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Scam 1992
''Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story'' is an Indian Hindi-language biographical financial thriller streaming television series on SonyLIV directed by Hansal Mehta, with Jai Mehta serving as the co-director. Based on the 1992 Indian stock market scam committed by many stockbrokers including Harshad Mehta, the series is adapted from journalist Sucheta Dalal and Debashish Basu's 1992 book ''The Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Got Away''. The screenplay and dialogues were written by Sumit Purohit, Saurabh Dey, Vaibhav Vishal and Karan Vyas. It stars Pratik Gandhi as the protagonist Harshad Mehta, with Shreya Dhanwanthary appearing in a parallel lead role, as Sucheta Dalal. The series also features Satish Kaushik, Anant Mahadevan, Rajat Kapoor, K K Raina, Lalit Parimoo, Hemant Kher and Nikhil Dwivedi in pivotal roles. The series focuses on Harshad Mehta's life story, his meteoric rise and the subsequent downfall. Originally produced by Sameer Nair of Applause Entertainment, Hansal M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansal Mehta
Hansal Mehta (born 29 April 1968) is an Indian filmmaker. He started his career with television show ''Khana Khazana'' (1993–2000) and later moved on to directing films like ''Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!'' (2000), ''Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?'' (2002) and ''Woodstock Villa'' (2008). He received critical acclaim with ''Shahid'' (2013), for which he also won the National Film Award for Best Direction. He then went on to direct ''City Lights'' (2014), ''Aligarh'' (2016), ''Simran'' (2017), '' Omerta'' (2018) and ''Scam 1992'' (2020). Early life Mehta was born on 29 April 1968 in a middle-class Gujarati family from Mumbai. He grew up learning classical music and studied computer engineering. He worked in Fiji before returning to India to start his career in films. Career Mehta started his career in 1993, by directing with TV cookery show ''Khana Khazana'', thus launching the television career of celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor on Zee TV. Alongside, Mehta also directed several television series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anant Mahadevan
Anant Mahadevan (born 28 August 1950), also credited as Ananth Narayan Mahadevan, is an Indian screenwriter, actor, and film director of Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi language, Marathi, Tamil language, Tamil films and television shows. Having been an integral part of the Indian television serials and Hindi films since the 1980s, he is also involved in the professional English and Hindi theatre. Career Ananth along with Sanjay Pawar received the National Award (2010) for the Best Screenplay and Dialogues for the successful Marathi movie ''Mee Sindhutai Sapkal''. The film also fetched him the special jury award at the National Film Awards, National Film awards 2010. Mahadevan's film ''Gour Hari Dastaan'' was part of the Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India (2014) Goa, at the International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK (2014), the International Film Festival of Bangalore, and at the International Film Festival of Chennai (2014). Ananth plays the role of Damod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radhakishan Damani
Radhakishan Shivkishan Damani is an Indian billionaire investor, business magnate and the founder of Avenue Supermarts Limited. He also manages his portfolio through his Investment firm, Bright Star Investments Limited. On 19 August 2021, he was ranked #98 richest person in the world by Bloomberg Billionaire Index. Career Radhakishan Shivkishan Damani was raised in a Maheshwari Marwari family in single room apartment in Mumbai. He studied commerce at the University of Mumbai but dropped out after one year. After the death of his father who worked on Dalal Street, Damani left his ball bearing business and became a stock market broker and investor. He made profits by short-selling stocks that were inflated by illegal means by Harshad Mehta in the 1990s. Damani was reportedly the largest individual shareholder of HDFC Bank after it went public in 1995. In the year 1992, after the Harshad Mehta Scam came to limelight, he saw a major rise in his income due to the short-selling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paresh Ganatra
Paresh Ganatra (born 19 February 1965) is an Indian television, stage and film actor. He is known for his role as Praveen Thakkar in the Star Plus comedy series ''Baa Bahoo Aur Baby'' (2005–2010), SAB TV's sitcom Chidiya Ghar and films like ''No Entry'' (2005), ''Rowdy Rathore'' (2012) amongst others. Early life and education Paresh Ganatra was born on 19 February 1965 in a Gujarati household in Mumbai, India, where was brought up. He did his schooling from Lions Juhu High School in 1981. Thereafter he graduated from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics in 1986, and joined Management studies at Somaiya College, Mumbai. Career Participating in theatre while in still college, he started his acting career with Gujarati theatre in the city from 1984 to 1992. He made his film debut with a role in '' Mann'' in 1999. He acted in TV series ''Ek Mahal Ho Sapnon Ka'', a Colonial Cousins music video, TV commercials (including Symphony Air Coolers, Tata Phones, Coffee Bite, LG ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadaab Khan
Shadaab Khan (born 20 September 1973) is an Indian Hindi film actor, writer, and film director. He is the son of actor Amjad Khan. Personal life Shadaab Khan was born on 20 September 1973 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India (now Mumbai) into a Muslim family to parents Amjad Khan and Shaila Khan. Shadaab is of Pashtun descent on his father's side, traced back to Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province (now in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan), where his grandfather Zakaria Khan, better known as Jayant Jayanta ( sa, जयन्त, "victory"), is a character who appears in Hindu literature. He is the son of Indra, the king of the devas (gods), and his wife, Shachi (Indrani). He has a sister called Jayanti. He appears in various Hindu scri ... was born and raised. He has two siblings Seemaab Khan and Ahlam Khan. He is married to Rumana Achwa since 2005. Books Shadaab Khan has written two books: ''Shanti Memorial'' in 2013 and ''Murder in Bollywood'', a crime novel, in 2015. Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketan Parekh
