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Mehta chose Gujarati theatre actor Pratik Gandhi, to play the protagonist Harshad Mehta, while Shreya Dhanwanthary, was cast to play the parallel lead as Sucheta Dalal. [13] Apart from the lead actors, Satish Kaushik , Anant Mahadevan , Rajat Kapoor , Nikhil Dwivedi , K. K. Raina , and Lalit Parimoo were cast in pivotal roles.
Harshad Shantilal Mehta (29 July 1954 – 31 December 2001) was an Indian stockbroker, businessman, and convicted fraudster. Mehta's involvement in the 1992 Indian securities scam (about ₹ 30,000 crore (equivalent to ₹ 2.3 trillion or US$27 billion in 2023)) led him to gain infamy for market manipulation .
Pratik Gandhi (born 28 April 1980) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Gujarati and Hindi films, theater, and television. He is best known for portraying Harshad Mehta in the Sony LIV biographical series Scam 1992 (2020).
He gained widespread recognition for his performance in Scam 1992, where he portrayed Ashwin Mehta, the brother of stockbroker Harshad Mehta. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Parchaiyaan (2021) – Film
The Big Bull is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Kookie Gulati, starring Abhishek Bachchan as Harshad Mehta loosely based on his life and the 1992 scam. [29] In movie Lucky Baskhar, a character named Harsha Mehra was based on Harshad Mehta and related to the securities scam, 1992
The Big Bull is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed and written by Kookie Gulati, based on stockbroker Harshad Mehta who was involved in financial crimes over a period of 10 years during 1980–1990. [1] [2] The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Ileana D'Cruz and Nikita Dutta.
Gafla is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Sameer Hanchate.It is a film inspired from the stock market scam of 1992 which mainly involved Harshad Mehta that rocked the Indian economy and changed lives of thousands forever.
In 1992, while serving as Chairman & Managing Director of the National Housing Bank, the bank's exposure of over ₹ 1,000 crore worth of re-purchase option (repo) based security trades to Harshad Mehta came to light. [3] [4] Pherwani had been regarded as Mehta's mentor. [5] Consequently, Pherwani stepped down from NHB. [4]