Marathi actor Shashank Ketkar who is known for his role in the daily soap Honar Sun Me Hya Gharchi recently wrapped up shoot for Scam 2003 the upcoming web series helmed by Applause Entertainment to launch on Sony LIV.

As we know, the series is a sequel to its successful crime drama Scam 1992- The Harshad Mehta Story. The second season of the franchise will feature the story of the 2003 stamp paper scam by Abdul Karim Telgi. The show will be adapted from the Hindi book Reporter ki Diary authored by journalist Sanjay Singh, who is credited with breaking the story of the scam back in the time.

The series will be helmed by Hansal Mehta, also the director of the first installment, and Tushar Hiranandani. As per reports, theatre artiste Gagan Dev Riar will play the lead in the new series.

We at IWMBuzz.com exclusively reported about Bhojpuri superstar Dinesh Lal Yadav aka Nirahua, Rishabh Punekar, Godaan Kumar, Mukesh Tiwari, Shaad Randhawa, Raaj Gopal Iyer, Talat Aziz, Abhiraaj Chawla being part of the project.

We now hear of Shashank bagging a prime role in Scam 2003.

IWMBuzz.com buzzed the actor but did not get through to him.

We reached out to the spokesperson at Applause Entertainment and Sony LIV but did not get revert till we filed the story.

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