# Scoop (Indian TV series)
**Scoop** is a 2023 Hindi-language crime drama streaming television series created by [Hansal Mehta](https://www.edgepedia.org/hansal-mehta) and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul for Netflix, in which a Mumbai crime reporter is charged with the murder of a fellow journalist. Inspired by real events and by journalist Jigna Vora's memoir *Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison* (2019), the six-part series stars [Karishma Tanna](https://www.edgepedia.org/karishma-tanna) as crime reporter Jagruti Pathak, alongside [Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub](https://www.edgepedia.org/mohammed-zeeshan-ayyub), Harman Baweja, and Prosenjit Chatterjee.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-and-hansal-mehta-to-debut-series-scoop-on-june-2) • [2](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81417638?preventIntent=true) • [3](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/news/hindi/wanted-scoop-to-be-different-from-other-prison-dramas-says-writer-mrunmayee-lagoo-waikul/articleshow/100529079.cms)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Premiere | 2 June 2023 on Netflix, worldwide[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-and-hansal-mehta-to-debut-series-scoop-on-june-2) |
| Format | Six episodes, Hindi-language drama, rated U/A 16+[2](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81417638?preventIntent=true) |
| Creators | Hansal Mehta and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul; written by Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul and Mirat Trivedi[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-and-hansal-mehta-to-debut-series-scoop-on-june-2) |
| Source material | Inspired by Jigna Vora's 2019 memoir *Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison*[3](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/news/hindi/wanted-scoop-to-be-different-from-other-prison-dramas-says-writer-mrunmayee-lagoo-waikul/articleshow/100529079.cms) |
| Lead cast | Karishma Tanna as Jagruti Pathak, deputy bureau chief of the newspaper *The Eastern Age*[4](https://iftmuniversity.ac.in/iftmuniversity/profile/download/paper/3051.pdf) |
| Production | Matchbox Shots; producers Sarita Patil and Dikssha Jyote Routray[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-and-hansal-mehta-to-debut-series-scoop-on-june-2) |
| Major awards | Filmfare OTT Award for Best Series - Drama (2023); Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Best Actress - Web Series (Critics) for Karishma Tanna (2024)[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22297178/awards/) |
| Follow-up | A second season with a new cast and story, headlined by Pratik Gandhi and Shefali Shah, was greenlit with filming planned for early 2027[6](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/scoop-season-2-netflix-cast-pratik-gandhi-shefali-shah/) |
## Spoilers
### Premise
Season one tracks Jagruti Pathak, an ambitious crime journalist chasing a career-defining story, who is caught between the police, the underworld, and the media when she is charged with the murder of a fellow journalist. Netflix's promotional framing posed the question the series builds on: how does a headline-writing journalist become the headline?[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-and-hansal-mehta-to-debut-series-scoop-on-june-2) The streaming platform's logline adds that the others charged in the case include a sharp shooter, a bookie, and the underworld kingpin [Chhota Rajan](https://www.edgepedia.org/chhota-rajan), and that the protagonist awaits trial while the truth is buried.[7](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81417638) The first episode opens with Jagruti chasing a story on serial bomb blasts in Mumbai and stumbling on an incriminating lead with dangerous consequences.[2](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81417638?preventIntent=true)
### Franchise plans
Netflix and Hansal Mehta entered a multi-year creative partnership in June 2023 following the series' success, with *Scoop* set up as the first season of a franchise.[7](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81417638) A second season was subsequently greenlit with an entirely new narrative and cast: [Pratik Gandhi](https://www.edgepedia.org/pratik-gandhi) and [Shefali Shah](https://www.edgepedia.org/shefali-shah) were reported as the leads of an investigative plot tackling a ragging issue, written by Niren Bhatt, Ankur Pathak, and Preeti Mamgain, with filming scheduled to begin around January or February 2027 and Matchbox Shots returning as producer.[6](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/scoop-season-2-netflix-cast-pratik-gandhi-shefali-shah/)
