Matka King — Season 1, Episode 2: Umeed Ka Karkhana
Drama, Crime • 49 min • 2 seasons, 8 episodes • ★ 7.6/10
Episode synopsis
Integrity is tested when Matka brings Brij both fortune and a target on his back. With a newborn as his lucky charm, Brij reinvents the game, spreading Matka through Bombay's bustling textile mills. While a journalist begins to investigate the rise of Matka, the enigmatic Gulrukh is drawn to the game's allure. Laljibhai orchestrates a plan to dismantle the rising empire, nearly succeeding.
About Matka King
In this fictional tale set in 1960s Mumbai, an enterprising cotton trader who craves legitimacy and respect, starts a new gambling game dubbed ‘Matka’, that takes the city by storm and democratizes a terrain previously reserved for the rich and elite.