22:10,825 and so you started Kingfisher Airlines to advertise in a surrogate way. 14 00:22:10,905 --> 00:22:13,385 Because "Kingfisher" is the name of your beer, isn't it? 15 00:22:13,465 --> 00:22:14,985 {\an8}Are you telling me 16 00:22:15,065 --> 00:22:19,025 {\an8}that I spent 2,000 crores on an airline just to advertise my beer brand? 17 00:22:19,105 --> 00:22:21,145 This way, you could promote your brand, right? 18 00:22:21,225 --> 00:22:24,345 Because Kingfisher has brand recognition. 19 00:22:24,425 --> 00:22:25,545 As a beer. 20 00:42:59,785 --> 00:43:03,025 He's not paying his employees, and nobody is raising a voice. 21 00:43:03,105 --> 00:43:04,825 {\an8}If this happens in this country, 22 00:43:04,905 --> 00:43:08,785 {\an8}then what type of example is it going to set? 23 00:43:12,145 --> 00:43:14,425 {\an8}We protested and we demanded his arrest. 24 00:43:15,065 --> 00:43:18,785 I had to manage and organize protests and manage media. 25 00:43:19,505 --> 00:43:21,505 We were leading from the front. 26 00:43:25,505 --> 00:43:28,185 Vijay Mallya sent us numerous mails and he said, 27 00:43:28,265 --> 00:43:30,545 "Please don't talk to media. Give me ten days. 28 00:43:30,625 --> 00:43:32,465 I swear in the name of God, 29 00:43:32,545 --> 00:43:35,865 stand by me, you will be suitably rewarded" 30 00:43:35,945 --> 00:43:36,985 and all that. 31 00:43:37,065 --> 00:43:40,105 "I am trying to revive this airline, 32 00:43:40,185 --> 00:43:42,385 and within ten days, I will clear all your dues." 33 00:43:50,025 --> 00:43:52,585 That was the time when my wife became pregnant, 34 00:43:53,585 --> 00:43:55,185 our savings were gone, 35 00:43:55,865 --> 00:43:57,905 I slipped into depression, 36 00:43:58,385 --> 00:44:01,465 so it was like a nightmare for us. 37 00:44:03,745 --> 00:44:06,905 All his promises were empty, empty promises. 38 00:44:08,345 --> 00:44:11,065 For him, $100 is peanuts. 39 00:44:11,145 --> 00:44:13,185 But for us, it was our life. 40 00:45:22,025 --> 00:45:24,385 One of our colleagues' wives committed suicide. 41 00:45:24,465 --> 00:45:26,865 And in her suicide note, she clearly wrote, 42 00:45:26,945 --> 00:45:28,585 "I am committing suicide 43 00:45:28,665 --> 00:45:30,865 because Vijay Mallya has not paid my husband 44 00:45:30,945 --> 00:45:32,625 for the last six months." 45 00:45:32,705 --> 00:45:34,145 We thought, at that time, 46 00:45:34,225 --> 00:45:36,825 "He will pacify us, he will pay our salary." 47 00:45:36,905 --> 00:45:41,105 He's such a stone-hearted person that nothing, 48 00:45:41,185 --> 00:45:42,905 there was no change in his attitude. 49 00:49:57,865 --> 00:50:01,105 While we were starving, he was celebrating his birthday. 50 00:50:01,585 --> 00:50:04,025 Mallya didn't show any consideration towards anyone. 51 00:50:05,385 --> 00:50:06,745 For me, he's not a celebrity. 52 00:50:06,825 --> 00:50:09,985 For me, he's like a thief, he's like any other criminal. 53 00:51:43,625 --> 00:51:47,665 Look at the types of people that have taken money from the banks. 54 00:51:47,745 --> 00:51:50,585 Now that I have started to tighten the screw, 55 00:51:50,665 --> 00:51:52,865 they are starting to sweat.