now thudding to terra firma and
nightmare-ville!
Take a look. What better symbol
to kick off this part of this flop show
than the flamboyant, larger-than-life,
king of good times Booze badshah,
Vijay Mallya! The Royal Challenger
of Bangalore, who consistently doled
out telephone number cheques to
players – Yuvi Singh! – he fancied,
flaunted and hosted dazzlers from
B-town & fashion world is today
reduced from CHEERS-TO-TEARS! His
Kingfisher airline is grounded as is his
control over his UBI empire and the
tycoon is in deep, deep shit! Sahara
groups Subrata Roy – one time bosom
pals of U.P. Chief Minister Mulayam
Singh Yadav, networking chief
extraordinaire Amar Singh, Reliance
Boss-man Anil Ambani and of course
Bollywood’s towering inferno, The
Big B – comes next. Amidst hi-pitched
media shoshaa, the Sahara Shree
bought the most expensive team in
2010 [Pune Warriors]. Today, the big
shot is languishing in jail, unable to
rustle up funds for a bailout due to –
allegedly – zillion financial ghaplas.
Raj Kundra – NRI businessman &
hubby of Bollywood star Shilpa
Shetty – enjoyed his moments in the
limelight as team-owner of RR, until
he was caught betting and slung out
for two years, amidst public shame.
T. Venkattram Reddy – Deccan
Chargers – had to let go the team
Vijay Mallya is down from Cheers-To-Tears!
His KingfisherAirline is grounded as is his
control over his UBI empire and the tycoon
is in deep, deep shit!
after a fraud case gripped him. CSK
chief N. Srinivasan – the controversial
heavy – had to vacate his BCCI throne
and his India Cement had to let go
CSK. His dear son-in-law Gurunath
Meyiappan – sone pe suhaaga –
was also banned from any serious
cricket-related activity – due to his
bindaas betting spree! Hi-profile,
suave politician, Shashi Tharoor lost
his ministership after a franchiserelated sweat equity investigation
and soon after, lost his wife amidst
a blaze of publicity under dubious
circumstances. Ness Wadia &
Preity Zinta too – former lovers &
co-owners of Kings XI Punjab - fell
out in acrimonious fashion, in full
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