Scoop[1] is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language crime drama television series created and directed by Hansal Mehta and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul for Netflix. It stars Karishma Tanna, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub and Harman Baweja in lead roles, along with Prosenjit Chatterjee, Neha Mishra
| Scoop | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Crime Drama |
| Created by | Hansal Mehta Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul |
| Based on | Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison by Jigna Vora |
| Written by | Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul Mirat Trivedi Dialogues: Karan Vyas |
| Screenplay by | Anu Singh Choudhary |
| Directed by | Hansal Mehta |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Achint Thakkar |
| Composer | Achint Thakkar |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Sarita Patil Dikssha Jyote Routray |
| Cinematography | Pratham Mehta |
| Editor | Amitesh Mukherjee |
| Running time | 52–71 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
| Release | 2 June 2023 – present |
Tannishtha Chatterjee and Deven Bhojani in supporting roles.[2] The series is produced by Sarita Patil and Dikssha Jyote Routray under the banner Matchbox Shots.[3] The series was released on Netflix on 2 June 2023.[4]
The series is based on Jigna Vora's biographical memoir Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison. It follows the real-life story of Jigna Vora who was accused of the murder of mid-day reporter Jyotirmoy Dey in June 2011.[5][6]
At the 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards, Scoop received 10 nominations, including Best Director in a Drama Series (Mehta), Best Actress in a Drama Series (Tanna) and Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Baweja and Ayyub), and won 4 awards, including Best Drama Series and Best Actress in a Drama Series (Critics) (Tanna).
Premise
editJagruti Pathak, a prominent crime reporter, is the principal suspect in the terrible slaying of another journalist. She has to defend her innocence as she becomes the focus of attention because everyone thinks she used her contacts in the underworld to kill her competitor.
Cast
edit- Karishma Tanna as Jagruti Pathak, Senior crime reporter and Deputy Bureau Chief of Eastern Age (based on Jigna Vora)
- Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Imran Siddiqui, Editor-in-Chief of Eastern Age (based on Hussain Zaidi)
- Neha Mishra as Suman
- Prosenjit Chatterjee as Jaideb Sen, Head Of Investigations at News Day (based on Jyotirmoy Dey)
- Harman Baweja as JCP Harshavardhan Shroff (based on Himanshu Roy)
- Tannishtha Chatterjee as Leena Pradhan, Editor-in-chief of Citi Mirror
- Inayat Sood as Deepa Chandra
- Deven Bhojani as Mama, Jagruti's maternal uncle
- Shikha Talsania as Vidya Chaudhary Bisht alias 'Sadhvi Maa'
- Tanmay Dhanania as Pushkar Mohan
- Sanat Vyas as Jagruti's maternal grandfather
- Ira Dubey as Anita Mohan
- Ishitta Arun as Nelly Siddiqui
- Amar Upadhyay as Sumeet
- Ayaz Khan as Brij
- Pubali Sanyal as Shoma Sen, Jaideb Sen's wife
- Pankaj Vishnu
- Ravish Desai as Advocate Bhavesh Desai, Jagruti Pathak's defending lawyer
- Ninad Kamat as Jagmohan Guha
- Aseem Hattangadi as Sandeep Narvekar
- Manasi Rachh as Neha Gupta, Newsreader at India Now Channel
- Danish Sait as Sushant, Newsreader at AB TV Channel
- Pratik Gandhi as Man on Road (Special Appearance)
- Shreya Gupto as Rupali
- Mehul Kajaria as Darshan, Jagruti's ex-husband
- Malhar Thakar as Ajitesh Bhatt, Jagruti's boyfriend
- Tejaswini Kolhapure as Chhaya Gada alias 'Rambha Maa'
- Swaroopa Ghosh as Ushadevi
- Darshan Dave as ATS Chief Ramesh Malik
- Chirag Vohra as ACP Mahanande
- Alekh Sangal
- Jaimini Pathak as Advocate Chintan Vashisht, senior defence lawyer
- Atul Kale as Dalvi Ji, Senior reporter
Production
editDevelopment and filming
editThe series was first officially announced by Netflix media press release on 8 February 2022.[7] Principal Photography took place on same month of that year.[8]
Marketing
editThe series was first unveiled in September 2022 during Netflix global fan event.[9] The official teaser was released by Netflix India YouTube channel on 24 September 2022. The trailer with a release date was announced on 14 May 2023.[10]
Release
editThe series was released on 2 June 2023 via Netflix.[11]
Litigation
editOn 2 June 2023, Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, popularly known as Chhota Rajan objected over his picture and voice used in the series alleging the infringement of personality rights to the fellow makers. He moved to Bombay High Court to seek removal of the series from the platform.[12][13] On the same day, HC dismissed his plea. Rajan's attorney, senior advocate Mihir Desai, answered that his client has a copyright on his image that no one else can use when the bench questioned how it could be maintained as a commercial intellectual property rights dispute and stated it should be sent to mediation. The plaintiff was subsequently instructed by the bench to modify the lawsuit properly.[14]
