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Title: Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story

Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama

Language: Hindi

Episodes: 10 (Season: 1)

Released: 9 October 2020

Network: SonyLIV

Rating: 4.4/5

Synopsis:

Story captures the breakneck rise and fall of Harshad Mehta – the rakish big bull of stock market. When a courageous financial journalist Suchita Dalal exposed him as the man behind India’s biggest scam of the time, it quacked the nation. 

Review:

Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story is an Indian financial thriller streaming television series on SonyLIV. This series is based on a book “The Scam: who won, who lost and who got away” by journalist Suchita Dalal and Debashish Basu. 

Harsad Mehta (Pratik Gandhi) – is an ordinary Gujarati salesman who joins as a jobber at Bombay Stock Exchange. Later, he starts his own consulting firm. He utilizes loopholes in the market system and soon hoards a huge amount of wealth. Pratik Gandhi’s stellar performance is the mainstay of this story. His exceptional effulgence in acting also helps to engage the audience. 

"Take everything on written no matter how honest your partner is in business".

Suchita Dalal (Shreya Dhanwanthary) – is an audacious journalist who can go to any extend to bring out the truth to limelight. Her steadfast dedication in Harsad Mehta’s case unveils his scam in 1992 and also checkmated all his illegitimate activities. Shreya is an optimal choice for this role. Her acting stands out from others with delicacy. 

"One should be stubborn for the Goal".

Some other prominent cast are Hemant Kher, Faisal Rashid, Rajat Kapoor, Anant Mahadevan and Chirag Vohra.

"If you have money and skills Everyone bows to you".

Director Hansal Mehta done a wonderful job. Writers gave us a precise story which does not change any track from the original story. Title montage and theme music score are grabs our attention for sure.

Predominantly, this series is an outright delightful watch based on a true story and may make you ponder over it at least for a while. 

I highly recommend this series to the admirers of biographies, good narrative style and also to the curious minds who wants to know about Harsad Mehta’s story.

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Title: The girl on the train

Author: Paula Hawkins

Genre: Psychological Thriller

Published: 13 January 2015

Rating: 3.8/5

Synopsis:

Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. 

She’s even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. Their life – as she sees it – is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy.

And then she sees something shocking, and in one moment everything changes. 

Review:

The girl on the train is a psychological thriller novel by British author Paula Hawkins. The novel debuted in the number one spot on The New York Times fiction best sellers of 2015 list and remained in the top position for 13 consecutive weeks. It won the 2016 Audie Award for Audiobook of the year. 

The film rights were acquired before the book was published by Dreamworks pictures for Marc Platt Productions. The American adaptation was released on 7 October 2016 and also released in hindi language in 26 February 2021. 

Rachel Watson – is an alcoholic who tries to move on from the end of her marriage to Tom. This characterization is penned down in a deep realistic manner. Her desperate love for her ex-husband erects our compassion towards her. Story from her point of view keeps us in a tipsy state just like her nature. 

“I never learn. I wake with a crushing sensation of wrongness, of shame, and I know immediately that I’ve done something stupid.”

Anna Boyd – is a young, beautiful wife of Tom and mother of Evie. She is showing off to Rachel that Tom picked her and she gradually is enraged by the behaviour of Rachel. This character development is in adequate level. Story from her point of view diverts us from predicting some twist in the beginning.

“People you have a history with, they won’t let you go, and as hard as you might try, you can’t disentangle yourself, can’t set yourself free. Maybe after a while you just stop trying.”

Megan Hipwell – is wife of scott who admires by Rachel from a far distance. Her past life is well hidden from everyone. This character is well developed and makes us engaged with some twists. 

“I woke feverish, panicky. Guilty. I do feel guilty. Just not guilty enough.”

This whole story is a first-person narrative told from these three women. Writer Paula Hawkins wrote a decent enough psychological thriller with neatly knitted twists which coalesced well with the story. Her narrative style stands out expertly. 

Overall, this story is developed in a conventional way which ended with phenomenal twists. 

I highly recommend this book to all the psychological thriller enthusiasts and also to the fans of Paula Hawkins. 

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Genre: Drama, Inspirational, Social Issues

Language: Malayalam

Running Time: 125 Minutes

Released: 26 April 2019

Network: Netflix

Rating: 4/5

Synopsis:

An aspiring Pilot fights for her future and justice after surviving an acid attack from her abusive boyfriend.

Review: 

Uyare is an Indian Malayalam film which was nominated for the best debut feature film of a director at the 50th International Film Festival Of India (IFFI). 

Pallavi Raveendran (Parvathy) – is an aspiring Pilot. She gets into an aviation academy with her dreams to fly high. Parvathy gave an immaculate performance. Her role is the backbone of this story. She proved that she is an astute actress through her impressive acting. 

Govind Balakrishnan (Asif Ali) – is the lover of Pallavi. He is terrifically possessive on her. His dominating character wrecked their relationship at one point. Asif Ali is an absolute choice for this role. His ingenious acting skill ideally sates whatever is demanded for his role. 

Vishal Rajashekaran (Tovino Thomas) – is an airline owner's son. His adorable acting appeases our eyes. 

Some other notable casts are Siddique and Anarkali Marikar.

Debutant director Manu Ashokan gave us a noteworthy film. Writers Bobby and Sanjay wrote a fantabulous story and Music director Gopi Sundar also elevates the story to top most level. 

Overall, this is a poignant movie which delivers a sensational message through this profound script. 

I highly recommend this film to the admirers of inspirational movies and also to the ardent fans of Parvathy. 

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