Feb 1, 2024, 03:12 PM IST

6 Indian films, series based on massive real-life financial scams

Riya Sharma

Here's a look at some of the movies and series based on real-life financial scams 

Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story

Helmed by Hansal Mehta, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story is based on the 1992 Indian stock market scam committed by many stockbrokers including Harshad Mehta

The Big Bull is helmed by Kookie Gulati and is a film based on Harshad Mehta 

The Big Bull

Special 26 starring Akshay Kumar is based he 1987 Opera House heist.

Special 26

Helmed by Neeraj Pandey, Special 26 also stars Anupam Kher,  Jimmy Sheirgill, Kajal Aggarwal, Rajesh Sharma, Divya Dutta, Manoj Bajpayee and Kishor Kadam.

Gafla is a 2006 film inspired from the stock market scam of 1992

Gafla

It is an Indian Netflix original documentary anthology web series that focuses on the lives of four prominent business magnates of India, including Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Subrata Roy and Ramalinga Raju,

Bad Boy Billionaires: India

Ajay Devgn-starrer Raid is based on the real-life income-tax raid conducted by the officers of the Income Tax Department on Sardar Inder Singh in the 1980s

Raid

Ajay Devgn is now all set to return as IRS officer Amay Patnaik in Raid 2