Reception
editViewership
editScoop rose to the number one spot in Netflix’s top 10 list in India and Bangladesh upon its 2 June debut. The following week, it remained in both countries’ top 10 lists, hanging on to the second highest spot.[15][16]
Critical response
editThe series received positive reviews from critics, who praised its performances, direction and screenplay.[17][18]
The Hindu wrote "Karishma Tanna and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub power this series about the pitfalls of ambition and the price of journalistic grit. The final episodes are a blur of lurid news flashes and ravenous television cameras. “That’s where I want to be,” says Deepa (Inayat Sood), an ambitious trainee reporter and the scariest character of all."[19]
Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated 4 stars out of 5 and wrote "Wending its way through its many sub-plots, Scoop stays focussed on the plight of a woman subjected to mud-slinging by her own fraternity and a police force under pressure to crack a particularly vexed case and find a scapegoat."[20]
Deepa Gahlot for Rediff.com praised the series and rated 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "Scoop is a well-shot (Pratham Mehta) and authentic-looking show. A little over a decade has gone by but there have been rapid changes in the look of the city and models of cars and gadgets."[21]
Santanu Das for Hindustan Times called it "one of the best shows of the year" praising the screenplay and wrote "Not a single minute is wasted in the hour-long, 6-episode long series, created by Mehta and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul-- diving headlong inside the middle of everyday journalistic hustle: tracking breaking news, connecting with undercover sources, and bringing the report down to the page."[22]
Debiparna Chakraborty from Best of Netflix rated the series 4/5 and wrote "The cast and crew of Scoop deliver a well-written and effectively-performed story, barring a few slip-ups here and there. Ultimately, the series leaves us with more questions than answers, prompting the viewers to think for themselves. Perhaps that is necessary in a world where critical thinking has become as obscure as ethics in journalism."[23]
India Today rated 4/5 stars and wrote "What is absolutely amazing about Scoop is that it doesn’t preach. It refrains from giving a statement, but is more focused on the events that ensued in 2011."[24]
News18 rated 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "The actual book written by Jigna Vora only speaks about her life in Byculla jail, but here in this series, the makers have taken a liberty to go a step further and explained the circumstances and situation led to that situation in her life."[25]
Sumit Rajguru from Times Now gave 3.5 stars out of 5 praising the performance and direction stating, "The Hansal Mehta Show could have been edited well, but the 6-episodes of the series are nothing but a delight to watch."[26]
Soundtrack
editThe theme music and the score for the series was composed by Achint Thakkar. Previously, Thakkar had also collaborated with Hansal Mehta for his biographical series Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story (2020). [27]
Accolades
edit| Year | Award ceremony | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards | Best Asian TV Series | Scoop | Won | [28] |
| Best Lead Actress | Karishma Tanna | Won | |||
| 2023 | Bollywood Hungama's OTT India Fest Awards | Best Original Series of The Year | Scoop | Nominated | [29] |
| Best Series | Nominated | ||||
| Best Adapted / Non-Original OTT Work | Won | ||||
| Best Director of The Year - Series | Hansal Mehta | Won | |||
| Best Director | Nominated | ||||
| Best Actor - Female Popular | Karishma Tanna | Nominated | |||
| 2023 | Filmfare OTT Awards | Best Drama Series | Scoop | Won | [30] |
| Best Director in a Drama Series | Hansal Mehta | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress in a Drama Series | Karishma Tanna | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress in a Drama Series (Critics) | Won | ||||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Harman Baweja | Nominated | |||
| Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub | Nominated | ||||
| Best Original Dialogue (Series) | Karan Vyas | Won | |||
| Best Adapted Screenplay (Series) | Mrunmayee Lagoo, Mirat Trivedi and Anu Singh Choudhary | Won | |||
