Varun Dhawan was slated to play Harshad Mehta for a Bollywood film?

series Scam 1992, which showcases  story of scamster Harsh Mehta, was supposed to be me into a Bollywood biopic. According to a recent report by SpotboyE, biopic was planned under Paresh Rawal's production years ago, and Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan was locked in to play le. Re on for more details on story. 

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Was Varun Dhawan locked in to play role of Harsh Mehta in a biopic?

report stated that Paresh Rawal who was producing film on life of Harsh Mehta h chosen Brinath ki Dulhaniya actor to play le role in biopic on Harsh Mehta. However, idea was scrapped later. rights to make a movie on Harsh Mehta's story was apparently with Paresh Rawal's production company earlier, however, rights were later acquired by Sameer Nair and Applause Entertainment. y n decided to make a web series on Harsh Mehta, while a Gujarati actor named Pratik Gandhi was n roped in to play role of protagonist.

web series is titled Scam 1992, and actors Pratik Gandhi and Shreya Dhanwanthary played le roles in web series, with direction by Hansal Mehta, while script credits went to Sumit Purohit, Saurav Dey, Vaibhav Vishal and Karan Vyas. Meanwhile, a Bollywood would also be releasing on OTT platform titled Big Bull, which would be a retelling of Harsh Mehta's life for a period of 10 years, where Abhishek Bachchan would star as Mehta, while Nikita Dutta and Ileana D'Cruz would be seen in supporting roles.

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much-acclaimed series, Scam 1992 is apted from journalist Sucheta Dalal and Debashish Basu's book,  Scam: Who Won, who Lost, who Got Away.  character of journalist and author Sucheta Dalal was played by Shreya Dhanwanthary. infamous stockbroker Harsh was kwn as Amitabh Bachchan of stock market. 

Pratik Gandhi, a Gujarati actor, has essayed le character named Harsh Mehta. Apart from him, web-series also featured Sharib Hashmi, Rajat Kapoor, Nikhil Dwivedi, KK Raina, Satish Kaushik, Lalit Parimoo, etc. play pivotal roles in story. story mans to transport viewers into 90’s era through its amazing cinematography.  web-series, that currently streams on Sony Liv, was released on October 9. Harsh Mehta was actually arrested in 1992 with several allegations against him for stamp paper fraud, bank receipts fraud, securities fraud, and stock market manipulation. ten-episode series gave a brief look into scam and how Harsh worked his way to top.

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Meanwhile, Varun Dhawan is all set for release of his next movie opposite Sara Ali Khan titled Coolie . 1. While he has alrey started filming for his next movie Jug Jugg Jeeyo opposite Kiara vani. Coolie . 1 is slated to release this year itself however Jug Jugg Jeeyo is currently being filmed and is expected next year. 

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