Rajat Kapoor, Pratik Gandhi, Shreya Dhanwanthary and Vishnu Sharma in Applause Entertainment’s Scam 1992

Rajat Kapoor, Pratik Gandhi, Shreya Dhanwanthary and Vishnu Sharma roped in for Applause Entertainment's Scam 1992

Rajat Kapoor, Pratik Gandhi, Shreya Dhanwanthary and Vishnu Sharma in Applause Entertainment’s Scam 1992

Applause Entertainment is all set to launch a web series that is based on the 1992 Securities Scam, titled Scam 1992.

Based on Debashish Basu and Sucheta Dalal’s ‘The Scam: From Harshad Mehta to Ketan Parekh’, it will unfold the great gripping story of the 1992 Stock Market Scam involving Harshad Mehta, The New India Assurance employee-turned stock broker who had been charged with numerous financial crimes that shook the country in 1992. Filmmaker Hansal Mehta will direct the popular series.

Now, coming to the cast of the series, popular actors Rajat Kapoor (Kapoor & Sons), Pratik Gandhi (Loveyatri), Shreya Dhanwanthary (Why Cheat India) and Vishnu Sharma (Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai) have been roped in to play pivotal roles.

We reached out to the actors but could not get through for a comment.

We buzzed Ashok Cherian, Head of Revenue and Marketing, Applause Entertainment, but did not get a revert.

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