| Best Cinematographer (Series) | Pratham Mehta | Nominated | |||
| Best Production Design (Series) | Tanvi Leena Patil | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing (Series) | Amitesh Mukherjee | Nominated |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Watch Scoop | Netflix Official Site". www.netflix.com. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "Karishma Tanna, Harman Baweja and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub star in Hansal Mehta's next series Scoop; crime drama to stream on Netflix from June 2 : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ Ramachandran, Naman (15 May 2023). "Hansal Mehta Talks Netflix Crime Drama 'Scoop': Watch First Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ PTI (11 May 2023). "Hansal Mehta's web series 'Scoop' to release on June 2". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ Scroll Staff (8 February 2022). "Hansal Mehta to direct series based on journalist's prison memoir". Scroll.in. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "Who is Jigna Vora, journalist whose arrest and acquittal in murder by Chhota Rajan, inspired Hansal Mehta's Scoop?". DNA India. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "'Scoop': Hansal Mehta, Matchbox Shots And Netflix Come Together For A Riveting Character Drama". About Netflix. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "Hansal Mehta to make digital debut with Netflix's 'Scoop', based on journalist Jigna Vora's biography". The Economic Times. 9 February 2022. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ Goldbart, Max (24 September 2022). "Netflix India Showcases Vasan Bala's 'Monica, O My Darling', 'Scoop' & 'Guns & Gulaabs' At Tudum Event". Deadline. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "Scoop trailer: Karishma Tanna plays a crime journalist who herself becomes the story in Hansal Mehta's gripping drama". Hindustan Times. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "Scoop trailer: Karishma Tanna is a journalist implicated for murder in Hansal Mehta's gritty drama inspired by Jigna Vora's story. Watch". The Indian Express. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "Chhota Rajan moves HC, seeks to stop release of Netflix series 'Scoop'". Hindustan Times. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Chhota Rajan seeks stay on release of Netflix series 'Scoop', alleges infringement of 'personality rights'". The Indian Express. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "'Already released': Bombay HC adjourns Chhota Rajan's plea against Netflix series 'Scoop' to June 7". The Indian Express. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Netflix Top 10 Movies and Series Today Globally". What's on Netflix. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ Merican, Sara. "Netflix's Indian Series 'Scoop' Tells A Timely Story About Journalism, Politics And Truth". Forbes. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "'Scoop' Netflix Review: Stream It Or Skip It?". Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Netflix's Scoop Review: A must watch for all journalists". Firstpost. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ Mitra, Shilajit (2 June 2023). "'Scoop' series review: Hansal Mehta's valentine to conscientious print journalism". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Chatterjee, Saibal (2 June 2023). "Scoop Review: Karishma Tanna's Performance Is Without Blemish". NDTV. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Gahlot, Deepa (2 June 2023). "Scoop Review: TERRIFIC Show!". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Das, Santanu (2 June 2023). "Scoop review: Hansal Mehta sets the bar high in one of the best shows of the year". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Netflix's 'Scoop' is riveting". best-of-netflix.com. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ Agarwal, Bhavna (2 June 2023). "Scoop Season 1 Review: Hansal Mehta's series is a total 'front page' material". India Today.
- ^ Kotak, Yesha (2 June 2023). "Scoop Review: Hansal Mehta Series Depicts A Journalist's Life In An Apt Way". News18. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Scoop Review: Karishma Tanna Gives Her Best In Show That Uncovers Harsh Reality Of Investigative Journalism". Times Now. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Scoop Theme - Achint, retrieved 2 February 2024
- ^ Liz Shackleton (8 October 2023). "Disney's 'Moving' Sweeps Asia Contents Awards With Six Prizes Including Best Creative, Writer & Actor – Busan". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ Bollywood Hungama https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/ott-india-fest/winners.php. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
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