Mani Shankar
Recently, Knockout director Mani Shankar had a very embarrassing experience. Since Knockout is about Indians who have illegal Swiss accounts, Mani (who was once the personal media advisor to the late
former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao) went to a Swiss banker in Zurich, to understand the procedure of opening a Swiss bank account. The banker ended up throwing Mani out of the building.
Mani’s enquiries made this particular banker very skeptical. Halfway through the conversation, the banker got suspicious about Mani’s intentions; he thought Mani was actually a journalist who was trying to unearth a scam. Refusing to divulge any more information, the furious banker started yelling at him.
He refused to answer any of Mani’s further questions and eventually threw him out.
A source says, “Mani felt that he would pull it off. Some people had advised him that it would be a very tough task.
But Mani thought that if he was doing nothing illegal then where was the need to worry? He decided to give it a try, so he could get a closer look at the detailed procedure of opening a Swiss bank account.”
Mani said, “I do research for all my films. Knockout was not going to be an exception. This happened in Zurich. The banker realised that I had no money.
You need at least Rs 5 crore to open an account in a Swiss bank. The banker got very angry and it was very difficult to convince him. He asked me to leave.”
Mani’s enquiries made this particular banker very skeptical. Halfway through the conversation, the banker got suspicious about Mani’s intentions; he thought Mani was actually a journalist who was trying to unearth a scam. Refusing to divulge any more information, the furious banker started yelling at him.
He refused to answer any of Mani’s further questions and eventually threw him out.
A source says, “Mani felt that he would pull it off. Some people had advised him that it would be a very tough task.
But Mani thought that if he was doing nothing illegal then where was the need to worry? He decided to give it a try, so he could get a closer look at the detailed procedure of opening a Swiss bank account.”
Mani said, “I do research for all my films. Knockout was not going to be an exception. This happened in Zurich. The banker realised that I had no money.
You need at least Rs 5 crore to open an account in a Swiss bank. The banker got very angry and it was very difficult to convince him. He asked me to leave.”
