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do Indians catch the Anshu Jain allusions?


I've been wondering for a while now if the allusions to Deutsche Bank and its bosses are only obvious for German spectators...

The DZB bank in the film is an obvious hybrid of 'Deutsche Bank' (DB), Germany's biggest international bank, and 'Europäische Zentral-Bank' (EZB) which controls the Euro. The DZB directors (and main villains) Fabian Kohl and JK Diwan are easily recognizable stand-ins for Deutsche Bank directors Josef Ackermann and Anshu Jain, who has meanwhile assumed the CEO position from Ackermann, which is mentioned as JK Diwan's goal in the film. On top of that, the explaining sequence where one can see Fabian Kohl holding a speech was shot at Deutsche Bank headquarters in Berlin. For a German spectator, this is very tongue-in-cheek as Ackermann is indeed regarded as a villain by the German public - one could say that he epitomizes the 'evil banker'. I'm wondering if these allusions are only for us or if Indian spectators are familiar with Anshu Jain and Deutsche Bank.

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Didn't know about Anshu Jain until now. Don't know if the filmmaker wanted to allude to the same, but that some neat info you gave us.

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