2020 · Series
Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story
Hansal Mehta's Hindi biographical series tracing stockbroker Harshad Mehta's rise in the Bombay stock market and the 1992 securities scam that made him infamous.
Reviewed by Movie Mandala, Sun, 18 Oct, 2026
Where to watch
IndiaAs of 24 October 2026, Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story is streaming in India on SonyLIV with a subscription.
With subscription
Checked Sat, 24 Oct, 2026 via Airtel Xstream listing
The story
In 1980s Bombay, Harshad Mehta is an ambitious young Gujarati man of modest means who finds his way into the Bombay Stock Exchange and learns how the market works. Quick with numbers and hungry for success, he becomes a broker and begins finding new sources of money to fuel ever bigger deals. As he rises to become one of the city's most talked-about investors, financial journalist Sucheta Dalal begins asking where all his money comes from.
Spoiler-free: only the set-up.
Who it suits
A good pick for viewers interested in business, the stock market and recent Indian history; its ten episodes run around 50 minutes each and use a lot of market terms. Its themes are fraud and financial crime rather than violence.
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Genres:True storiesDramaCrime
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Background
Scam 1992 is adapted from journalists Sucheta Dalal and Debashis Basu's 1992 book The Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Got Away, about the securities fraud led by stockbroker Harshad Mehta. Applause Entertainment produced it, Hansal Mehta directed with Jai Mehta as co-director, and Gujarati theatre actor Pratik Gandhi was cast as Harshad. It was shot across about 200 Mumbai locations, including the Bombay Stock Exchange, and wrapped in March 2020.
The ten-episode series premiered on SonyLIV on 9 October 2020 in Hindi and English; Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada dubs followed on 29 November 2020. It became SonyLIV's most viewed web series. At the 2021 Filmfare OTT Awards it led with 14 nominations and won 11, including Best Drama Series, Best Director and Best Actor for Gandhi. It began an anthology franchise: Scam 2003: The Telgi Story (2023) followed on SonyLIV.
The facts
- Language
- Hindi
- Hindi
- Hindi original
- Genre
- Biographical drama, Financial thriller
- Director
- Hansal Mehta
- Cast
- Pratik Gandhi, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Satish Kaushik, Anant Mahadevan, Rajat Kapoor
Questions people ask
- Where can I watch Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story in India?
- As of 24 October 2026, Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story is streaming in India on SonyLIV with a subscription.
- Is Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story in Hindi?
- Yes. Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story is a Hindi-language series.