## Real events behind the story
The series is a fictionalisation of a real case. [Jyotirmoy Dey](https://www.edgepedia.org/jyotirmoy-dey), the crime and investigations editor of the tabloid *Mid-Day* known for his expertise on Mumbai's underworld, was shot dead by members of the Chhota Rajan gang in June 2011. A few months later, fellow crime reporter Jigna Vora was arrested in connection with the murder; after seven years, part of them spent in prison, she was acquitted of all charges.[8](https://www.penguin.co.in/book/behind-bars-in-byculla/) • [9](https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/scoop-netflix-series-plot-cast-rotten-tomatoes-2164771/) Vora wrote her memoir while in Byculla Jail, describing the writing as a healing process, and later said she never expected the book to be adapted for the screen.[10](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/writing-was-a-healing-process-jigna-vora-on-scoop-shah-bano-and-her-journey-of-truth-in-books/amp_articleshow/124386716.cms)
In the show, Vora's story is presented through fictional characters, with her experiences recast as those of Jagruti Pathak.[11](https://www.tv9hindi.com/entertainment/ott/hansal-mehta-netflix-scoop-season-2-cast-story-shooting-start-in-february-2027-3915687.html) Mehta said he did not want a prison story: the book is mainly a prison diary of Vora's nine months in Byculla Jail, but he took it as a starting point for a story about hustle, the city of Mumbai, and a Gujarati woman fighting a legal battle for years after the reporter became the reported.[12](https://scroll.in/article/1049597/portraits-of-indias-people-by-a-flemmish-artist-who-lived-on-the-margins-of-18th-century-calcutta) • [13](https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/the-telegraph-chatted-with-hansal-karishma-and-the-shows-writer-mrunmayee-lagoo-on-the-hows-and-whys-of-scoop/cid/1940960)
## Production
Matchbox Shots brought Vora's book to Hansal Mehta, the filmmaker who had directed the acclaimed series *Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story* and won the National Film Award for Best Direction for the 2012 biographical drama *Shahid*. Mehta asked for Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul as writer, and the project accelerated after *Scam*; Netflix announced the series title in early 2022.[13](https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/the-telegraph-chatted-with-hansal-karishma-and-the-shows-writer-mrunmayee-lagoo-on-the-hows-and-whys-of-scoop/cid/1940960) • [9](https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/scoop-netflix-series-plot-cast-rotten-tomatoes-2164771/) • [14](https://scroll.in/reel/1016877/hansal-mehta-to-direct-series-based-on-journalists-prison-memoir) The ensemble cast includes Deven Bhojani, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Tejasvini Kolhapure, Shikha Talsania, Tanmay Dhanania, Inayat Sood, Swaroopa Ghosh, Malhar Thakar, Ira Dubey, Ishita Arun, and Sanat Vyas.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-and-hansal-mehta-to-debut-series-scoop-on-june-2) Karishma Tanna said Mehta did not want her to copy Vora's characteristics in playing the role.[15](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/karishma-tanna-playing-jigna-vora-scoop-hansal-mehta-sir-didnt-want-copy-characteristics/)
## Reception
Critics received the series positively, with several reviews singling out Tanna's performance. [Hindustan Times](https://www.edgepedia.org/hindustan-times) called her work a career-best performance and described Mehta as setting the bar high in one of the best shows of the year; NDTV noted that Mehta's approach of mining documented fact for multiple narrative threads, seen in *Shahid* and *Scam 1992*, carried over to this series.[9](https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/scoop-netflix-series-plot-cast-rotten-tomatoes-2164771/) [The Indian Express](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-indian-express) praised it as a powerful retelling of a real-life crime that spotlights the media and the mafia, while a later review argued the densely plotted six episodes work better as a character study than as a crime procedural, with three episodes of detail-heavy setup before the wrongful arrest at the story's center kicks in.[16](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/scoop-review-powerful-retelling-of-real-life-crime-this-show-puts-the-spotlight-on-media-and-mafia-8642619/) • [17](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/scoop-hansal-mehta-netflix-show-works-as-a-character-study-karishma-tanna-8648311/lite/) A review in Mint took a more negative view, judging that the series could not settle on what it wanted to be: a drama set in a prison, one about family, one set in a newsroom, or a tale of crime.[18](https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/art-and-culture/scoop-review-netflix-hansal-mehta-111685697551657.html)
