After a brief stint in document forgery, Telgi identifies a critical loophole in India's bureaucratic machinery: the scarcity of stamp papers required for everything from property deeds to insurance.

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The series begins in pre-liberalized India. We see Telgi (played masterfully by Pratik Gandhi) as a small-time fruit seller, a failed businessman, and a desperate man trying to get rich quick. After a failed trip to Saudi Arabia where he loses his eyesight temporarily in a bus accident, Telgi returns to India with one lesson: the system is broken, and the only way to win is to break it further.

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