Prateek Gandhi, Hansal Mehta celebrate one year anniversary of ‘Scam 1992’ with special notes
Actor Prateek Gandhi on Saturday celebrated the anniversary of his popular series “Scam 1992” with a special note on social media. Taking to Twitter, Gandhi shared a teaser video of the financial thriller series and wrote, “Dear October 9th, You have a special place in our calendars and our hearts. It’s #oneyearofscam1992 and the love is still pouring in. No words Can’t do justice to what I feel and want to express. This journey has brought the deepest gratitude and absolute joy to all of us. Ishq aur Poorna Ishq,” with a red heart emoticon.
Director Hansal Mehta also took to his Twitter handle to thank “Universe” on the occasion of the one year anniversary of his popular web series. Sharing some unseen scenes from the shoot sets of ‘Scam 1992’, he tweeted, “Over 2.5 years of development, 560+ pages of scripts, 85+ days of shooting and almost 8 months of post-production. 100+ Efforts of the people, tremendous love of millions. 1st year of it started. Thanks, team. Thanks to the audience. Thanks to the universe. 1st year of #Scam1992.
Set in Bombay of the 1980s and 90s, ‘Scam 1992’ brought fame to actor Prateek Gandhi. The 10-episode series follows the life of Harshad Mehta, an Indian stock broker who single-handedly changed the way brokers trade in the stock market. Mehta, often referred to as the ‘Big Bull’ of Dalal Street, rose to prominence and later suffered a disastrous fall after being named and charged with several financial crimes in the 1992 securities scam.
It was found that Mehta manipulated the shares by illegally borrowing money from several banks using fake receipts. The show is based on the online video streaming platform Sony Liv, adapted from the book ‘The Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Got Away’ by business journalist Sucheta Dalal and her husband Debashish Basu.
The series received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award as Best Web Series 2020; Best Drama Series and Best Direction awards at Asian Academy Creative Awards 2021. It has also received ITA Award for Landmark – OTT, ITA Award for Best Actor – Web Series (to Prateek Gandhi).
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