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Pink Villa
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Top 5 Hindi OTT shows based on real-life events: Scam 1992 to The Railway Men
There have been several web series and shows released on OTT in recent years. The web series, ranging from crime thrillers to romantic dramas, are available on various OTT platforms like Netflix, Disney Hotstar, Sony Liv, ZEE 5, and Amazon Prime Video. Today, we have curated a list of the top 5 Hindi OTT shows based on real-life events that you should definitely watch. Top 5 real-life events-based Hindi OTT shows that you can watch 1. Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story Where to watch: Sony Liv Starring Pratik Gandhi as the main lead, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story was released in 2020. It ran for one season, having 10 episodes. It is based on the 1992 Indian stock market scam, which also involved Harshad Mehta, a stockbroker. The biographical financial thriller series traces Mehta's life journey from a middle-class background to becoming the "Big Bull" of the stock market and then his subsequent downfall. 2. The Railway Men: The Untold Story of Bhopal 1984 Run time: 51 to 65 minutes per episode Where to watch: Netflix The Railway Men: The Untold Story of Bhopal 1984 stars R Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyenndu, Babil Khan, and Juhi Chawla. The 2023 historical drama miniseries is set against the backdrop of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy. The four-episode series is based on railway workers who saved many innocent lives during the toxic gas leak at the chemical company, Union Carbide India Limited's plant in the city. 3. Delhi Crime Run time: 36 to 64 minutes per episode Where to watch: Netflix Released in 2019, Delhi Crime is a police procedural crime drama television series. Led by actress Shefali Shah, it ran for two seasons, consisting of 12 episodes overall. While the first season was set in the aftermath of the horrific 2012 Delhi gang rape case, the second season focused on the infamous Chaddi Baniyan Gang. Shefali plays the lead role of Deputy Commissioner of Police Vartika Chaturvedi, who solves these cases. 4. Jamtara – Sabka Number Ayega Where to watch: Netflix Created and directed by Soumendra Padhi, Jamtara – Sabka Number Ayega delves into the social engineering operations in the Jamtara district of Jharkhand, which is a real-life hub for phishing scams. While the first season arrived in 2020, the second season premiered in 2022. It stars Sparsh Shrivastava, Anshumaan Pushkar, Asif Khan, Amit Sial, and others. 5. IC 814: The Kandahar Attack Run time: 44 to 52 minutes per episode Where to watch: Netflix Directed by Anubhav Sinha, IC 814: The Kandahar Attack stars Vijay Varma as the main lead. Also featuring Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur, Dia Mirza, Patralekhaa, and Arvind Swamy, the 2024 crime thriller is based on the real-life hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814 in 1999. Varma played the role of Captain Sharan Dev, pilot-in-command of IC 814. Have you watched any of these OTT shows?
India.com
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
OTT Weekend Watchlist: 11 Must-Watch Movies And Web Series On Indias Biggest REAL-LIFE Scandals
photoDetails english 2932210 Updated:Jul 15, 2025, 02:51 PM IST Bad Boy Billionaires: India 1 / 11 This investigative docuseries explores fraud and corruption that built up and ultimately brought down - India's most infamous tycoons. Streaming On: Netflix Shiksha Mandal 2 / 11 Gauahar Khan starrer follows the story literally is inspired by true events involving one of the hardly the biggest medical entrance exam scam in India. Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video Why Cheat India 3 / 11 Emraan Hashmi starrer follows Rakesh Singh who runs a business that allows education scams to flourish in the country. He enrolls bright students into his plan, makes them write proxy exams for students who are unable to score or pass, and then, helps them procure a fake degree. Streaming On: ZEE5 Gafla 4 / 11 This financial drama follows an adventure that starts with ambitious intentions and gets caught up in a crime web. Streaming On: YouTube Raid 5 / 11 Ajay Devgn as IRS officer Amay Patnaik in Raid and recently released Raid 2 which stars Riteish Deshmukh and Vaani Kapoor. The film takes us into the gritty world of power, politics, and justice. Streaming On: Netflix Special 26 6 / 11 Akshay Kumar starrer crime drama follows con artists posing as police officials executes heist in the form of raid. Streaming On: Netflix Lucky Baskhar 7 / 11 Dulquer Salmaan starrer based on a cash-strapped cashier working at a bank embarks on a risky investment scheme and soon gets drawn into the murky world of money laundering. (All Images: IMDb/ PrimeVideo/Netflix) Streaming On: Netflix The Big Bull 8 / 11 Abhishek Bachchan's film is based on real events of financial market that took place between 1990 and 2000 involving Harshad Mehta and his financial crimes. Streaming On: JioHotstar Farzi 9 / 11 This webseries starring Shahid Kapoor, Vijay Sethupathi follows brilliant small-time artist who creates the perfect fake currency note and a fiery, unorthodox task force officer who wants to rid the country of the counterfeiting menace. Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video Jamtara: Sabka Number Ayega 10 / 11 Sparsh Shrivastava starrer this drama follows group of small-town young men run a lucrative phishing operation, until a corrupt politician wants in on their scheme. Streaming On: Netflix Scam 1992 11 / 11 This docudrama is follows the rise and fall of Harshad Mehta, a stockbroker who single-handedly took the stock market to great heights, is depicted. Streaming On: SonyLIV
India Today
10-07-2025
- Business
- India Today
BSE began under a banyan tree with five traders. Now it runs Dalal Street
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), one of the world's oldest and Asia's first stock exchanges, quietly turned 150 this year. A towering presence on Dalal Street today, BSE began not in marble halls or digital terminals, but under the thick shade of a banyan tree in the 1850s became the meeting place for four Gujaratis and one Parsi broker who would meet daily under it near Bombay's Town were no buildings, terminals, or indices at that time, just men trading shares with chalk and their voices. Over time, more joined, and by 1875, this informal circle of brokers gave itself a name: The Native Share & Stock Brokers' Association. It was the foundation of what the world would come to know as historian Sucheta Dalal once wrote, 'India's earliest brokers weren't just stock traders, they were storytellers of risk.'That storytelling spirit -- of taking calculated risks and building from nothing, has defined the BSE's rise from colonial Bombay to modern DALAL STREET GAINED THE TRUSTDecades before the Dow Jones Index in America was born, Bombay had a buzzing trade in cotton, jute, and railways, fuelled by imperial commerce and speculation. Business people used to come to Bombay for trade from across the the British industrial capital flowed through Indian ports, native brokers found their own early 1900s saw BSE move to its iconic home on Dalal Street, and by the time the world faced the Great Depression of 1929, the markets were already deeply linked to global crash sent textile, shipping, and plantation stocks spiralling. The colonial state, as historian Dwijendra Tripathi notes, "remained distant, letting the native market fend for itself." Premchand Roychand, often regarded as India's original share king, was also famously known as the World War II brought fresh shocks, blackouts, rationing, and Japanese threat over Bombay disrupted trade, but also sparked speculation in steel and textiles supporting the war 1942, the Quit India Movement shut down the exchange temporarily, as nationalist protests spilled into the city's financial NEW STARTAfter 1947, India's newly adopted economic model leaned heavily on various sectors for growth. At that time, BSE became the main channel to raise 1957, it was formally recognised under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, but the culture remained insular -- dominated by old broker families and manual would change with the economic reforms of 1991. The arrival of liberalisation opened the gates for foreign investment, and exposed flaws in the 1992, Harshad Mehta's securities scam shook the country.A single broker manipulating the banking system had sent stock prices soaring. When the fraud unravelled, so did investor market observer Gita Piramal notes in her book Business Maharajas, 'The Harshad Mehta scandal was not just a scam, it was a mirror. It showed how unprepared the system was for modern finance.'Post-2000, BSE began reinventing itself. It demutualised in 2007, separating ownership from players like Deutsche Brse and Singapore Exchange took stakes. BSE diversified into derivatives, mutual funds, debt markets, and even platforms for startups and 2017, the BSE made history by listing itself on its own exchange. The IPO was oversubscribed 51 BSE operates from the 29-storey Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, but its reach extends far beyond platforms like BSE StAR MF and India INX in GIFT City, the exchange now connects investors across India and the words of Charles Dow, founder of the Dow Jones Index, 'The market is never wrong, only opinions are.'If the Indian market has a voice, BSE has been its longest echo. From banyan roots to blockchain rails, BSE's 150-year journey isn't just financial history, it's a reflection of how India thinks, invests, and evolves.- Ends
