The series demystifies complex financial jargon by weaving it into dramatic scenes. It focuses on several key methods Mehta used to manipulate the system: Ready Forward Deals (RF Deals)

Performance and characterization

Set in early 90s Bombay, the show is based on the book The Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Got Away by journalists Sucheta Dalal and Debashis Basu.

Sucheta writes her first explosive article questioning the stock market surge. The RBI and SEBI take notice.

by Achint Thakkar, which became an instant anthem for ambition. It raised important questions about the thin line between "systemic loopholes" and "criminal fraud," and how the Indian financial regulatory system (SEBI) evolved because of this very scandal.

Set in 1980s and 90s Bombay, the story follows Harshad Mehta (Pratik Gandhi), a middle-class Gujarati man who starts as a small-time "jobber" at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Through intelligence and aggressive strategies, he establishes his own firm, GrowMore Research , and becomes a dominant force in the market.