: The exposure triggered a massive stock market crash, wiping out approximately ₹1 lakh crore in investor wealth. Mehta faced 72 criminal charges and over 600 civil suits before dying of a heart attack in 2001 while in prison. Key Professional and Personal Lessons
The primary feature of is its portrayal of the dramatic rise and fall of stockbroker Harshad Mehta, who orchestrated India's biggest financial fraud of the 1990s. The series, which premiered in 2020 on SonyLIV, was adapted from the book The Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Got Away by journalists Sucheta Dalal and Debashis Basu. Core Production & Cast Director : Hansal Mehta and Jai Mehta. Key Cast : Pratik Gandhi as Harshad Mehta. Shreya Dhanwanthary as journalist Sucheta Dalal. Hemant Kher as Ashwin Mehta (Harshad's brother). Anjali Barot as Jyoti Mehta (Harshad's wife). Satish Kaushik as Manu Mundra. scam 1992 the harshad mehta story season 1 co
Harshad spent the rest of his life in and out of jail, fighting over 600 cases. He was no longer : The exposure triggered a massive stock market
Following the explosive success of Season 1, Sony LIV and Applause Entertainment greenlit a sequel, Scam 2003: The Telgi Story , which continues the franchise. But the original remains untouchable. The series, which premiered in 2020 on SonyLIV,
The series explores several themes, including:
Mehta exploited these short-term inter-bank loans, which were intended for government securities .