Scam 2003: Gagan Dev Riar Cast in Lead as Abdul Karim Telgi; Directors Announced for SonyLIV Series

Scam 1992's Hansal Mehta returns as showrunner on Scam 2003.

By Press Trust of India | Updated: 25 May 2022 10:39 IST

Scam 2003: Gagan Dev Riar Cast in Lead as Abdul Karim Telgi; Directors Announced for SonyLIV Series

Photo Credit: Applause Entertainment/SonyLIV

Gagan Dev Riar has acted in films like Sonchiriya and Netflix series A Suitable Boy

Highlights

Gagan Dev Riar will play the lead role in Scam 2003: The Telgi Story
Showrunner Hansal Mehta will direct alongside Tushar Hiranandani
Scam 2003 will tackle the 2003 Stamp Paper fraud by Abdul Karim Telgi

Gagan Dev Riar has been roped in to play the lead role in Scam 2003: The Telgi Story, SonyLIV announced on Tuesday.

Hansal Mehta, who delivered the critically-acclaimed first part Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, will serve as the showrunner and direct alongside Tushar Hiranandani.

Scam 2003: The Telgi Story, produced by Applause Entertainment in association with StudioNext, will tackle the 2003 Stamp Paper fraud by Abdul Karim Telgi.

Gagan, who has acted in films like Sonchiriya and Netflix series A Suitable Boy, will be essaying the role of Telgi.

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Starring Gagan Dev Riar as Telgi, Produced by Applause Entertainment in association with StudioNext, Scam 2003: The Telgi Story will be helmed by show runner Hansal Mehta and director Tushar Hiranandani. Casting by Mukesh Chhabra. pic.twitter.com/AEQvhmmgn9
— SonyLIV (@SonyLIV) May 24, 2022

Applause Entertainment announced Gagan's casting in a clip shared on its official Twitter page.

“Telgi has been found. Starring Gagan Dev Riar as Telgi, produced by Applause Entertainment in association with StudioNext, Scam 2003: The Telgi Story will be helmed by showrunner Hansal Mehta and director Tushar Hiranandani. Casting by Mukesh Chhabra. Streaming Soon, only on @sonylivindia #Scam2003,” the post read.

The new season will chronicle the life of Telgi, a fruit-seller born in Khanapur in the Indian state of Karnataka, and his journey to becoming the mastermind behind one of the most ingenious scams in India.

Scam 2003: The Telgi Story is adapted from the Hindi book “Reporter ki Diary” penned by journalist and news reporter Sanjay Singh, who is credited with breaking the story of the scam.

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