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.Read at source
Scoop (Indian TV series) 2023
Synopsis
Scoop (Indian TV series)
Scoop 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, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Deven Bhojani in supporting roles. The series is produced by Sarita Patil and Dikssha Jyote Routray under the banner Matchbox Shots. The series was released on Netflix on 2 June 2023.
- Director
- Hansal Mehta
- Release
- 2 Jun 2023
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- 71 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
8 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Generally Positive
Critics' aggregate for Scoop (Indian TV series) is 77/100 from 6 scored critic/publication reviews.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 9 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- performances
- direction
- writing
Positive 8
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."Read at source
India Today rated 4/5 stars and wrote "What is absolutely amazing about Scoop is that it doesn’t preach.Read at source
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."Read at source
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.Read at source
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."Read at source
The Hindu wrote "Karishma Tanna and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub power this series about the pitfalls of ambition and the price of journalistic grit.Read at source
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."Read at source
Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 2 Jun 2023
- Run time
- 71 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Hansal Mehta
- Distributor
- Netflix
- Certificate
- TV-MA
Trivia
- The series stars Karishma Tanna, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, and Harman Baweja in lead roles, with supporting performances by Prosenjit Chatterjee and Tannishtha Chatterjee.
- Principal photography for the series took place in February 2022, shortly after it was officially announced by Netflix on 8 February 2022.
- At the 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards, the series won four awards, including Best Drama Series and Best Actress in a Drama Series (Critics) for Karishma Tanna.
- On its release day, 2 June 2023, the series rose to the number one spot in Netflix’s top 10 list in both India and Bangladesh.
- Real-life figure Chhota Rajan moved to the Bombay High Court on 2 June 2023 to object to his image and voice being used in the series, but his plea was dismissed.
- The series is based on Jigna Vora's biographical memoir 'Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison' and follows her real-life story from 2011.
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