Yahoo India Web Search

Search results

    • Yes

      • Yes, Jagruti Pathak is based on a real reporter. ‘Scoop’ is a fictionalized retelling of Jigna Vora’s experience during renowned reporter Jyotirmoy Dey’s 2011 murder case. The series bases itself upon Vora’s 2019 memoir, ‘Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison.’
      thecinemaholic.com/scoop-is-jagruti-pathak-based-on-a-real-reporter-where-is-she-now/
  1. People also ask

  2. Jun 2, 2023 · Yes, Jagruti Pathak is based on a real reporter. ‘Scoop’ is a fictionalized retelling of Jigna Vora’s experience during renowned reporter Jyotirmoy Dey’s 2011 murder case. The series bases itself upon Vora’s 2019 memoir, ‘Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison.’.

    • Journalism

      Based on the true story of TV news pioneer Edward Murrow,...

    • Crime

      Starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo in...

    • Woman

      This is the story of Sardari Begum, a rebel who became a...

    • Spirituality

      You can learn a lot from this story. Listen to the podcast...

  3. Jun 4, 2023 · The character of Jagruti Pathak, played by Karishma Tanna, is based on a real-life journalist named Jigna Vora, who worked for an English daily called the Asian Age. The name of the newspaper has been changed to Eastern Age in the series, where Vora was the deputy bureau chief and had reached that position in merely seven years.

  4. May 15, 2023 · Scoop is a true story based on the book written by Jigna Vora, 'Behind Bars In Byculla: My Days in Prison'. Veteran filmmaker Hansal Mehta who rose to fame for his series Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story is again bringing a true story that shocked the entire India.

    • Who Is Jigna Vora?
    • All About J Dey's Murder
    • Jigna Vora's Acquittal
    • Details from Jigna Vora's Memoir Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison
    • Hansal Mehta's Scoop

    Jigna was a crime reporter who worked for a renowned newspaper in Mumbai. She studied law at Mumbai's Ruparel College and went on to do a diploma course. She was influenced to take up crime reporting by one of the faculty members. While she was working as an intern with a law firm, her parents forced her to leave the opportunity to marry a man who ...

    The senior reporter J Dey was shot by unidentified assailants in Hiranandani, Powai. Reportedly, the killers were later identified as a group connected to gangster Chhota Rajan. The Mumbai Police charged Jigna and Chhota Rajan in J Dey's murder after the initial investigation. She ended up being one of the suspects because she had interviewed the u...

    Years after the trial, Jigna was cleared of all the accusations after seven years in the 2018 special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court due to lack of evidence. After she was acquitted of all charges, she wrote her memoir Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison, on which Mehta's series Scoopis based on. Jigna wrote about he...

    Her memoir has details about her horrifying experience in jail. She has also written about court hearings and the time when she worked as a crime reporter breaking front-page stories. Jigna revealed that she was asked to strip by lady constables while she was on her period, and also opened up about her friendship with Pragya Thakur in jail. An exce...

    Mehta's Scoop is currently streaming on Netflix. Karishma is essaying the role of journalist Jagruti Pathak, who is accused of helping Rajan kill her colleague Jaideb Sen. The names of most of the people have been changed but Chhota Rajan’s name is used as is. ALSO READ: Karishma Tanna reveals being out of work for 1 year after Sanju's success: I w...

  5. Jun 13, 2023 · Based on Jigna Vora's memoir from her time in prison, ‘Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison’, Scoop claims to tell a fictionalised story of the time when she was accused of conspiring to...

  6. Jun 12, 2023 · Director Hansal Mehta’s Scoop talks about a real-life story on a spine-chilling murder case of a senior journalist, Sen Dada based on famous crime reporter J Dey (Prosenjit Chatterjee) which involves media, underworld and Mumbai police. In the mad race of chasing a possible Page one Jagriti Pathak (Karishma Tanna) ends up giving her all ...

  7. May 13, 2023 · A hard-hitting one indeed, Mehta’s latest venture Scoop is based on a series of real events which took place in 2011 with crime journalist Jigna Vora. Vora, who was pursuing a story that involved dreaded gangster Chhota Rajan got incarcerated following an explicable turn of events.