Harshad Mehta
Subrato Roy Is The Protagonist Of Scam 3
Building upon the success of Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story and Scam 2003: The Telgi Story, the newest instalment will delve into the depths of one of India’s most sensational financial scandals : Scam 2010 - The Subrata Roy Saga. Based on the book – ‘Sahara: the Untold Story by Tamal Bandyopadhyay’, the series will be Produced by Applause Entertainment, in association with Studio Next and helmed by Hansal Mehta. Scam 2010 is the dust-to-diamonds story of maverick businessman Subrata Roy. In the early 2000s, the glamourous Roy was caught in a whirlwind of accusat | Click Here...
OMG! MunnaBhaiya and Harshad Mehta in a Sareee? Read to know more!
Ever since Excel Entertainment dropped the first look posters of the much awaited comedy entertainer ‘Madgaon Express’ the excitement among the audiences is huge! The film stars the dynamic trio of Divyenndu, Pratik Gandhi, and Avinash Tiwary in what promises to be their most entertaining avatars. The first look posters have already stirred anticipation, guaranteeing a mad ride in cinemas on March 22nd, 2024. Adding a unique touch to the film, director Kunal Kemmu has taken the comedy genre to new heights by incorporating a hilarious twist. In a bold move, he made lead actors Pra | Click Here...
Scam 2003: The Telgi Story, The Anatomy Of Profound Fraudulency
Scam 2003: The Telgi Story(5 episodes, SonyLIV) Rating: **** From the way the astonishing Gagan Dev Riar portrays him, Abdul Karim Telgi was not a charming man to know. Then what made him bribe his way through the most catastrophic stamp-paper forging scandal in India’s financial history? Not too educated, minimally charming,not a great talker either and certainly no Charles Sobhraj when it came to seducing favour providers, Telgi was just a luck-pushing lout who got his way through bureaucracy by greasing palms. One of the thi | Click Here...
Applause Entertainment’s Scam 1992 Gets Singular Honour Of Being The Only Indian Series In IMDb’s List Of All-Time Favourites
It is time to applaud Applause Entertainment. Take a bow, you Scamsters! The team of 2020’s Harshad Mehta bio-series Scam 1992 now have even more reason to be proud. They have just achieved what no other series or television show from India has.The highly-rated IMDb has curated a list of the most popular webseries and television serials of all times. The list which contains 163 titles from across the world has only one Indian entry. Applause Entertainment’s Scam 1992: Harshad Mehta Story directed by Hansal Mehta has made it into the coveted list as one of the most watched series from ac | Click Here...
I don’t think much about things like stardom: Pratik Gandhi
What made you select the Gujarati webseries Vitthal Teedi after Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story? I guess what made me choose this series above the other offers was the script, character and the complexity of the character. These factors tempted me as an actor. And of course the fact that I come from Gujarat,and I am attached to Gujarati cinema and literature . So the language does matter? I cannot deny my partiality and fondness for the Gujarati language and cinema /theatre in my mother tongue. So the language was definitely a decidi | Click Here...
I am absolutely not bothered about comparisons with Pratik Gandhi – Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan is considered to be one of India's finest actors and the man has certainly done his best to follow the footsteps of his father in terms of doing great work on-screen. Some of the best projects he has been a part of are Guru, Yuva, Dhoom, Manmarziyan, Breathe: Into The Shadows, & many more. And now, he's back with The Big Bull where he's playing the role of Hemant Mehta, a fictitious character based on the life of Harshad Mehta. The story of Harshad Mehta we have already seen in the web series Scam 1992 wherein Pratik Gandhi did a phenomenal job as the lead actor | Click Here...
After Harshad Mehta, It Is Abdul Karim Telgi In Applause Entertainment’s Scam Series
Applause Entertainment’s Scam 1992 The Harshad Mehta Story proved popular beyond all expectations. Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story which is currently streaming on SonyLIV, witnessed immense love and fanfare unlike any other show has till date. It left audiences thoroughly entertained and speculating as to what the next season could entail. All that speculation is now being put to rest as Applause Entertainment has officially announced that the second season of this popular franchise will feature the story of the 2003 Stamp Paper Scam by Abdul Karim Telgi. Tentatively titled as | Click Here...
Scam Wins Dada Saheb Phalke Award
Applause Entertainment’s Scam 1992 The Harshad Mehta Story has emerged the most successful webseries of 2020, wining bother critical and mass acclaim ever since it began streaming in October 2020. Scam 1992 has added yet another feather to its cap as it has been awarded the Best Web Series 2020 at the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2021. The show is based on the book The Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Got Away by Sucheta Dalal and Debashish Basu. Set in early 90's Bombay, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story captures the meteoric ri | Click Here...
Kannan Arunachalam in Abhishek Bachchan starrer The Big Bull
The Big Bull the biographical crime film directed by Kookie Gulati and produced by Ajay Devgn, Anand Pandit, Vikrant Sharma and Kumar Mangat Pathak will see Abhishek Bachchan playing the role of Harshad Mehta. As we know, the film is based on the stockbroker Harshad Mehta’s life and his financial crimes. The film also stars actors Nikita Dutta, Ileana D’Cruz, Sumeet Vyas, Ram Kapoor, Sohum Shah, Lekha Prajapati. News coming in at IWMBuzz.com is that senior actor Kannan Arunachalam who is known for his portrayals in films Madras Café, Commando 2, Koyelaanchal etc will be p | Click Here...
How Varun Dhawan lost Harshad Mehta To Pratik Gandhi
1990s superstar-scamster Harshad Mehta is now once again a household name, thanks to Hansal Mehta’s series. And to think Varun Dhawan was all set to play Harshad Mehta in a film to be produced by Paresh Rawal!Reliable sources say, Varun was all but locked in to play Harshad Mehta by Paresh . But the script for the bio-pic was stuck. They finally had to scrap the idea. This is when Sameer Nair and Applause Entertainment stepped in and acquired the rights to make a webseries on Harshad Mehta.An unknown Gujarati actor was roped in to play Harshad Mehta. Prati | Click Here...
Working with Pratik Gandhi has been a delightful experience: Scam 1992 actress Anjali Barot
Talented actress Anjali Barot has made her presence felt across digital, print, television and OTT. She rose to prominence with her quirky and relatable roles as part of digital sketches across leading entertainment platforms like ScoopWhoop, FilterCopy, BuzzFeed among others. The actress was seen playing Harshad Mehta's wife in SonyLiv’s acclaimed web series, Scam 1992 (Applause Entertainment) directed by Hansal Mehta (Applause Entertainment). In a conversation with IWMBuzz.com, the actress speaks about her new series and more. Read on: How was your experience worki | Click Here...
Scam 1992 The Harshad Mehta Story has given me the biggest role of my life: Pratik Gandhi
Gujarati Theatre & Film Actor Pratik Gandhi who plays the controversial stock market guru Harshad Mehta, who played havoc with the Indian economy and middle class aspirations in the 1990s, in the Sony LIV series Scam 1992 (Applause Entertainment) The Harshad Mehta Story gets into a conversation. Excerpts: You play Harshad Mehta with great confidence. What is our own story? Very simple. I am from a small town Surat in Gujarat. I began doing theatre when I was a child. I went to a school where theatre was a compulsory subject. I was lucky. I be | Click Here...
What is Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’s Asit Modi’s connection with ‘big bull’ Harshad Mehta?
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is an iconic Indian show, mesmerising millions of Indians with its superlative comic scenes. Its creator Asit Modi is a gem in the realm of Indian entertainment and guess what? He has a secret connection with ‘big bull’ Harshad Mehta. What is it? Read on… Harshad Mehta, as we know, took the Indian financial system by storm with his 1992 stock market scam. India’s premier content creator network Applause Entertainment is set to release a series on the rise and fall of Harshad Mehta titled Scam 1992 (to stream on SonyLIV). Th | Click Here...
Harshad Mehta Versus Harshad Mehta, Two Actors With The Same Role
Remember the Dalaal Street dynamo Harshad Mehta who shook the stock market in the 1980s? Two bio-pics on Mehta are now in the making. The first one entitled The Big Bull is directed by Kookie Gulati. It stars Abhishek Bachchan as Mehta. The second Harshad Mehta bio-pic is a web series entitled The Bull Of Dalaal Street, directed by cinematographer-turned-director Deepak Pandey. The title is a poor attempt to recreate the title of the Martin Scorsese stockbroker’s saga The Wolf Of Wall Street. This one stars television star Iqbal Khan in the eponymous role. Interestingly, n | Click Here...
Everything you need to know about Abhishek Bachchan’s The Big Bull
The Big Bull is an upcoming 2020 Hindi language biographical financial crime drama film which is directed by Kookie Gulati. The film features Abhishek Bacchan, Ileana D’Cruz, and Lekha Prajapati. The film is produced by Ajay Devgn and Anand Pandit. The story of the film is based on real events of the financial market that took place between 1990 and 2000 involving Harshad Mehta and his financial crimes. On 2nd January 2020, Abhishek Bachchan shared the first poster of the movie on social media. Abhishek Bachchan plays the main lead and Ileana D’Cruz is in a pivotal role. Abhishek | Click Here...
Anant Mahadevan bags Applause Entertainment’s Scam 1992
Applause Entertainment, the content studio from the Aditya Birla Group is gearing up for their upcoming web series 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. We hear, Anant Mahadevan, a renowned and veteran name in the spac | Click Here...
Tumbbad actor Sohum Shah in The Big Bull
Prolific actor Sohum Shah who is presently seen in the Netflix series Bard of Blood will be part of the Ajay Devgn film The Big Bull. The film is directed by Kookie Gulati. The movie which will see Abhishek Bachchan playing the role of Harshad Mehta will have a stellar cast. We have reported about actor Ram Kapoor and Srestha Banerjee being part of the film. We now hear of Baabarr and Tumbbad fame actor Sohum Shah playing an interesting role in the film. The film has Ileana D’Cruz, Lekha Prajapati, Samir Soni playing crucial roles. We buzzed spokesperson | Click Here...
Ram Kapoor bags Ajay Devgn’s film The Big Bull
The Big Bull the financial crime drama film directed by Kookie Gulati starring Abhishek Bachchan, Ileana D’Cruz and Lekha Prajapati is already on the floor. The film produced by Ajay Devgn and Anand Pandit and co-produced by Kumar Mangat Pathak and Vikrant Sharma is based on the real events of financial market involving Harshad Mehta and his financial crimes. News that IWMBuzz.com has received from crucial sources is that popular film and TV actor Ram Kapoor has come on board the film to play a crucial character. Ram who was last seen in Loveyatri is also shooting for | Click Here...