Lucky Baskhar

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.

Release date: October 31, 2024 (India)

Director: Venky Atluri

Box office: est. ₹112.75crore

Language: Telugu

Music composed by: G. V. Prakash Kumar

Producers: Suryadevara Naga Vamsi, Sai Soujanya

The Harshad Mehta Securities Scam of 1992 is considered the biggest fraud to have taken place in the history of our country. The scam is still spoken about for the money made by the culprit and other bank officials and stockbrokers. Hansal Mehta’s 2020 show Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story is one of the most accurate depictions of the case, and it generated quite the buzz about the scam that shook the Indian economy. Using the Harshad Mehta case as a base, Venky Atluri’s new Telugu-language film Lucky Bhaskar tells the tale of a man who basked in the glory of the riches he made through the scam until reality caught up to him.

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Why was Bhaskar questioned by the Cbi?

Lucky Bhaskar began with Bhaskar Kumar talking about his life in the city of Mumbai, where he grew up as the older son of a chartered...