Scam 2003: The Telgi Story (2023)

Original title

स्कैम २००३: द तेलगी स्टोरी

Genre

drama, crime

Country

India

Length

1 season, 10 episodes

Rated

U/A 16+

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man builds a huge counterfeit stamp paper business in early 2000s India. The series follows his rise and the fallout around him.

tensegrittysuspensefulfast-paceddarkanxiousmoodyintense

What happens

Scam 2003: The Telgi Story is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language biographical financial thriller streaming television series on SonyLIV directed by Tushar Hiranandani, with Hansal Mehta serving as the co-director. Based on a true story of stamped paper counterfeitings committed by Abdul Karim Telgi in early 2000s, the series is inspired from Sanjay Singh's book Telgi Scam: Reporter's ki Diary. It is the second installment in Scam franchise following Scam 1992. It stars Gagan Dev Riar as the protagonist Abdul Karim Telgi with Mukesh Tiwari, Sana Amin Sheikh, Bharat Jadhav and Shaad Randhawa in pivotal roles. The first 5 episodes of the series released on 1 September 2023 via SonyLIV and the remaining 5 released on 5 November 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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