NEW DELHI :
Aditya Birla-owned content material manufacturing home Applause Leisure that introduced Rip-off 2003, a sequel to its profitable crime drama on SonyLIV, Rip-off 1992- The Harshad Mehta Story, has mentioned that theatre artiste Gagan Dev Riar will play the lead within the new collection.
The second season of the franchise will function the story of the 2003 stamp paper rip-off by Abdul Karim Telgi. The present might be tailored from the Hindi e book Reporter ki Diary authored by journalist Sanjay Singh, who’s credited with breaking the story of the rip-off again within the time.
The collection might be helmed by Hansal Mehta, additionally the director of the primary instalment and Tushar Hiranandani. Marathi movie author Kiran Yadnyopavit, has been roped in to write down and develop the story together with Singh.
Telgi, born in Khanapur in Karnataka, is named the mastermind behind one in all India’s most ingenious scams unfold throughout a number of states whose worth was estimated round ₹20,000 crore.
To make sure, whereas most OTT platforms are investing in long-form collection that span a number of seasons, akin to Sacred Video games, Mirzapur, 4 Extra Pictures Please!, Aarya and so forth, few are constructing franchises round a theme throughout totally different tales. Whereas Amazon Prime Video introduced out crime thriller Breathe, Disney+ Hostar has Felony Justice.
In accordance with media consulting agency Ormax, Rip-off 1992 ranks because the most-liked Indian internet present of all time, based on advocacy surveys carried out periodically.
“Rip-off 1992 has helped set up a stable floor for the ‘Rip-off’ franchise the place we purpose to inform tales concerning the varied scams that our nation has witnessed, the folks behind it, their motivations and machinations. The success of Rip-off 1992 endorsed our perception concerning the audiences’ curiosity in such tales,” Sameer Nair, CEO, Applause Leisure had mentioned in an earlier assertion.
Supply: Live Mint