The original "Big Bull" before Mehta. He represents the old guard of manipulators who couldn't fathom Mehta's scale.
At the heart of Scam 1992 is Harshad Mehta, played with uncanny brilliance by Pratik Gandhi. Before this series, Mehta was largely viewed through the lens of infamy—a man who swindled thousands of crores. However, director Hansal Mehta and writer Sumit Purohit took a more nuanced approach. They presented Mehta not as a caricature of a villain, but as a man of immense ambition, flawed by greed and a god complex. Scam 1992 - The Harshad Mehta Story Season 1 Co...
: Financial journalist Sucheta Dalal (played by Shreya Dhanwanthary) investigates and eventually exposes the scam in the Times of India The Conclusion The original "Big Bull" before Mehta
Dalal is presented as the anti-Mehta. Where he is improvisational and emotional, she is methodical and detached. Where he relies on charm, she relies on documents. Their cat-and-mouse game—climaxing in the iconic confrontation at the police station—is not a battle of good versus evil, but of two opposing forces: creation versus scrutiny. The show is careful not to portray Dalal as a saint; she makes mistakes, faces sexism, and doubts herself. But her victory is the story’s moral spine. In an era of “fake news,” Scam 1992 romanticizes old-school investigative journalism—the kind that cross-verifies ledgers and follows a paper trail to a bank called the “Bank of Karad.” Before this series, Mehta was largely viewed through
Released in 2020 during the lockdown, Sony LIV’s Scam 1992 didn’t just break streaming records; it redefined Indian web content. Directed by Hansal Mehta and powered by a career-defining performance by Pratik Gandhi, Season 1 is a meticulous retelling of how a stockbroker from a modest background orchestrated a ₹5,000 crore securities scam, brought the Indian financial system to its knees, and became a folk hero to millions of small-time investors.
Saurav Dey, Sumit Purohit, Vaibhav Vishal, and Karan Vyas.