Hansal Mehta was initially resistant to cast Prosenjit Chatterjee in 'Scoop'

Hansal Mehta's latest series Scoop is all set to premiere on Netflix on June 2. The filmmaker recently said that he was hesitant to case Prosenjit Chatterjee for the role of crime journalist Jaideb Sen. 

In a conversation with IANS, the filmmaker said, "The idea of casting Prosenjit Chatterjee came from Monika Shergill (Vice President for content, Netflix). We were looking for somebody to play that part and were not getting the right person."

Sharing more details about his hesitance, he further added, "I was initially a bit resistant to Prosenjit Chatterjee playing Jaideb Sen because of his build, and has a very romantic hero image after all he is the son of Biswajit. So, I was like how to approach him for the part because despite it being a very key part, the length of the role is very limited."

In the series, Prosenjit will be seen playing a senior crime journalist with a stellar network both in law and order machinery and the underworld. 

The series is inspired by the book Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison by Jigna Vora, who was arrested on suspicion of being part of a conspiracy that led to the murder of her peer.

Created by Hansal Mehta and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul, the show is written by Mrunmayee and Mirat Trivedi.