Business Standard
06-06-2025
- Automotive
- Business Standard
RIR Power Electronics surges after expanding SiC diodes production capacity
RIR Power Electronics jumped 4.49% to Rs 2859.85 after the company announced successful production expansion and shipment of 1200V SiC diodes from Taiwan. The company stated that the expansion of production was made possible through a strategic collaboration with a contract fab at Pro Asia Semiconductor Corporation (PASC), Taiwan and by leveraging technology IP that RIR Power had acquired from Sicamore Semi, USA. The product portfolio includes 1200V Schottky Barrier Diodes (SBDs) ranging from 2 amps to 60 amps, addressing the most common ratings used across multiple applications and markets globally. The company further said that it has already secured purchase orders for the said diodes from Richardson Electronics (USA) and Ankit Plastics (India), both key suppliers to the commercial, industrial and defence sectors. Besides being able to serve existing domestic Indian and the USA customers, shipping from Taiwan would provide RIR Power Electronics improved access to strategic high-growth markets for SiC devices in the South East Asian region. Dr. Harshad Mehta, chairman & director, RIR Power Electronics, said: This achievement marks a significant leap for RIRs power electronics manufacturing capabilities and helps to expedite the ramp up and shipment of SiC devices on 6-Inch wafers from RIRs proposed Odisha Fab. By successfully scaling up world-class SiC technology, RIR Power is positioned to serve global high-growth markets including automotive, industrial, renewable energy, and defence, while strengthening the domestic semiconductor ecosystem. RIR Power Electronics is a global pioneer in high-power semiconductor solutions. Its product portfolio comprises of high-performance semiconductor devices, assemblies, and energy management systems. The company's consolidated net profit declined 12.59% to Rs 2.43 crore despite a 22.67% increase in net sales to Rs 26.46 crore in Q4 FY25 as compared with Q4 FY24.
United News of India
06-06-2025
- Automotive
- United News of India
RIR Power Electronics expands SiC diode production
New Delhi, June 5 (UNI) In a significant step towards bolstering India's indigenous semiconductor capabilities, RIR Power Electronics Ltd. on Thursday announced the successful expansion of its 1200V Silicon Carbide (SiC) diode production through a strategic collaboration with Taiwan-based Pro Asia Semiconductor Corporation (PASC). The partnership is expected to fast-track RIR's go-to-market strategy by enabling the rollout of SiC devices in various voltage and current ratings, thereby de-risking operations and accelerating the ramp-up of high-efficiency power solutions from RIR's upcoming fabrication facility in Odisha. As part of the initiative, 1200V Schottky Barrier Diodes (SBDs) ranging from 2A to 60A—covering the most widely used configurations across multiple applications—have already been manufactured at PASC's state-of-the-art fab in Taiwan and shipped to India. The company has secured purchase orders from Richardson Electronics (USA) and Ankit Plastics (India), both major players in the commercial, industrial, and defence supply chains. "This milestone strengthens RIR's position as a serious player in the global power semiconductor space," said Dr. Harshad Mehta, Chairman and Director of RIR Power Electronics Ltd. "It also lays the foundation for full-fledged production from our planned Odisha SiC fab, which will serve high-growth markets such as automotive, renewable energy, industrial, and defence." The production expansion is backed by a comprehensive technology transfer agreement signed on October 17, 2024, with Sicamore Semi, USA. Under the agreement, RIR holds exclusive manufacturing and commercialisation rights for SiC diodes, MOSFETs, and IGBTs based on Sicamore's proven IP. The technology, originally developed for 4-inch wafers, has been successfully scaled up to 6-inch production with support from Vortex Semi (USA) and PASC. RIR's Odisha facility, with a proposed investment of Rs 618 crore, forms a crucial part of India's 'Make in India' semiconductor drive. It is expected to reduce the country's import dependency in strategic sectors, create employment, and position India as a competitive player in global advanced electronics manufacturing. UNI BDN RN
