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 followed by 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
 * 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
 * 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 as bar dancer Parveen
 * Aman Verma as Commissioner of Police Jagdish Suri (based on R S Sharma)
 * Iravati Harshe as DCP Malti Halani

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.