Dylan Mohan Gray on Vijay Mallya & Bad Boy Billionaires

This week on The Wire Talks, Sidharth Bhatia is joined by the Canadian-Indian filmmaker Dylan Mohan Gray. Dylan recently directed the much acclaimed 'King of Good Times' section of the Netflix series 'Bad Boy Billionaires', which talked about the rise and fall of Vijay Mallya and his business empire. Dylan has also directed a 2012 movie called 'Fire in the Blood' which depicts the international obstruction of access to low-cost drugs and medicines used in the treatment of HIV/AIDS to people on Africa and other parts of the global south. It talks about how this agenda is pushed by multinational pharmaceutical companies holding patent monopolies and how various governments consistently do their bidding.On this episode, Dylan talks about his career and background, being originally from Canada, living in Mumbai, also having lived in Budapest and Berlin, how he began working in the film industry in Europe, why a lot of his films are tied to topics in contemporary history, working on films like Bourne Supremacy, The Namesake, among others, working on an Aamir Khan movie '1947: Earth (199)' as an Assistant Director, how Fire in the Blood came about, the monopolies that drug companies are granted by governments, how multinational pharmaceutical companies responded to the documentary, how he got to directing the Vijay Mallya section of Bad Boy Billionaires and how it ended up on Netflix, how they got Siddharth Mallya on the documentary and what he thought of it post its release, the response his documentary has been getting in general, and lots more. Tune in for a truly fascinating conversation.Follow Dylan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DylanMohanGrayFollow Sidharth Bhatia on Twitter and Instagram @bombaywallah : https://twitter.com/bombaywallah and https://instagram.com/bombaywallahYou can listen to this show on The Wire's website, the IVM Podcasts website, app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.

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