Scam 1992 - The Harshad Mehta Story
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Season 1:
Ended on October 09, 2020 -
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"A masterclass in financial drama and 1990s period recreation that redefined the Indian streaming landscape."
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Series Deep Dive:
Hansal Mehta’s Scam 1992 fundamentally altered the landscape of Indian digital storytelling. By chronicling the meteoric rise and catastrophic fall of stockbroker Harshad Mehta, the series moved beyond typical crime tropes to explore the systemic vulnerabilities of a liberalizing economy. Its massive success proved that dense financial jargon could be transformed into compelling drama when paired with a magnetic lead performance. The show’s legacy is etched in its meticulous period detail and its refusal to simplify complex moral ambiguities. It turned Pratik Gandhi into a star and established a gold standard for biographical narratives. While Harshad’s journey is complete, the series remains a definitive portrait of ambition and greed. Set a reminder on your preferred app to catch any future news regarding upcoming installments in this anthology.
Season: 1
| Watched? | # | Air Date | Episode Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| E1 | Oct 08, 2020 | Risk Se Ishq | |
| E2 | Oct 08, 2020 | Cobra Killer | |
| E3 | Oct 08, 2020 | Paise Ki Dukaan | |
| E4 | Oct 08, 2020 | Harshad Mehta Is A Liar | |
| E5 | Oct 09, 2020 | Kundli Mein Shani | |
| E6 | Oct 09, 2020 | Stop Press | |
| E7 | Oct 09, 2020 | Dalal Street Ka Dariya | |
| E8 | Oct 09, 2020 | Matador | |
| E9 | Oct 09, 2020 | Ek Crore Ka Suitcase | |
| E10 | Oct 09, 2020 | Main History Banana Chahta Hoon |
Production Note - Limited Series
Production Type: Limited Series
Scam 1992 - The Harshad Mehta Story is a standalone Limited Series designed as a completed, finite historical narrative. The production was conceived as a comprehensive deep dive into the 1992 Indian stock market scam, meticulously adapting the investigative journalism of Sucheta Dalal and Debashis Basu. By focusing on a specific chronological window of the Indian economy, the creators ensured the series functioned as a closed-ended biographical epic rather than an ongoing procedural.
The show's immense scale and cinematic quality were intended to set a new benchmark for Indian streaming content, requiring a definitive conclusion to maintain its narrative integrity. While the success of the project led to the development of a broader anthology brand under the Scam title, this specific iteration remains a singular, self-contained chronicle of Harshad Mehta's life and the systemic failures he exploited. The ten-episode structure provides a complete arc from his early days as a jobber to the eventual collapse of his financial empire.
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Technical Details
- Network: Sony LIV
- Seasons: 1
- Years: 2020 - 2020
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Mini-Series, Thriller
