1 00:00:05,343 --> 00:00:19,167 (Phone rings) 2 00:00:19,167 --> 00:00:26,847 Niira: Tarun hi...hello? Tarun: Are you in a meeting? 3 00:00:26,847 --> 00:00:34,784 Niira: No no, I just came out, Manoj Modi was briefing the media. Hmm. Hi. Tarun: Where are you? 4 00:00:34,784 --> 00:00:39,392 Niira: I am at the Taj Chambers. Manoj Modi's briefing the journalists. Tarun: Ah... 5 00:00:39,392 --> 00:00:42,976 Niira: We have a battlefield going on. Tarun: Oh... 6 00:00:42,976 --> 00:01:00,384 Niira: ...I've come out now. Tarun: Now I had a good meeting with Sunil, I spent and hour with him and uh, he is um, he said it again and again and I felt that he was being sincere, that he really wants to build bridges with Ratan - Niira: Mmhmm. 7 00:01:00,384 --> 00:01:28,543 Tarun: - so I spoke to him, I asked him about that and uh, he's...as you...he feels he's stepped back from Raja, he's not getting into any - trying not to get into a war and all that. He feels on spectrum, everybody's alright, and maybe this time Raja can't be openly favouring one person. Niira: Uh huh. 8 00:01:28,543 --> 00:01:56,704 Tarun: He, he really wants to meet Ratan once, I think, and clear the air with him. He wants to do it face-to-face, talk to him. I talked to him about this Vir Sanghvi, you know, doing this interview. He said, "Yeah, I don't like it, because it's called 'Tycoons'" and I saw Vijay Mallya, one night ago - two nights ago, and he said he didn't like the programme but he has agreed to do it so he doesn't want to back out - 9 00:01:56,704 --> 00:02:14,623 Tarun: - but uh...so I don't know, I think it'll depend on you, really, what you can do. To get them together. If you can get Mukesh and Ratan together, with all the history there, surely you can get these two guys together. 10 00:02:14,623 --> 00:02:25,631 Niira: Yeah, I'll give it my best shot, I think it's uh...you told him... Tarun: - It'll be helpful, you know, it'll be helpful if all three of them are on the same page. Niira: Hmm. Hmm, hmm, hmm. 11 00:02:25,631 --> 00:02:46,879 Tarun: He said that uh, Mukesh is uh...not giving clearance for sale to AT&T. Niira: No, that's right, we're not doing that. Yeah. He's - they've already written to - AT&T is written back, they wrote to AT&T's lawyers, saying that you cannot go ahead with this without taking our approval - 12 00:02:46,879 --> 00:02:54,815 Niira: - anycase we have a ROFR, so the lawyers have written back saying we are not in dialogue. Tarun: Oh, okay. 13 00:02:54,815 --> 00:03:04,031 Niira: But that's been stopped in any case, because they're not going to allow AT&T to come in. I mean, the ROFR will have to work. Tarun: Yeah, but that's what is bailing Anil... Niira: Yeah. 14 00:03:04,031 --> 00:03:07,871 Niira: We know AT&T is talking to them, they're just denying it right now. Tarun: Right. 15 00:03:07,871 --> 00:03:26,815 Niira: Yeah, the ROFR won't happen, Tarun, Mukesh is very clear. Tarun: Ya. Niira: I don't think he knows...he wants to... -- of his brother. Tarun: Ya. Niira: So that's gotta be put to rest once and for all, the government is going to have to take a position on whether it wants to secure it's own assets or not. 16 00:03:26,815 --> 00:03:38,335 Tarun: Yeah. Niira: So that's gonna carry on. Others is loot will continue from both sides. You told him that I - I've been in touch with - Tarun: Yeah. Niira: Yeah. 17 00:03:38,335 --> 00:03:53,695 Niira: He knows that you and I - that he - that you, that you know I've met him and all that, na? Tarun: Yeah, I know, and I made it clear that I know you very well and you're...that part, so that there's a relationship there and a friendship there. 18 00:03:53,695 --> 00:04:12,127 Niira: Hmm. Tarun: But he was fine with that, he said, yeah, I've met her. No issue... I understand. Niira: Hmm. Tarun: He says you know everything, how do you know everything? Niira: Hmm. Tarun: I said you're meeting my friends. We talk amongst ourselves. 19 00:04:12,127 --> 00:04:27,231 Niira: Hmm. I mean, basically you and I have common ground ground to bring them together, so that's uh... Tarun: I think it'll be helpful to (inaudible). Actually, if three of them are together, I think on issues it'll be very helpful to the PM also, you know? Niira: Yeah, yeah. 20 00:04:27,231 --> 00:04:34,143 Tarun: So... Niira: You have to convince Ratan though, yeah. You must send Ratan that letter, haan, on that Air India thing. Tarun: Done! 21 00:04:34,143 --> 00:04:42,591 Tarun: Done, I did it yesterday, on his personal email id. Niira: Oh, okay. Because uh, he's - Tarun: Is he accepting? 22 00:04:42,591 --> 00:04:53,855 Niira: No no, not yet, he sent me a mail today from - uh, before he took off. Tarun: Hmm. Niira: From London to say that we'll come an discuss because, um, Praful and them are pushing that he's accepted when he hasn't - 23 00:04:53,855 --> 00:04:58,975 Tarun: Yeah... Niira: - so they're just trying to create the pressure that he's accepted so that he can't - Tarun: Praful's playing games here. 24 00:04:58,975 --> 00:05:03,328 Niira: Yeah, Praful's playing games here. Tarun: He mustn't oblige. 25 00:05:03,328 --> 00:05:15,104 Niira: Yeah, he mustn't do that. I hope not. Tarun: If Prime Minister were to make a personal call, it would be different, but she must have authority. No authority. This is a whitewash for Praful. 26 00:05:15,104 --> 00:05:23,040 Niira: Correct, correct, absolutely. Tarun: And you know, Vijay Mallya and Naresh Goel and everybody will be nicing him. Niira: Hmm hmm hmm. 27 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:28,671 Tarun: Make sure that everything collapses in. Niira: Correct, I agree with you. I told him, that you can do without it, so let's hope... 28 00:05:28,671 --> 00:05:32,000 Tarun: Okay, take care. Niira: Has Vishal called you? 29 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:41,216 Tarun: Yeah, yeah, he's talked to me. Niira: He's told you because we're looking at that land within their land and he's organising that part. That was a new thing that came up today, I believe. 30 00:05:41,216 --> 00:05:48,384 Tarun: So I said there's no fire, you take your time, sort things out, then we'll see - Niira: No but that will be so interesting because they already have to maintain that area. 31 00:05:48,384 --> 00:06:00,160 Tarun: Right. Niira: And it has to be green, and then it comes to us at a really, really, you know, a concessional concessional rate. Which is really fantastic. We can only - they can only give it to us. Because they have to maintain it in any case, you know - 32 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,231 Tarun: That'll be great, yeah. Niira: Yeah. So they're going to do that. 33 00:06:03,231 --> 00:06:10,440 Tarun: So he'll get back to me. Niira: Yeah, he's apparently the father's called him tomorrow so that's good, yeah. So I'll give you a call. I'm here tomorrow, so give me a call, if we can meet - (Tape ends abruptly)