The Bombay High Court stayed investigation on a first information report filed against Sony Pictures Network India Private Limited and others involved in the making of Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, in a defamation case by a Pune bank, Live Law reported on Monday.
Following the success of Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, the Hindi crime drama series, its production company Applause Entertainment and distributor SonyLIV have announced the second season of the series.
Music composer Achint Thakkar’s opening track for Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story is so gripping, its changing one major TV-watching habit – no one is skipping the introduction sequence anymore.
Dil Bechara, late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s last film, and Suriya’s Soorarai Pottru were the most searched movies in India in 2020 while Pataal Lok, Mirzapur 2 and Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story were the most searched web series, according to Google’s Year in Search 2020 list.
Prior to Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, the actor was seen in the film Why Cheat India, opposite Emraan Hashmi in 2019, and two Telugu films, which she worked on after finishing as a runner up in Miss India South in 2008.Actor Shreya Dhanwanthary has been a happy person, ever since her latest web series Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, directed by Hansal Mehta, premiered on streaming platform SonyLiv to rave reviews from both critics as well as audiences.
With Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story streaming on SonyLIV, the director of the 10-episode series, Hansal Mehta joined for an informal tete-a-tete with entertainment journalist Devansh Patel on Thursday.
Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Stor, a 10-episode drama web series directed by Hansal Mehta has started streaming on SonyLIV from Friday.
Actor Pratik Gandhi, who was recently seen in Scam 1992, will next star in a family drama alongside Khushali Kumar, daughter of the late Gulshan Kumar. Backed by Hansal Mehta, Bhushan Kumar, and Shaailesh R Singh, the film will be helmed by Pulkit, director of the series Bose: Dead or Alive.
Actor Pratik Gandhi, who shot to fame with his portrayal of Harshad Mehta in the series Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, is set to essay the role of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in the latter’s biopic, to be directed by Mahi V Raghav, a source close to the film unit confirmed to Silverscreen India, on condition of anonymity.
Applause Entertainments, the studio that brought Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story on the screen, will be producing the upcoming bilingual series on the life of Ramalinga Raju, the former chairman and CEO of Satyam Computer Services, which will be directed by Nagesh Kukunoor.
The series, directed by Hansal Mehta based on the book The Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Got Away by Sucheta Dalal and Debashish Basu, has shone a light on Gandhi’s performance and ensured that he is flooded with offers.Post the success of the show Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story on SonyLiv, Gandhi who played the role of the protagonist Harshad Mehta, has had to spend a minimum of four hours each day on interviews.
Pratik Gandhi, the Gujarati theatre actor, who also works in Hindi cinema, is all set to play the role of Mahatma Gandhi in an upcoming series, which is an adaption of two biographical novels written by historian Ramachandra Guha.
Amazon Prime Video’s Modern Love is all set to get an Indian adaptation and actors like Wamiqa Gabbi, Pratik Gandhi and Fatima Sana Shaikh will be starring in it.
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on Friday issued a show-cause notice to the makers of Pratik Gandhi-starrer Bhavai for changing the film’s title and flouting certification rules by tampering with the content of the film.
The title of Pratik Gandhi’s upcoming film Raavan Leela has been changed to Bhavai in order to “respect the sentiments” of the audience, its makers announced on Tuesday.
Aparna Sen’s The Rapist is set to have its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival. The festival organisers announced on Monday that the film will be screened in the ‘A Window on Asian Cinema’ section.
Applause Entertainment, on Tuesday, announced an exclusive partnership with Amar Chitra Katha, publisher of the iconic Indian comics, to produce animated content.
R Balki, the Hindi filmmaker, announced on Wednesday that his upcoming thriller will star actors Dulquer Salmaan, Sunny Deol, Pooja Bhatt, and Shreya Dhanwanthary in the lead roles.
Kareena Kapoor Khan, the Hindi actor who was last seen in Angrezi Medium, is all set to turn producer for filmmaker Hansal Mehta’s next directorial. She made the announcement on Instagram on Tuesday.
Hansal Mehta, the Hindi filmmaker, announced on Wednesday that his upcoming film, starring Zahaan Kapoor and Aditya Rawal, is titled Faraaz.
Arvind Rathod, the veteran Indian actor known for his work in Gujarati cinema and theatre as well as the Hindi film industry, died on Thursday at his residence in Ahmedabad due to age-related ailments.
It’s not necessarily a bad choice, writers and journalists need their editors all the time but in a film like The Big Bull, a Shah needed a more hands-on Meera as the antagonist, making the choice disingenuous.That speaks volumes about Harshad Mehta on whom this film is based on but The Big Bull, written by Gulati and Arjun Dhawan, is also too ameer (rich) to be authentic.
The Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT), a statutory body constituted to hear appeals of filmmakers aggrieved by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), was abolished by the Ministry of Law and Justice on Tuesday with immediate effect, the Film Information reported. Several filmmakers including Hansal Mehta, singer, scriptwriter and director Vishal Bhardwaj, lashed out at the Centre for the sudden decision and raised their voices on social media.
The release of the second season was marred by controversies as social media users wanted to boycott it due to Fazal’s anti-CAA stance. Mirzapur 2 was expected to not perform well. Despite this, the show opened to rave reviews, due to its intense and consistent storyline and action-packed scenes.
Starring Joey King and Patricia Arquette, this true crime drama series is based on the story about Gypsy Blanchard, who conspired and murdered her mother, along with her boyfriend.As shows based on real crime have seen a surge in popularity in recent times, Silverscreen India curates a list of seven shows that focus not just on murders, but are also packed with shocking revelations, that will keep viewers on the edge of their seat.