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Scam 2003 - The Telgi Story

★ 7.9 11K votes 2023–2023 1 season · 10 episodes Ended SonyLIV
Indian TVIndian television traditions across Hindi and regional industries.This show: 9/10Heists & consCapers, con artists and elaborate schemes.This show: 8/10True crimeReal cases, told as documentary or drama.This show: 8/10Antihero leadA protagonist doing bad things you can't stop watching.This show: 8/10Criminal underworldOrganized crime, gangs and the criminal life seen from the inside.This show: 8/10Political intriguePower struggles inside governments and institutions.This show: 7/10Morally grayNo clean heroes or villains anywhere in sight.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Gagandev RiarMukesh TiwariDinesh Lal YadavBalaji ManoharKirandeep Kaur SranShaad Randhawa
Starring
Gagandev RiarMukesh TiwariDinesh Lal YadavBalaji ManoharKirandeep Kaur SranShaad Randhawa
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"A conman's empire built entirely on paper"

This series traces the rise and fall of Abdul Karim Telgi, a small-time con man who built one of India's largest financial frauds by forging government stamp paper on an industrial scale. It follows the same docudrama format as its predecessor Scam 1992, mixing dramatized reenactments with a procedural unraveling of how bureaucrats, police, and politicians enabled the scheme. The tone is measured and detail-heavy rather than flashy, carried by a strong central performance and steady direction, though it moves at a slower, more methodical pace than the show it followed.

Watch it for

a compelling lead performance charting one man's audacious climb through India's bureaucratic underbelly.

Maybe skip if

you want the propulsive energy of Scam 1992 rather than a slower procedural unraveling.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12023
7.62K107h 19m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Paisa Kamaya Nahin Banaya Jata Hain7.9
22050 min
▶2Choomantar7.7
18551 min
▶3Khota Sikka7.6
18543 min
▶4Mubarak Ho Aapko Stamp Paper Hua Hain7.8
18054 min
▶5I Love You7.8
19249 min
▶6Abracadabra7.2
13238 min
▶7Logic Ka Magic7.2
12535 min
▶8Mumbai Ka King7.0
12537 min
▶9Bina Daant Ka Sher7.4
12138 min
▶10Truth Serum7.8
15444 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Gagandev Riar Abdul Karim Telgi
Mukesh Tiwari Suryapratap Gehlot
Dinesh Lal Yadav Pramod Jaisingh
Balaji Manohar Opposition Leader Anna
Kirandeep Kaur Sran Parwin
Shaad Randhawa Fahim Sheikh
Vidyadhar Joshi Deosahab Dhummal
Bharat Jadhav Sunil Rawat
Iravati Harshe DCP Malti Halani
Aman Verma CP Jagdish Suri

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