Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story (Series Review)

 

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.

Happy Watching!!!

Scam 1992 Trailer