‘Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story’ wins Dadasaheb Phalke award as Best Web Series 2020

Applause Entertainment’s Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story has emerged the most successful web series of 2020, winning bother critical and mass acclaim ever since it began streaming in October 2020.

Now, it has added another feather to its cap as it has been awarded the Best Web Series 2020 at the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2021.

The show is based on the book The Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Got Away by Sucheta Dalal and Debashish Basu. Set in early 1990s Bombay, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story captures the meteoric rise and fall of Harshad Mehta, the flamboyant big bull of the stock market. When feisty financial journalist Sucheta Dalal exposed him as the man behind India’s biggest financial scam of the time, it shook the nation.

Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, produced by the prolific content studio Applause Entertainment has been winning hearts thanks to its riveting storyline and gripping performances. The series boasts a stellar cast including Pratik Gandhi, Shreya Dhanwathary, Hemant Kher, Chirag Vohra, Anjali Barot, Brinda Trivedi, Jay Upadhyay, Sharib Hashmi, Satish Kaushik, Anant Mahadevan, RajatKapoor, K K Raina and Lalit Parimoo and is directed by National Award winning director Hansal Mehta.

Sameer Nair, CEO of Applause Entertainment commented, “It is humbling when a respected platform like Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards has identified a show from the house of Applause and bestowed this honour upon it. Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story involves a combination of efforts from the teams Applause Entertainment, StudioNXT, SonyLIV and the entire cast and crew. Our focus has been on telling stories that matter, creating content that defines genres and unshackle promising talent. We are extremely grateful to our audience and the industry for appreciating our efforts. Recognition like this motivates us even more to continue creating content that is path-breaking and memorable.”