Set in 1980s and '90s Bombay, it follows the life of Harshad Mehta, a stockbroker who took the stock market to dizzying heights and his catastrophic downfall.
Set in early 90's Bombay, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story captures the meteoric rise and fall of Harshad Mehta- the flamboyant big bull of the stock market. When feisty financial journalist Sucheta Dalal exposed him as the man behind India's biggest financial scam of the time, it shook the nation.
Times Of India reporter Sucheta Dalal gets breaking news from a stranger Sharad Bellari claiming to be from State Bank Of India that 500 Crore's are missing from their records and the fraud is committed by well known stockbroker Harshad Mehta.Harshad Mehta who started as a jobber in Bombay Stock Exchange went to be become one of the biggest stock broker in small time due to his intelligence but big crash in market caused him huge losses. Harshad then decides to bounce back with his brother Ashwin and friend Bushan and also starts to invest in money market.The big fishes in the market feel threat from Harshad as their business is suffering losses they team up with foreign banks which denied business with him and plan to expose his huge business transactions while RBI Governor is also eager to know how Harshad arranges finances for huge transactions.The story reaches to Sucehta Dalal with sources of many which she publishes as the Scam the word which is new to the country further leading troubles for the Harshad Mehta (Big Bull).