After Scam 1992 and Scam 2003, Hansal Mehta is coming back with the third season of the Scam series and this time, the subject of his show is Subrata Roy and the show is titled Scam 2010: The Subrata Roy Saga. Hansal shared a short teaser with the announcement on his social media but did not announce the cast of the show. But, he did announce that he will be returning to direct the series.
Hansal shared in his social media post, “Sc3m is back!🔥💰 Scam 2010: The Subrata Roy Saga, coming soon on @sonylivindia #Scam2010OnSonyLIV #Scam2010.” Subrata Roy was the founder of the Sahara group of businesses. The businessman was later arrested on the account of investor fraud. He was jailed in 2014 for not paying an outstanding amount of Rs 10,000 crore. He stayed in jail for over two years and came out on parole in 2016. He was then jailed again as SEBI asked Supreme Court to cancel his parole. Roy passed away in 2023 at 75.
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This will be the third season of the Scam franchise. Scam 1992, which was the story of Harshad Mehta, was one of the biggest hits of 2020 and put lead actor Pratik Gandhi on the map. Scam 2003, the story of Abdul Karim Telgi, was directed by Jai Mehta.
Who was Subrata Roy?
Roy started his business with a modest capital of Rs 2,000 in 1978 in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, before moving to Lucknow. Over the years, he established the Sahara empire with many chit fund schemes collecting millions of rupees from people living below the poverty line who were not equipped with enough knowledge of the banking sector. When market regulator Security and Exchange Bureau of India (SEBI) eventually made a case against him in 2010, it was found that he had collected over Rs 24,000 crore from three crore individuals.
In 2004, Time magazine declared the self-anointed Sahara Shri as the “biggest employer after the Indian Railways.” A close ally of Mulayam Singh Yadav, Roy’s business grew in the mid 1990s. So much so that in 2004, when he hosted his son’s grand wedding, the likes of Amitabh Bachchan were in the procession. He prided himself on his connections in the business, political and entertainment world.
He was jailed in 2014 after allegations that his Sahara India Pariwar had defrauded investors of thousands of crores. Roy died of cardiorespiratory arrest in November 2023.
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Presently, Hansal Mehta is making his upcoming web series Gandhi, which stars Pratik Gandhi in the role of Mahatma Gandhi with his real-life wife Bhamini Oza playing the role of Kasturba Gandhi. In an earlier chat with Variety, Mehta spoke about the show and said, “We’re not trying to deify Gandhi, we see his story as a human story.” He also added, “The biggest learning from all that is, however great the man is, you treat him like a human being first. And look at the person with his flaws… and you build that character. Either you make him into a deity or make him a demon, we’re not doing that.”
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