Published 16:33 IST, October 5th 2020

Netflix’s 'Bad Boy Billionaires' releases amid controversy, without Ramalinga Raju episode

OTT giant Netflix's Bad Boy Billionaires has released three episodes on the ongoing cases. Read on to know all the details about the reality inspired show.

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Netflix's Bad Boy Billionaires has created quite controversy after several of its docu-episodes were slammed by Mehul Choksi. Netflix’s venture into documenting some of biggest scams in country had soon found itself in murky waters. OTT giant was stopped from airing all of its series after Mehul Choksi whose name is in series pleaded a court to t air  episode.

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Bad Boy Billionaires release

Mehul Choksi had pleaded court that his 'reputation would suffer' and show must t be aired, through his representative Vijay Aggarwal. However, streaming giant defended allegations by calling show 'a factual representation in public domain and t in sub-judice'.  court has henceforth ordered a stay only on airing of Ramalinga Raju in Satyam scam episode. 

leading streaming giant has w received a green signal to air all or episodes. Satyam Computer Services founder B Ramalinga Raj’s part in Netflix's Bad Boy Billionaires was initially going to be aired along with all or episodes of docu-series but only three episodes can be seen by audience w. y are Nirav Modi, Subrata Roy, and Vijay Mallya stories. This was after Bihar’s Araria district court vacated a stay order on release on three episodes.

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Netflix’s Bad Boy Billionaires was recently screened by officials at Telangana HC. A division bench of Telangana HC watched episodes and n allowed its furr streaming. docu-series witnessed temporary stay orders after which it was released earlier today.

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About Bad Boy Billionaires release

Only B. Ramalinga Raju's story will t be part of release. Netflix’s Bad Boy Billionaires will have real stories of many high-profile Indian business tycoons, namely- Nirav Modi, Subrata Roy, and Vijay Mallya. documentary tells tale of ir rise and fall in ir respective industries and consecutive frauds y committed over years causing public uproar and huge monetary loses.

Bad Boy Billionaires' India release date

Bad Boy Billionaires' India release date was September 2, 2020. Viewers could only stream three episodes so far according to court's order. Viewers can watch  episodes with a basic subscription of OTT platform.

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16:33 IST, October 5th 2020