Matka King pulls you into a world where luck is a weapon, power is everything, and the line between ambition and crime disappears somewhere around episode two.
Every title on this list lives in that same territory. Men who spotted a gap in the system stepped through it and discovered that the exit was much harder to find than the entrance. Moreover, if that world got under your skin, these seven will keep it there.
1. Taaza Khabar Season 2
Vasya climbed out of poverty using a power no one should have, and Season 2 shows exactly what that climb costs. Back from faking his own death, Bhuvan Bam’s Vasant Gawade now faces something far worse than obscurity.
Yusuf, a ruthless don played by Jaaved Jaffrey, has discovered the truth and wants revenge. With ₹500 crore on the line, his family at risk, and the mysterious Taaza Khabar app behaving unpredictably, Vasya must outthink a predator who has seen every move coming.
Watch Taaza Khabar Season 2 streaming now on JioHotstar.
IMDb Rating: 8/10
2. Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Harshad Mehta did not think of himself as a criminal. He thought of himself as the smartest man in the room, and for a long time, he was right. Set in 1980s and 90s Bombay, Scam 1992 traces his rise from a street-smart outsider to the man who bent India’s entire stock market to his will, until financial journalist Sucheta Dalal pulled the thread that unravelled everything.
The CBI launched its first-ever investigation into a financial crime. The market crashed. Countless ordinary Indians lost everything. Harshad died in custody. This is the show that defined Indian OTT.
Watch Scam 1992 streaming now on Sony LIV.
IMDb Rating: 9.2/10
3. Farzi
Sunny is a small-time artist with a big problem: he is broke, brilliant, and one bad decision away from becoming a criminal. When he prints a fake currency note so perfect it fools everyone, he steps into a world that does not let people walk back out.
On his tail is Michael, a fiercely unconventional task force officer who will not stop until the entire counterfeiting network burns down. Farzi is a cat-and-mouse thriller in which both sides are equally dangerous, and losing is not an option for either of them.
Watch Farzi, streaming now on Prime Video.
IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
4. Lucky Bhaskar
Bhaskar is a middle-class bank cashier in 1980s Bombay, reliable, invisible, and permanently overlooked. When a promotion he has earned for years goes to someone else, and his manager threatens to expose him, something shifts.
What follows is a slow, deliberate slide from petty financial juggling to full-scale money laundering against the backdrop of the Harshad Mehta era. Dulquer Salmaan plays Bhaskar with a quiet charisma that makes every bad decision feel completely inevitable, and the film’s final act delivers a twist that genuinely earns it.
Watch Lucky Bhaskar, streaming now on Netflix.
IMDb Rating: 8/10
5. Scam 2003: The Telgi Story
Abdul Karim Telgi started as a fruit seller. He ended up running India’s most audacious stamp paper scam, forging government documents on a scale so massive it took years for authorities even to understand what had happened.
Helmed by Hansal Mehta and starring Gagan Dev Riar in the lead, Scam 2003 is the story of a man who built an empire on paper, kept his head down while the money poured in, and outran the law for far longer than anyone should have been able to.
Watch Scam 2003, streaming now on Sony LIV.
IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
6. The Big Bull
Hemant Shah is a small-time stockbroker who spots the loopholes in India’s banking system and does what no one else has the nerve to, exploit them at scale.
The Harshad Mehta era, the Bombay Stock Exchange, and a journalist closing in from the outside form the backdrop. Abhishek Bachchan carries the film on conviction alone, and it moves fast enough to hold its own, even sitting this close to Scam 1992 on the same list.
Watch The Big Bull, streaming now on JioHotstar.
IMDb Rating: 5.6/10
7. Bad Boy Billionaires: India
Four men. Four empires. Four spectacular, humiliating falls. This Netflix documentary series is now complete. The fourth episode, covering the Satyam scandal, was finally released in December 2025 after a five-year legal battle. Together, the episodes cover Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Subrata Roy, and Ramalinga Raju.
Each episode dissects how greed, ego, and power dismantled billion-dollar businesses. Thousands of ordinary people lost everything in the process. Furthermore, it won the Filmfare Award for Best Nonfiction Original in 2021. Consequently, it is essential viewing for anyone fascinated by how money corrupts at scale.
Watch Bad Boy Billionaires: India, streaming now on Netflix.
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
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