Scam 1992

Scam 1992 - Exceptionally brilliant !!!

The rise and fall of 'Big Bull' Harshad Mehta and the incidents around the 1992 stock market scam that shook the country is what the series is all about.

 

The series is without doubt one that deserves to be called a 'masterpiece'.

 

- Though it is quite long with 10 episodes of 50 minutes each, there isn't a single dull moment in the whole setup

- Though there are quite a good number of financial jargons used and it keeps repeating itself, it never turns you off and actually makes u research more on the technicalities.

- It invests time in taking us through the personal life of Harshad and is one which is presented quite well.

- The attention to detail is quite evident. Be it re-creating the surroundings,artifacts or even the dressing style of the 80-90's the makers have got it spot on.

- The dialogues are quite superb as well with some of the one-liners and theories just a delight to listen to !!!

- The story narration is quite good. Hovering between the various key characters of the story it waves a nice story on the flaws in the system and how the key men were to make use of it for their benefit. It also doesn't paint it's 'hero' clean and touches upon how the scam investigation was all centred on one man whereas the issues and parties involved were much more and many.

 

Pratik Gandhi is marvellous and outstanding as Harshad Mehta. His mannerisms, chuckles and dialogue delivery are brilliant and so too is the transformation shown from his calm demeanour at the peak of his powers to the vulnurable and tired soul towards the end of the his life. He is well supported by Hemant Kher in his brother's role along with Chirag Vohra as his side-kick and Shreya Dhanwanthary as the journalist Suchetha Dalal. You can say without a doubt that the casting deserves a big credit for accentuating the quality of the show.

 

It is a web-series that is really well-made and is a captivating watch. Highly recommended !!!