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Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Pratik Gandhi
Harshad Mehta
10 eps
Shreya Dhanwanthary
Sucheta Dalal/Narrator
10 eps
Anjali Barot
Jyoti Harshad Mehta
10 eps
Hemant Kher
Ashwin Mehta
10 eps
Chirag Vohra
Bhushan Bhatt
10 eps
Jay Upadhyay
Pranav Sheth
10 eps
Satish Kaushik
Manu Mundra (Black Cobra)
10 eps
K.K. Raina
M.J. Pherwani
10 eps
Ramakant Dayma
Shantilal Mehta
10 eps
Kumkum Das
Rasilaben Mehta
10 eps
Brinda Trivedi
Deepika Mehta
10 eps
Ananth Narayan Mahadevan
S. Venkitarajan
10 eps
Nikhil Dwivedi
Tyagi (Citibank Head)
10 eps
Sharib Hashmi
Sharad Bellary
10 eps
Rajat Kapoor
K. Madhavan
10 eps
Kavin Dave
Rakesh
10 eps
Paresh Ganatra
Maheshwari
10 eps
Faisal Rashid
Debashis
10 eps
Shadaab Khan
Ajay Kedia
10 eps
Ivan Rodrigues
Fortune India Editor
10 eps
Jaimini Pathak
Sitaraman
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Set in 1980's & 90's Bombay, Scam 1992 follows the life of Harshad Mehta - a stockbroker who single-handedly took the stock market to dizzying heights & his catastrophic downfall. Being directed by National Award-winning filmmaker Hansal Mehta, the series is based on journalist Debashis Basu & Sucheta Dalal's book "The Scam".
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Risk Se Ishq
By the fag end of the 70’s era, a middle-class boy from Ghatkopar finds his way into the stock market. He is Harshad Mehta. Aided by his friend, Bhushan, Harshad masters the art of jobbing. Backed by his aspirations, Harshad goes on to start his own trading account in partnership with his brother, Ashwin. Little do the brothers know what’s in store for them in the near future.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01
Risk Se Ishq
S01E02
Cobra Killer
S01E03
Paise Ki Dukaan
S01E04
Harshad Mehta Is A Liar
S01E05
Kundli Mein Shani
S01E06
Stop Press
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Karan VyasWriter
- Sumit PurohitWriter
- Vaibhav VishalWriter
Direction
- Hansal MehtaDirector
- Jai MehtaDirector
Cinematography
- Pratham MehtaDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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