Ketan Parekh is a former stockbroker from Mumbai, who was convicted in 2008 for involvement in the Indian stock market manipulation scam that occurred from late 1998 to 2001. During this period, Parekh artificially rigged prices of certain chosen securities (informally referred to as K-10 stocks), using large sums of money borrowed from banks including the Madhavpura Mercantile Co-operative Bank, of which he himself was a director. After so many investigations by Securities and Exchange Board of India, Parekh and his front entities were found guilty of rigging share prices of ten companies called K-10 and SEBI had banned Parekh and associated firms from trading in the market for 14 years. Early career Parekh, after becoming a Chartered Accountant, started his career in the late 1980s at Narbheram Harakchand Securities (NH Securities), a reputed institutional brokerage firm. In the 90s, he came in contact with Harshad Mehta, a well known stock broker and subsequently joined Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chirag Vohra
Chirag Vohra is an Indian television, stage and film actor. He has acted in films like ''Tere Bin Laden'', ''Billu'', ''Heyy Babyy'', '' Mangal Pandey: The Rising'', '' Jaago'' and ''Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein'' and Scam 1992 (2020). He is well known theater artist. He is famous for his role of Phoolmani in the play ''Master Phoolmani''. Plays he has performed in include '' Gandhi Ke Godse'' and '' Kishan vs Kanhaiya'', and '' Lagan Gadu Chale Adu''. His image is used in advertisements, including for Choloromint and Pond's. He played in many Gujarati and Hindi TV serials including '' Hum Paanch'' and '' Saraswatichandra'', and the role of Bhaiya in the daily comic serial ''Bhai Bhaiya Aur Brother''. He also played in ''OMG – Oh My God! ''Oh My God!'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi language satirical comedy-drama film written and directed by Umesh Shukla and produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, S Spice Studios, Grazing Goat Pictures and Playtime Creations. The storyline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishesh Bansal
Vishesh Bansal (born 3 October 2004) is an Indian actor. He was brought up in Mumbai, India. He is known for portraying Harshal Gupta in ''Yeh Meri Family''. Career Bansal has acted in several shows, including the 2011 Triangle Film Company's mythological series '' Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev'' as Grihpati on Life OK, also known playing a role in 4 Lions Films romantic-drama series ''Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?'' as Arnav and Khushi's adopted son as Aarav Singh Raizada on Star Plus, the first season of the drama series ''Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha'' as Aditya Vyas, and the 2013 romance-drama series ''Beintehaa'' as Zain and Aliya's son Zayed Zain Abdullah on Colors TV. Later he gave an audition and selected to play the main lead in mythological series ''Buddha''. He portrayed alongside an ensemble cast, including Sameer Dharmadhikari, Nigaar Khan, Kabir Bedi, Gungun Uprari, played the role of young King Siddharth / Buddha. The story of the show is based on the life of Gautam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Stamp Paper Scam
Abdul Karim Telgi (1961-2017) was a convicted Indian counterfeiter. He earned money by printing counterfeit stamp paper in India. Early life Telgi's mother was Shariefabee Ladsaab Telgi, and his father was an employee of Indian Railways. His father died while he was young. Telgi paid for his education at Sarvodaya Vidyalaya Khanapur, an English medium school, by selling fruits and vegetables on trains. Eventually, he moved to Saudi Arabia. Seven years later, he returned to India, when he began a counterfeiting career, originally focusing on fake passports. He started a business to export manpower to Saudi Arabia and opened a company, Arabian Metro Travels at New Marine Lines. He used to create several fake documents that would facilitate laborers’ smooth passage at the airport even if their passport had an ECR (emigration check required) stamp or other issues that could raise red flags for immigration officials. This practice was called “pushing” in the parlance of ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-most populous city in India after Delhi and the eighth-most populous city in the world with a population of roughly 20 million (2 crore). As per the Indian government population census of 2011, Mumbai was the most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore) living under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sameer Nair
Sameer Nair (born 1965) is an Indian media executive and business professional currently serving as CEO of Applause Entertainment Limited. He helped revamp the Star India, Star One, Star Utsav, Star Gold, Star Vijay and Channel V television networks and participated in the launch of the ''Kaun Banega Crorepati'', and Balaji Telefilms' soap operas on Star Plus. Personal life Nair received his Higher Secondary Certificate from Wilson High School in Mumbai. From 1982 to 1984, he studied physics at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He later earned his bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Madras via correspondence courses while studying hotel management from the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Mumbai. Alongside these fields, he studied Indian history and politics. The interests lead him to join the Aam Adami Party (AAP) Career In his initial career he spent 2 years in Yellow Pages in Mumbai and 4 years in Advertising & Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikhil Dwivedi
Nikhil Dwivedi is an Indian actor and producer who works in Hindi cinema. He is best known for his role in television series ''Scam 1992'' (2020). His other acting roles include '' My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves'' (2008), '' Raavan'' (2010), '' Shor in the City'' (2011), ''Ankahi Kahaniya'' (2021). As a producer, he has produced films like ''Veere Di Wedding'' (2018) and ''Dabangg 3'' (2019). Early life Nikhil Dwivedi was born in a middle-class family in Kanpur. He worked for American Express Bank and before moving on to work for a consumer electronics shop. However, he gave up all of this to pursue acting in films. Career His first major role was as the title role in '' My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves'' in 2008, which was directed by E. Niwas and co-produced by Shahrukh Khan's Red Chillies production house. He went on to secure the role of Lakshman in Mani Ratnam's Raavan that also starred Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. His third film was '' Shor in the City'', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
