The Big Bull vs Scam 1992. Pratik Gandhi beats Abhishek Bachchan as Harshad Mehta

Directed by Kookie Gulati, The Big Bull stars Abhishek Bachchan in the lead role. Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, starring Pratik Gandhi, is directed by Hansal Mehta.

In the 80s and 90s, Harshad Mehta was the reigning king of the stock market. Often called Amitabh Bachchan of the trade, he manipulated the loopholes in the country’s archaic banking system and conspired a securities scam worth thousands of crores that shook the nation. It was natural that Bollywood would cash in on the highly intriguing rags-to-riches story. As a result, we have two attempts at narrating this fascinating story - Hansal Mehta's web series Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, starring Pratik Gandhi, and Kookie Gulati's directorial venture, The Big Bull, with Abhishek Bachchan in the lead. While both the projects narrate the same story, there's a huge difference in how it has been handled by the two directors. Here's a detailed comparison of The Big Bull and Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story: