The show is a big hit and Prateek Gandhi has become a sought after actor.The story is about human ambition and aspiration gone awry, set against the background of the financial world. It’s about the characters and their journeys and not the world they live in. Harshad Mehta died of a heart attack on December 31, 2001. His downfall resulted in the establishment of the National Stock Exchange and committees to overlook the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
With the introduction of online trading in 1994, stock buying and selling was no longer confined to the financial epicentre of the country. Despite regulations, scams continue to plague India – Ketan Parekh, Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya are among those who have deceived India’s banking systems. Newer players have scammed lakhs and crores of money which ultimately belong to the people of India. It’s the savings of the lay employees that have funded the riches of the people who have misused the loopholes in the system. Now the story of Harshad Mehta becomes one of the highest rated shows on IMDb with 9.6 rating beating GoT.
The show has been receiving a lot of love ever since it premiered on Sony Liv. ‘Scam 1992’ has 9.6 ratings on the platform, beating the likes of other favourites like ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘Chernobyl’, and even ‘Game of Thrones’. ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Planet Earth II’ enjoy 9.5 ranking on IMDb. ‘Chernobyl’, too, only enjoys 9.4 ratings on the website. Meanwhile, ‘Game of Thrones’, which was the most followed show of all time, only has a rating of 9.2 on IMDb. The web show features 10 episodes. Pratik Gandhi plays Harshad Mehta and the show also features Rajat Kapoor, Hemant Kher, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Anant Mahadevan, Nikhil Dwivedi, Satish Kaushik and others in pivotal roles.
