‘Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story’ SonyLIV Web Series review: A Dramatic Way to Describe India’s Biggest Stock Market Scam!!

 

Overview of Scam 1992 web series

Scam 1992 is a web series that includes drama. Pratik Gandhi, Sharib Hashmi, Shreya Dhanwanthary, and Nikhil Dwivedi are the well-known faces of this web series. This web series did release on SonyLIV on 9 October 2020.

This web series is being directed by Hansal Mehta and Jai Mehta. This web series is adapted from the Book by name of The Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Got Away. The book was written by Sacheta Dalal and Debashish Basu. This series is based on the 1992 Indian stock market scam committed by the infamous stockbroker Harshad Mehta in 1992. The scam was about 5000 crores. This web series consists of 10 episodes.

What is the Plot of the Scam 1992 web series?

Pratik Gandhi is seen as the infamous Harshad Mehta and Sharib Hashmi is seen as Sharad Bellary. Shreya Dhanwanthary is seen as Sucheta Dalal and her voice explaining the effect of the events in the background. Nikhil Dwivedi is being seen as Tyagi. Harshad Mehta scam story has every element that makes this web series a perfect pack of drama. In the opening scene, the director shows a huge hoarding that screams “Harshad Mehta is a Liar”. But it’s not that quite simple as the story continues we find out the how’s, what’s, and why’s of Mehta’s biggest scam. 

You may think that 10 episodes that are quite long but it shows the 12 most important years of journey of the Harshad Mehta’s rise from 1980 to 1992. It gives us the sight of the other characters that were part of Harshad Mehta’s Financial wrongdoings. Harshad Mehta has a heroic quality that is being highlighted by his high ambitions. He is being referred to as the Bachchan of BSE.  For more detail, I would say you should watch this series.

How is the Performance of the Scam 1992 web series? And How is the Performance of the Cast of Scam 1992?

Overall, the web series is Great. It is worth watching for sure. The performance of the cast is as good as it can be. Pratik Gandhi is able to impress the audience with his mind-blowing acting. I would like to praise the casting director Mukesh Chhabra for not falling into the trap to cast who look alike the original characters. There are also some good Dialogues like “Risk Hai toh Ishq Hai” and many more. Everything including acting, cinematography, sets everything is as precise as it can be nothing is being overdone.