Scoop Twitter Review: Netizens Hail Performances, Plot Of Hansal Mehta's Series

The new Hindi web series Scoop debuted today and is directed by the acclaimed director Hansal Mehta. The web series is based on Jigna Vora's autobiographical book, Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison, which she wrote while working as a journalist. Jigna Vora was also one of the main suspects in the Jyotirmoy Dey murder case.

Scoop began streaming on Netflix in advance of the 12th anniversary of the murder of Mumbai crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey and promised to bring back memories of his gory demise at the hands of the ever-present mafia.

Karishma Tanna, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Harman Baweja, Tanishtha Chatterjee, and Deven Bhojani play the key characters in the series. Both Karishma Tanna's performance and Hansal Mehta's direction are highly praised by viewers of the series. The web series has been hailed as "phenomenal" and "a must-watch" by Twitterati.

Scoop Twitter Review

According to one user's comment, Mehta here allows Tanna to redefine herself as a performer and provides viewers with an excellent acting performance in the process, much like he let people realise Pratik Gandhi's genius as an actor in Scam 1992. Another user praised the show as excellent and fascinating. They stated that they watched the entire series in one sitting. Karishma Tanna, in his opinion, was superb!

Another user praised the acting and storytelling and described it as excellent! They added that Karishma Tanna, Zeeshan Ayyub, Harman Baweja, and the other lead actors were all outstanding.

One viewer specifically noted that they had to pause the show for a while to process the presence of Harman in the show. They added, "I've never felt the impact of time passing by me as acutely as seeing him play an older character when it feels like just yesterday I watched him in 'What's your rashee...?'"

Another user remarked on how Karishma Tanna "truly powers" this series about the costs of journalistic grit and the traps of ambition. The netizen also encouraged other viewers to see this courtroom drama, which is currently available only on Netflix.

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