# Scam 2003

Scam 2003: The Telgi Story is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language biographical financial thriller streaming television series on SonyLIV directed by Tushar Hiranandani, with Hansal Mehta serving as the co-director. Based on a true story of stamped paper counterfeitings committed by Abdul Karim Telgi in early 2000s, the series is inspired from Sanjay Singh's book Telgi Scam: Reporter's ki Diary. It is the second installment in Scam franchise following Scam 1992.
It stars Gagan Dev Riar as the protagonist Abdul Karim Telgi with Mukesh Tiwari, Sana Amin Sheikh, Bharat Jadhav and Shaad Randhawa in pivotal roles. The first 5 episodes of the series released on 1 September 2023 via SonyLIV and the remaining 5 released on 5 November 2023.

## Premise

It follows the real-life story of Abdul Karim Telgi who was involved in the 2003 stamp paper counterfeiting scandal worth of INR 30,000 crores.

## Cast

* Gagan Dev Riar as Abdul Karim Telgi
* Aniruddh Roy as Inspector Balekundri
* Hemang Vyas as Kaushal Jhaveri
* Mukesh Tiwari as Suryapratap Gehlot
* Talat Aziz as Shaukat
* Sana Amin Sheikh as Nafisa
* Bharat Jadhav as Durgesh Bharade
* Shaad Randhawa as Sheikh
* Shashank Ketkar as Jayant Karmarkar aka JK
* Nikhil Ratnaparkhi as Advocate Ganesh Kamble
* Dinesh Lal Yadav as Pramod Jaisingh
* Sameer Dharmadhikari as Tukaram
* Salim Siddiqui as Vitthal
* Bharat Dabholkar as Jadhav
* Aniruddh Roy as Inspector Balekundri
* Bhavana Balsavar as Garima Talpade
* Mohd Yusuf Khan as Suleiman
* Nandu Madhav as Inspector Madhukar Dombe
* Kirandeep Kaur Sran as bar dancer Parveen
* Aman Verma as Commissioner of Police Jagdish Suri (based on R S Sharma)
* Iravati Harshe as DCP Malti Halani

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| Volume 1 |||||
| 1 | "Paisa Kamaya Nahin Banaya Jata Hain" | Tushar Hiranandani | Karan Vyas and Kiran Yadnyopavit | 1 September 2023 (2023-09-01) |
| 2 | "Choomantar" | Tushar Hiranandani | Karan Vyas and Kiran Yadnyopavit | 1 September 2023 (2023-09-01) |
| 3 | "Khota Sikka" | Tushar Hiranandani | Karan Vyas and Kiran Yadnyopavit | 1 September 2023 (2023-09-01) |
| 4 | "Mubarak Ho Aapko Stamp Paper Hua Hain" | Tushar Hiranandani | Karan Vyas and Kiran Yadnyopavit | 1 September 2023 (2023-09-01) |
| 5 | "I Love You" | Tushar Hiranandani | Karan Vyas and Kiran Yadnyopavit | 1 September 2023 (2023-09-01) |
| Volume 2 |||||
| 6 | "Abracadabra" | Tushar Hiranandani | Karan Vyas and Kiran Yadnyopavit | 3 November 2023 (2023-11-03) |
| 7 | "Logic Ka Magic" | Tushar Hiranandani | Karan Vyas and Kiran Yadnyopavit | 3 November 2023 (2023-11-03) |
| 8 | "Mumbai Ka King" | Tushar Hiranandani | Karan Vyas and Kiran Yadnyopavit | 3 November 2023 (2023-11-03) |
| 9 | "Bina Daant Ka Sher" | Tushar Hiranandani | Karan Vyas and Kiran Yadnyopavit | 3 November 2023 (2023-11-03) |
| 10 | "Truth Serum" | Tushar Hiranandani | Karan Vyas and Kiran Yadnyopavit | 3 November 2023 (2023-11-03) |

## Production
### Development

The series was first officially announced on 24 March 2022, by SonyLIV and Applause Entertainment.

### Filming

The series officially started filming from April 2022.

### Marketing

On 25 May 2022, SonyLIV first announced the series officially in their YouTube channel. The teaser with a release date was announced on 4 August 2023.

## Litigation

In December 2022, Mumbai Court refused to halt the publication of the web series plead by Sana Irfan Talikoti, Telgi's daughter who filed a lawsuit to get a restraining order against the web series' release. Sana has requested an injunction to prevent its distribution, arguing that the project's makers did not have the family's approval before moving forward. Applause Entertainment Pvt Ltd, its director Hansal Mehta, general manager Prasoon Garg, and Sony Liv were all named defendants in the lawsuit.
Sana claims in her lawsuit that the series is based on a book that contained factual errors. She asserted that the web series infringed the family's rights to secrecy, decency, and respect.

## Release

The first part with 5 episodes was released on 1 September 2023 via SonyLIV. The second part with the remaining 5 episodes was released on 3 November 2023.

## Reception

The series received generally positive reviews. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes assigned 67% "fresh" rating based on 6 reviews.