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Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story

TV-14
Hindi
October 9, 2020
42–60 min
Season: 1
Episodes: 10
Status: released

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Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story Web Series Details:

Also known asScam 1992
Based on1992 Indian stock market scam
Country India
Language Hindi
Dubbed inTamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, English
GenreFinancial thriller
Biography
Drama
Season1
Episodes10
Release date9 October 2020
Running time42–60 minutes
Age ratingTV-14
StarringPratik Gandhi
Shreya Dhanwanthary
Hemant Kher
Satish Kaushik
Directed by Hansal Mehta
Jai Mehta
Written bySumit Purohit
Saurav Dey
Vaibhav Vishal
Karan Vyas
Cinematography by Pratham Mehta
Edited by Kunal Walve
Sumit Purohit
Music byAchint Thakkar
Production CompanyStudio NEXT
Applause Entertainment
Distributor SonyLIV

Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story Web Series Cast & Character:

  • Pratik Gandhi as Harshad Mehta
    • Vishesh Bansal as Junior Harshad
  • Shreya Dhanwanthary as Sucheta Dalal
  • Chirag Vohra as Bhushan Bhatt (loosely based on Sudhir Mehta and Ketan Parekh)
  • Anjali Barot as Jyoti Mehta (Harshad’s wife)
  • Hemant Kher as Ashwin Mehta (Harshad’s brother)
  • Ramakant Dayma as Shantilal Mehta (Harshad’s father)
  • Kumkum Das as Rasilaben Mehta (Harshad’s mother)
  • Nikhil Dwivedi as K. S. Tyagi
  • Shadaab Khan as Ajay Kedia (A. K.)
  • Paresh Ganatra as R. K. Maheshwari (based on Radhakishan Damani)
  • Kavin Dave as Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
  • Jay Upadhyay as Pranav Sheth
  • Kartik Krishnan as Swami
  • Ayaz Khan as Treasury Chief (Bank of America)
  • Brinda Trivedi as Deepika Mehta (Ashwin’s wife)
  • Faisal Rashid as Debasish Basu
  • Sharib Hashmi as Sharad Bellary
  • K. K. Raina as Manohar J. Pherwani
  • Rajat Kapoor as K. Madhavan, Central Bureau of Investigation Joint Director
  • Satish Kaushik as Manu Mundra
  • Anant Mahadevan as S. Venkitaramanan, RBI Governor
  • Ivan Rodrigues as Fortune India Editor
  • Mamik Singh as Mr. Rao, CitiBank Chief
  • Lalit Parimoo as K. Das, Central Bureau of Investigation Director
  • Jaimini Pathak as Sitaraman
  • Vivek Vaswani as M. N. Goiporia, SBI Chairman
  • Mithilesh Chaturvedi as Ram Jethmalani
  • Nagesh Bhosale as Dr. Dutta Ram
  • Sharad Jagtiani as Rajdeep Desai
  • Asif Ali Beg as R. K. Laxman
  • Raghav Raj Kakker as Sucheta’s source, nicknamed Karamchand
  • Rajesh Jais as SBI GM Khemani
  • Vikram Kapadia as CMD of Polo
  • Hansal Mehta (uncredited)

Storyline:

Set in early 90’s Bombay, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story captures the meteoric rise and fall of Harshad Mehta- the flamboyant big bull of the stock market. When feisty financial journalist Sucheta Dalal exposed him as the man behind India’s biggest financial scam of the time, it shook the nation.

About Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story Web Series:

Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story is a Hindi biographical financial thriller streaming television series on SonyLIV directed by Hansal Mehta, with Jai Mehta serving as the co-director. Based on the 1992 Indian stock market scam committed by many stockbrokers including Harshad Mehta, the series is adapted from journalist Sucheta Dalal and Debashish Basu’s 1992 book The Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Got Away. The screenplay and dialogues were written by Sumit Purohit, Saurabh Dey, Vaibhav Vishal, and Karan Vyas.

It stars Pratik Gandhi as the protagonist Harshad Mehta, with Shreya Dhanwanthary appearing in a parallel lead role, as Sucheta Dalal. The series also features Satish Kaushik, Anant Mahadevan, Rajat Kapoor, K K Raina, Lalit Parimoo, Hemant Kher, and Nikhil Dwivedi in pivotal roles. The series focuses on Harshad Mehta’s life story, his meteoric rise, and his subsequent downfall.

