Episode 4: Collapse and Aftermath
Released on Sony LIV , the series adapted financial journalists Sucheta Dalal and Debashis Basu’s book The Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Got Away . Spanning 10 expertly paced episodes, the show captures the transition of 1980s and 1990s Bombay from an insular financial hub into a volatile playground. Plot Breakdown movies4ubidscam 1992 the harshad mehta s1 new
Scam 1992 highlights the crucial role of investigative journalism in a democracy. It was Dalal’s exposé in The Times of India regarding the misuse of bank funds that punctured Mehta’s balloon. However, the series does not shy away from implicating the systemic complicity of the banking sector and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). It suggests that Mehta was not acting in a vacuum; he was enabled by a banking fraternity that turned a blind eye in exchange for kickbacks, and a regulatory body that was often steps behind the market manipulator. Episode 4: Collapse and Aftermath Released on Sony