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Flashback episode. Harshad narrates his childhood—watching his father lose a business to a bank loan default. He reveals the emotional core: "I didn't steal money. I stole time. I made the market move at my speed." His wife Jyoti visits. She asks if he regrets it. Long pause. "I regret being born poor."
The 2020 SonyLIV original series, "Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story," redefined Indian digital content. Directed by Hansal Mehta, this ten-episode saga chronicles the meteoric rise and spectacular fall of Harshad Mehta, the "Big Bull" of the Bombay Stock Exchange. Based on the book The Scam by journalists Sucheta Dalal and Debashis Basu, the show is more than a financial thriller; it is a character study of ambition, ego, and the loopholes of an evolving economy.
The house of cards begins to collapse when Sucheta Dalal (played by Shreya Dhanwanthary), a financial journalist at The Times of India , notices massive discrepancies in the State Bank of India's accounts. Her relentless investigation uncovers a ₹4,000-crore systemic fraud. Scam 1992 - The Harshad Mehta Story -2020- S01 ...
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The series chronicles the life of Harshad Mehta, a stockbroker who took the Indian stock market to dizzying heights in the early 1990s, earning him the nickname "The Big Bull." It details his meteoric rise from a middle-class jobber to the king of Dalal Street, and his subsequent dramatic fall following the exposure of a massive securities scam worth ₹5,000 crore (approx. $800 million at the time).
The Rise and Fall of the Big Bull: Reviewing Scam 1992 Released on October 9, 2020, on SonyLIV , Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story This public link is valid for 7 days
The show is directed by Tushar Mehta and Apoorva Lakhia, and produced by Hansal Mehta and Tushar Mehta.
The success of "Scam 1992" is a testament to the powerful synergy of its cast and crew, led by the visionary direction of Hansal Mehta, with his son, Jai Mehta, serving as the co-director.
The famous phrase "Risk hai toh ishq hai" (If there's risk, there's passion) defined his fearless approach, which often bordered on illegal. Can’t copy the link right now
Set in 1980s and 90s Bombay, the story follows Harshad Mehta’s journey from a jobber in the crowded streets of Dalal Street to becoming the king of the stock market. He realizes that the "Old Boys' Club" controls the market and decides to break their monopoly. Through his firm, Grow More Research , he popularizes the concept of "Replacement Theory," convincing the public to invest in old-economy stocks.
Shreya Dhanwanthary delivered a sharp, grounded performance as Sucheta Dalal, the tenacious Times of India journalist who exposed the fraud. Hemant Kher as Harshad’s loyal brother Ashwin, and Satish Kaushik as the foul-mouthed bear trader Manu Mundra, provided phenomenal support, creating a realistic, lived-in world.
He lost everything. The banks recovered. The investors who bought at the peak lost their pensions. But for two weeks in 1992, Harshad Mehta made the common Indian believe that poverty was optional.
by journalists Sucheta Dalal and Debashis Basu, the 10-episode SonyLIV series redefined the biographical drama genre in India. 1. The Meteoric Rise and Catastrophic Fall The series chronicles the real-life journey of Harshad Mehta