Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story Web Series Details:
| Also known as | Scam 1992 |
| Based on | 1992 Indian stock market scam |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Dubbed in | Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, English |
| Genre | Financial thriller Biography Drama |
| Season | 1 |
| Episodes | 10 |
| Release date | 9 October 2020 |
| Running time | 42–60 minutes |
| Age rating | TV-14 |
| Starring | Pratik Gandhi Shreya Dhanwanthary Hemant Kher Satish Kaushik |
| Directed by | Hansal Mehta Jai Mehta |
| Written by | Sumit Purohit Saurav Dey Vaibhav Vishal Karan Vyas |
| Cinematography by | Pratham Mehta |
| Edited by | Kunal Walve Sumit Purohit |
| Music by | Achint Thakkar |
| Production Company | Studio 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.
