Filmmaker Hansal Mehta, who is best known for directing the web series ‘Scam 1992’ recently took to Twitter seeking help for his daughter who lost her OCI (Overseas Citizenship of India) card in Bali on a school trip.
Hansal tweeted, “Need help urgently. My daughter is in Bali on a school trip and has lost her OCI (Overseas Citizenship of India) card. She needs to travel back to India tomorrow or might get stranded. Please help @DrSJaishankar.” He also tagged the Minister of External Affairs of India, S. Jaishankar, in his tweet.
As many Twitter users came forward to help the filmmaker, he deleted his previous tweet after the matter was sorted.
Hansal wrote, “Daughter’s travel sorted thanks to some good samaritans. Deleted my tweet. Thank you to all those who called and tweeted to help”.
Daughter’s travel sorted thanks to some good samaritans. Deleted my tweet. Thank you to all those who called and tweeted to help.
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) November 11, 2022
Coming back to Hansal Mehta, the director will be back with ‘Scam 2003: The Telgi Story’. Theatre actor Gagan Dev Riar has been roped in to play the lead role.
Mehta will serve as the showrunner and direct alongside Tushar Hiranandani.
The new season will chronicle the life of Telgi, a fruit seller born in Khanapur in Karnataka, and his journey to becoming the mastermind behind one of the most ingenious scams in India.
It is adapted from the Hindi book ‘Reporter ki Diary’ penned by journalist and news reporter Sanjay Singh, who is credited with breaking the story of the scam.
Besides that, he also has an untitled murder-thriller with Kareena Kapoor Khan, a series about Rameshwar Nath Kao, the first Chief of R&AW, based on RK Yadav’s book ‘Mission R&AW’, and Pratik Gandhi-starrer ‘Gandhi’ based on the writings of Ramachandra Guha. Mehta’s other project is ‘Scoop’ starring Karishma Tanna as the crime reporter Jigna Vora, who was accused in journalist J Dey’s murder. The film also stars Harman Baweja, Ravi Mahashabde, and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub.
Hansal Mehta and Anubhav Sinha’s Faraaz starring Zahan Kapoor and Aditya Rawal premieres in London
