PLOT: Set in 1980’s & 90’s Bombay, the series follows the life of Harshad Mehta, the infamous “Bachchan of BSE”. He was a stockbroker who single-handedly took the stock market to dizzying heights and his catastrophic downfall. It is about the major scandals that shook India and are remembered as some of the most notorious crimes of the country.
Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story is a Biographical drama web-series directed by Hansal Mehta. The series is adapted from journalist Sucheta Dalal and Debashis Basu’s book The Scam: Who Won, who Lost, who Got Away. Streaming now on SonyLIV, no. of episodes: 10 (40-50 mins each).
Star Cast:
Pratik Gandhi as Harshad Mehta
Anjali Barot as Jyoti, Harshad’s wife
Hemant Kher as Ashwin Mehta
Shreya Dhanwanthary as Sucheta Dalal
Faizal Rashid as Debasish Basu
Nikhil Dwivedi as Tyagi
Sharib Hashmi as Sharad Bellary
Chirag Vohra as Bhushan Bhatt
Ivan Sylvester Rodrigues as Fortune India Editor
Rajat Kapoor as K. Madhavan, Joint Director CBI
K.K. Raina as Manohar Pherwani
Satish Kaushik as Manu Mundra
Anant Mahadevan as S. Venkitaramanan
Shadaab Khan as Ajay Kedia
Paresh Ganatra as Maheshwari
Lalit Parimoo as CBI Director
Mamik Singh as City Bank Official
Kavin Dave as Rakesh
Jai Upadhyay as Pranav Seth
Jaimini Pathak as Sitaraman
Vivek Vaswani as SBI Chairman
Mithilesh Chaturvedi as Ram Jethmalani
Nagesh Bhosale as Dr. Datta Ram
WEB SERIES REVIEW: This rags-to-riches story is an absolute gem. The entire team of the series deserves applause. Despite the long runtime, the series never goes off track and keeps the viewers hooked till the last episode.
Gujarati actor Pratik Gandhi delivers outstanding performance, he played Harshad Mehta to perfection. Shreya Dhanwanthary got a very well-written role and she gave an effective performance. Each and every actor played their part flawlessly. The interrogation and raid scenes by Rajat Kapoor are engrossing.
Hansal Mehta’s excellent direction makes this web series as one of the best shows in recent times. The writers have done a brilliant job here, the narration is gripping and the screenplay is engaging. Dialogues are sharp, editing is neat and the cinematography is captivating.
Scam 1992 Web Series Rating:
Direction 4/5
Acting 4/5
Editing 3.5/5
Story 4.5/5
Screenplay 4/5
Overall Hit ya Flop Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars (Must Watch)
Highly Recommended 👍🏼
Fantastic dialogues and excellent dialogue delivery by rookie. As a gujju, i love it when they use gujju language. Fun to hear that.
Must watch Must watch Must watch.
Let’s just kick out those Khan ba***ds. Lets welcome and encourage new actors.