The Waterfront Indie Film Festival (WIFF) hosted an engaging ‘Round of Applause – Panel Discussion’ featuring Hansal Mehta, Tushar Hiranandani, Rohan Sippy, and Vishal Furia in Mumbai, where they discussed filmmaking challenges, amusing experiences, their journey in the OTT world, and more. Hansal was asked about his acclaimed show Scam 1992 (2020) and he astonished everyone by opening up about the pre-release challenges.
Scam 1992’s untold story: Hansal Mehta reveals how a ‘breathing dead body’ delayed the finale by 24 hours; also reveals, “We were told that no platform wanted the show”
Hansal Mehta said, “I am thankful to Scam 1992 as it allowed me to survive. I had something to do. When we were mid-way through the edit, we were told that no platform wanted the show! Then we were told that Sony LIV had shown interest. For the next few weeks, everybody’s morale was down. They were asking, ‘Why are we going to Sony LIV? What will Sony LIV do?’. Everyone was cribbing. Ultimately, producer Sameer Nair gave me a reality check, ‘No other platform wants this show’.”
He then revealed, “Danish Khan of Sony LIV told us that the show has to be released on October 9. We were in August, and we were not done, as we had barely started post-production. But Danish insisted that the show needed to come out on October 9. So, we were completely focusing on delivering the content.”
He added, “We delivered the last episode on the day after the show was released. The reviews were out by then and people commented that they were waiting for the second season even though the final episode was left to be released!”
Episode 10 will stream in a few hours. #Scam1992 is not a 9 part series. The 10th part will be with you shortly. pic.twitter.com/ETgjmoKG5E
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) October 9, 2020
So, why was there a delay with the last episode? Hansal Mehta raised laughs as he replied, “The dead body in the final episode was still breathing! I was waiting for the 4k output of the frozen stomach of the dead body. We finally got that and delivered it 24 hours later. I had to tell people that one more episode is yet to come!”
Scam 1992 got unanimous acclaim and became a rage. Hansal Mehta confessed, “It was so overwhelming that I went on a break. On Monday, I realized that my life was changing. It was much later that we realized that something special had happened.”
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