Hansal Mehta’s directorial “Scoop” trailer on journalist J Dey’s cold-blooded murder released
Hansal Mehta’s directorial “Scoop” trailer on journalist J Dey’s cold-blooded murder released
Trailer of Hansal Mehta directorial ‘Scoop’ based on the sensational murder of J Dey
crime and investigations editor of Mid-Day was released on Monday 15 May. The murder case had rocked the nation over Jigna Vora’s alleged involvement in his death features Karishma Tanna in the lead role.
‘Scoop’ has been inspired by Vora’s book ‘Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison’.
It stars Karishma Tanna as Jigna Vora, although her name in the show has been changed to Jagruti Pathak. Prosenjit plays Jaydeb Sen, a character based on late journalist J Dey.
Dey was.shot dead in broad daylight in the city on June 11, 2011. A massive investigation was launched, and Jigna Vora was named as one of the accused in the case.
In 2012, Vora, who was the Deputy Bureau Chief at Asian Age newspaper, was booked under stringent provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) and various other sections for her alleged role in the murder of J Dey. She was also charged with sections of IPC including criminal conspiracy, murder and destruction of evidence.
Reports had then stated that Vora was in touch with gangster Chhota Rajan, and was found guilty of carrying out the shootout at Dey. The chargesheet mentioned that Vora was the one who provided Dey’s address and license plate number to Chhota Rajan, due to her professional rivalry with the senior journalist.
Vora vehemently denied the accusations saying that her conversation with Rajan was only for an interview.
In July 2012, Vora was granted bail on the grounds that she was a single parent and that she had no previous criminal record. In 2018, she was finally given a clean chit in the case.
‘Scoop’ is all set to stream on Netflix on June 2.
The show also stars Harman Baweja, Zeeshan Ayyub, and Deven Bhojani in key roles.
It has been created by Hansal Mehta and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul.
News input KV Raman
