It took some convincing for him to do it as he had not acted for 15 years.” And he came with no baggage that he had to be presented in a particular way, that he is a hero, that whole hero baggage is not on the table anymore. “He is a very mature actor, his understanding of the character was good. He’s so surprising, he’s done it with so much of ease,” Mehta said. “He has nothing to lose, which is why he’s so good. “Scoop,” where he plays a senior police officer, is Baweja’s comeback show. The most left field casting is that of Harman Baweja, who debuted as a Bollywood leading man with “Love Story 2050” (2008) and wasn’t seen much after a couple of more films that underperformed at the box office. You realise what a star he is and why he’s been around for so many years,” Mehta said. You don’t look at anything else in the frame. “On camera, he dominates, there’s something about him that is so overpowering. The cast includes veteran Prasenjit Chatterjee (“Jubilee”). Zeeshan Ayyub who has been working with Mehta since “Shahid” (2012) and the director describes him as a “constant collaborator.” “You can rely on him to make sure that your characters become more dignified, and that they become more human, he’s one of my favorite actors,” Mehta said, also extolling the virtues of Tannishtha Chatterjee (“Joram”) and Tanmay Dhanania (“The Rapist”). Mehta says that in her audition she had “the X factor” and that she “lights up a room.” The cast also includes Mohd. Karishma Tanna plays the lead role of Jagruti Pathak. I found the elements of a thrilling, investigative procedural drama.” She blindly chases those ambitions not realizing that in the bargain, the reporter becomes the reported, so that fascinated me. “It became this larger drama about a middle-class girl in Mumbai with the middle-class aspirations of being the best crime reporter, having pieces on page one. “The book is primarily based in the prison, I wanted to expand the scope of the book because I found the world that led her to prison very fascinating,” Mehta said. “It explores that nexus through a personal story,” Mehta told Variety. The series follows Jagruti Pathak, a headline-writing journalist who is caught between the nexus of the police, the underworld and the media.
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