Hansal Mehta To Come Up With A New Web Series Based On The Scam Of 2003

Hansal Mehta is all set to entertain the audience with a new web series that will be based on another scam that shook the country. The new series will be based on the life of Abdul Karim Telgi, who was the accused behind the stamp paper scandal of 2003. Harshad Mehta’s last venture, Scam 1992 left a huge impact on the audience as they were thoroughly impressed by the Harshad Mehta story and its unique style of presentation. The theme music from this series also went viral across social media, gaining global recognition through Instagram reels and Tik Tok. Hansal Mehta is a celebrated director and writer who has worked in a series of critically acclaimed films like Aligarh, Omerta, and Shahid, amongst others.

Here is a look at the ZEE5 video with details related to Hansal Mehta’s next instalment on the same series:

Bollywood director Hansal Mehta has released a variety of films and shows in the past, which have been appreciated for promising content and screenplay. According to the video attached above, he will soon be back with a new web series, which will be based on the scam of 2003. This scam was one of the biggest in the country and was worth close to ₹20,000 crores. The main accused in this case was Abdul Karim Telgi, who fooled the people with fake stamp paper. The announcement of this new web series has left the audience excited as they were heavily impressed with Hansal Mehta’s previous web series, Scam 1992, The Harshad Mehta story.

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The upcoming series based on the stamp paper scam has been titled Scam 2003 and is expected to go on floors soon. The story will be based on a famous book by journalist Sanjay Singh, who has closely followed the case. Makers have been planning to wrap up the shoot by the end of this year and release the series in 2022. The cast and crew of this web series have not yet been finalized and fans are quite excited to see who will play the lead character as the bar was set high by Pratik Gandhi in Scam 1992. The series is expected to release on the OTT platform Sony LIV.

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