The series won the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Series - Drama in 2023, and Mehta won the Indian Television Academy Award for Best Direction - Drama (OTT). Tanna won the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival award for Best Actress - Web Series (Critics) and the IWM Digital Awards jury award for Best Actress in a Web Series in 2024, and the series was nominated for Best Asian Drama at the 2023 Asia Contents Awards.[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22297178/awards/)
## References
1. [Hot off The Press: Netflix & Hansal Mehta to Debut Series, 'Scoop' on June 2, About Netflix](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-and-hansal-mehta-to-debut-series-scoop-on-june-2)
2. [Scoop, Netflix official page](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81417638?preventIntent=true)
3. [Wanted 'Scoop' to be different from other prison dramas, says writer Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul, Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/news/hindi/wanted-scoop-to-be-different-from-other-prison-dramas-says-writer-mrunmayee-lagoo-waikul/articleshow/100529079.cms)
4. [Keshav Samvad, October 2024, IFTM University](https://iftmuniversity.ac.in/iftmuniversity/profile/download/paper/3051.pdf)
5. [Scoop (TV Series 2023) - Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22297178/awards/)
6. [Pratik Gandhi and Shefali Shah To Headline 'Scoop' Season 2 For Netflix, What's on Netflix](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/scoop-season-2-netflix-cast-pratik-gandhi-shefali-shah/)
7. [Scoop, Netflix Media Center](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81417638)
8. [Behind Bars in Byculla, Penguin Random House India](https://www.penguin.co.in/book/behind-bars-in-byculla/)
9. [What is Scoop about? Netflix series explained, Dexerto](https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/scoop-netflix-series-plot-cast-rotten-tomatoes-2164771/)
10. [Writing was a healing process: Jigna Vora on Scoop, Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/writing-was-a-healing-process-jigna-vora-on-scoop-shah-bano-and-her-journey-of-truth-in-books/amp_articleshow/124386716.cms)
11. [Scoop 2: Hansal Mehta begins work on season 2, TV9 Hindi](https://www.tv9hindi.com/entertainment/ott/hansal-mehta-netflix-scoop-season-2-cast-story-shooting-start-in-february-2027-3915687.html)
12. [OTT show Scoop director Hansal Mehta: 'A story of hustle, the breaking of the human spirit', Scroll](https://scroll.in/article/1049597/portraits-of-indias-people-by-a-flemmish-artist-who-lived-on-the-margins-of-18th-century-calcutta)
13. [The Telegraph chatted with Hansal, Karishma and the show's writer Mrunmayee Lagoo on the hows and whys of Scoop, Telegraph India](https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/the-telegraph-chatted-with-hansal-karishma-and-the-shows-writer-mrunmayee-lagoo-on-the-hows-and-whys-of-scoop/cid/1940960)
14. [Hansal Mehta to direct series based on journalist Jigna Vora's prison memoir, Scroll](https://scroll.in/reel/1016877/hansal-mehta-to-direct-series-based-on-journalists-prison-memoir)
15. [Karishma Tanna on playing Jigna Vora in Scoop, Bollywood Hungama](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/karishma-tanna-playing-jigna-vora-scoop-hansal-mehta-sir-didnt-want-copy-characteristics/)
16. [Scoop review: Powerful retelling of a real-life crime, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/scoop-review-powerful-retelling-of-real-life-crime-this-show-puts-the-spotlight-on-media-and-mafia-8642619/)
17. [Scoop: Hansal Mehta's Netflix show works better as a character study than a crime drama, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/scoop-hansal-mehta-netflix-show-works-as-a-character-study-karishma-tanna-8648311/lite/)
18. [Scoop review: A show that suffers from an identity crisis, Mint](https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/art-and-culture/scoop-review-netflix-hansal-mehta-111685697551657.html)
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