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Moumita Bhattacharya of Rediff gave three-and-a-half out of five and stated "Hansal Mehta's nine-hour drama series Scam 1992 needs to be viewed by everyone, young and old." [46] The News Minute's Saraswati Darar wrote "Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, it’s a compellingly told labour of love that deserves to be watched."
The scam was portrayed in the 2020 Indian webseries, The Bull Of Dalal Street on Ullu. The Big Bull is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Kookie Gulati, starring Abhishek Bachchan as Harshad Mehta loosely based on his life and the 1992 scam. [29]
Harshad Shantilal Mehta (29 July 1954 – 31 December 2001) was an Indian stockbroker, businessman, and convicted fraudster. Mehta's involvement in the 1992 Indian securities scam (about ₹ 30,000 crore (equivalent to ₹ 2.3 trillion or US$27 billion in 2023)) led him to gain infamy for market manipulation .
Mehta told Deadline he has committed to the project for its whole run, having initially contacted Nair to “shamelessly pitch” himself as director upon reading our report on the project.
The Big Bull is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed and written by Kookie Gulati, based on stockbroker Harshad Mehta who was involved in financial crimes over a period of 10 years during 1980–1990. [1] [2] The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Ileana D'Cruz and Nikita Dutta.
Scam 2003: The Telgi Story is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language biographical financial thriller streaming television series on SonyLIV directed by Tushar Hiranandani, with Hansal Mehta serving as the co-director.
The State Bank of India was involved in the scam and several allegations were made against Goiporia, who was the then chairman. [4] In Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, a documentary film chronicling the 1992 scam, the role of Goiporia was played by the Indian actor Vivek Vaswani. [5]
23 April – Scam of Harshad Mehta was exposed by journalist Sucheta Dalal, which consisted of SBI 500 Crore Scam and illegal usage of loophole in banking system. May – Over 200 people die in Cuttack in Odisha, after drinking illegally brewed liquor. About 600 people were hospitalised (see: 1992 Odisha liquor deaths).