Honestly, it is Vijay Mallya’s lifestyle that has really made everyone so angry, especially Raghuram Rajan and Indian banks. And his lifestyle is something that has been a matter of curiosity for much more than a decade.

So we dug into some old interviews of the flamboyant businessman to find out just what he has been doling out to us over the years and it sure had us shaking our heads at the end of it.

Here we go:

  • On being compared to Trump, way back in 1998

Source: Youtube 

  • On whether Indians want him to fail, 2005

Source: BBC 

  • On his envious lifestyle, 2005

Source: BBC 

  • On infidelity, 2006

Source: DNA 

  • On his ambition as a politician, 2006

Source: India Today 

  • On what the real, private Vijay Mallya is, 2006

Source: India Today 

  • On his high life, 2006

Source: India Today 

  • On his obsession with employing ‘pretty girls’, 2008

Source: Thisismoney.co.uk/

  • On whether he sleeps well at night, 2009

Source: Youtube 

  • Again, on whether Indians want him to fail, this time in 2009

Source: Youtube 

  • On his high life amid business crisis, 2013

Source: Economic Times