Netflix's docuseries 'Bad Boy Billionaires' tells stories all too familiar

The docuseries tells life stories of India's most notorious billionaires - Nirav Modi, Subrata Roy, Vijay Mallya and Ramalinga Raju

Perhaps it was only fitting that a docuseries on four of India’s most notorious billionaires got off to such a controversial start. Bad Boy Billionaires on Netflix was slated for release on September 2, but was pushed back after two of the subjects in question, Sahara Chairman Subrata Roy and Satyam founder Ramalinga Raju, approached the courts and got a stay on the release. The episode featuring Raju is still under wraps, but the other three — including Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi — became available earlier this week.

By nature, biographical documentaries have always been a bit peculiar: Filmmakers often