Originally produced by Sameer Nair of Applause Entertainment, Hansal Mehta, worked for three years in writing the script consisting of 550 pages. The project was officially announced in December 2019, with the principal shoot beginning following its announcement. Filmed across 200 locations in Mumbai, within 85 days, the shooting was wrapped up in March 2020. The cinematography was handled by Pratham Mehta and the series was edited by Sumit Purohit and Kunal Walve. Achint Thakkar composed the background score.

Scam 1992 was premiered on SonyLIV on 9 October 2020. The series eventually received praise from the performances of the cast members, the writing, and the major technical aspects. It became the most viewed web series on the streaming platform.

The music of the series became popular, with the titular track of Scam 1992, which was recreated by a beatbox band from France, and went viral on YouTube with 970,000 views upon its release on 4 December 2020.

At the 2021 Filmfare OTT Awards, Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story received a leading 14 nominations, including Best Actress in a Drama Series (Dhanwanthary) and Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Anjali Barot), and won a leading 11 awards, including Best Drama Series, Best Director in a Drama Series (Hansal and Jai) and Best Actor in a Drama Series (Gandhi).

In March 2021, SonyLiv and Applause Entertainment announced the second installment of the franchise titled Scam 2003 based on the 2003 Stamp Paper Scam. It is to be Developed by Hansal Mehta.

Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story Episodes List:

Scam 1992 S1.Episode 1; Risk Se Ishq

In the 70’s, a Ghatkopar-based middle-class lad joins the stock market and soon picks up the art of jobbing. where will this new found skill take him in future?

Scam 1992 S1.Episode 2: Cobra Killer

A bankrupt and fatherless Harshad fights despair and starts a firm, Growmore Consultancy. His friend, Pranav Sheth gets him corporate clients and Bhushan comes on board.

Scam 1992 S1.Episode 3: Paise Ki Dukaan

Once the money market catches Harshad’s fancy, he launches his own cartel of brokers and starts dealing with banks. Soon he bags SBI as his client and fate takes a U turn. Watch ahead to know how.

Scam 1992 S1.Episode 4: Harshad Mehta Is A Liar

Harshad’s sudden success catches the attention of a young financial journalist, Sucheta Dalal who is actively looking for evidence against him. Will Harshad at all get to enjoy his extravagant life to his heart’s content?

Scam 1992 S1.Episode 5: Kundali Mein Shani

RBI Governor on seeing fishy transaction in Harshad’s SBI account ask the bank to keep a close eye on his fund movements. Harshad in his safeguarding attempt tries to sweep the 500 crores off the books. Will this go unnoticed?

Scam 1992 S1.Episode 6: Stop Press

While Harshad clears off most of his debts to SBI, Sucheta, on receiving a tip off from Bellary just won’t give up her ordeal of exposing the fraud of 500 crores. Both have just twenty four hours to turn table

Scam 1992 S1.Episode 7: Dalal Street Ka Dariya

Venkitarajan gets to know that there are multiple banks involved in the money scam and that the scam is much bigger in stature than what it appears on the surface. RBI installs an investigating committee. What are the findings?

Scam 1992 S1.Episode 8: Matador

Once Sucheta get to know from Venkatarajan about the involvement of NHB in the scam, she releases this news which leads CBI to start with interrogation of Pherwani. Harshad fears of Pherwani telling the truth. What will Harshad do next?

Scam 1992 S1.Episode 9: Ek Crore Ka Suitcase

The government tries to negotiate with Harshad Mehta and his lawyer but eventually it didn’t work. And one day Harshad along with his lawyer Mr.Ram Jethmalani conducted a press conference in which publicly tell everyone that the then PM Mr.PV Narsimharao had been given a briefcase of Rs. 1 crore.

Scam 1992 S1.Episode 10: Main History Banana Chahta Hoon

Delhi strikes a deal with Harshad, based on which he withdraws his press statement. Growmore get back to life with most of Harshad’s assets being frozen. However, Bhushan’s revelation is soon going to turn Harshad’s world upside down.

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