Sacred Games: From Aswatthama to Yayati, decoding the meaning behind every episode in season one
6 years, 6 months ago

Sacred Games: From Aswatthama to Yayati, decoding the meaning behind every episode in season one

Firstpost  

Netflix’s first Indian original series Sacred Games is a truly groundbreaking show in the context of Indian shows and television programs. In the second episode, Saif Ali Khan’s Sartaj heeds Gaitonde’s warning, starts an investigation, and unravels an international espionage. Episode 4, Brahmahatya Brahmahatya means ‘killing of a Brahmin.’ Gaitonde, who has very strong Brahmin roots, commits crimes which are against his religion; like consuming non-veg and agreeing to poach Muslims votes for conniving politician Bhosale. Sacred Games has employed a lot of mythological foreshadowing and narratives that run parallel in the entire show, and the episode titles are direct explanations of what is about to happen in that particular episode.

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Nawazuddin Siddiqui confirms no third season for Netflix's Sacred Games: 'Nothing's left to say anymore'
2 years, 11 months ago

Nawazuddin Siddiqui confirms no third season for Netflix's Sacred Games: 'Nothing's left to say anymore'

Firstpost  

Nawazuddin Siddiqui reflects back on Sacred Games: “Whatever had to be said from the original novel has already been said" It is admirable that Anurag Kashyap has so bravely stood up against speculation about a third season of Netflix’s monstrously longevous series Sacred Games. Nawazuddin Siddiqui who acquired a new level of fame with Sacred Games, also admitted in a …

Anurag Kashyap refutes rumours of Sacred Games 3, calls out ‘scamster’: ‘I’m filing FIR’
2 years, 11 months ago

Anurag Kashyap refutes rumours of Sacred Games 3, calls out ‘scamster’: ‘I’m filing FIR’

Hindustan Times  

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap on Sunday shared an post calling out a 'scamster', who posted about a fake casting call for another season of the show Sacred Games. Anurag Kashyap has refuted rumours of another season of Sacred Games. Anurag Kashyap dismissed the post about a possible Sacred Games 3 and said that no such show is in the works. Sacred …

Sacred Games, Mirzapur among most-searched web content: Study
4 years, 11 months ago

Sacred Games, Mirzapur among most-searched web content: Study

India Today  

A study on most searched OTT content reveals that Sacred Games, Mirzapur, Made In Heaven, Criminal Justice and Lust Stories have been appreciated globally. According to SEMrush study, the most searched for web series online was Sacred Games followed by Mirzapur, Made In Heaven, Criminal Justice and Lust Stories. SEMrush found, of the 10 most searched web series, Inside Edge, …

Paulo Coelho praises Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s act in Sacred Games, calls it ‘one of the best series on Netflix, with the great actor’
5 years, 4 months ago

Paulo Coelho praises Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s act in Sacred Games, calls it ‘one of the best series on Netflix, with the great actor’

Hindustan Times  

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, is being showered with love and appreciation for his performance in Netflix web series, Sacred Games. Praising the actor, author Paulo Coelho took to his Twitter and wrote, “One of the best series on Netflix, with the great actor @Nawazuddin_S.” An elated Nawazuddin responded, “Sir @paulocoelho I hv read ur books The Alchemist & The second season …

Varun Grover on adapting Sacred Games, and why pro-establishment comedy is against Indian culture
5 years, 4 months ago

Varun Grover on adapting Sacred Games, and why pro-establishment comedy is against Indian culture

Firstpost  

Meeting Varun Grover is like encountering a sea of calm, devoid of commotion. Four years ago, Neeraj Ghaywan’s Masaan — a film Varun Grover had written — also dealt with two tracks, involving Richa Chadha and Vicky Kaushal’s characters in Varanasi and Allahabad respectively. If we hadn’t had an editor like Nitin Baid in Masaan or Aarti Bajaj in Sacred …

Sacred Games composer Alokananda Dasgupta on life after the Netflix show, battling stage fright
5 years, 4 months ago

Sacred Games composer Alokananda Dasgupta on life after the Netflix show, battling stage fright

Firstpost  

In an interview with Firstpost, composer Alokananda Dasgupta talks about growing up among some of India’s greatest intellectuals, the unanticipated magnitude of Sacred Games’ success, and how India is slowly waking up to the wonders of original soundtracks. Credit goes to composer Alokananda Dasgupta, who was ushered in to India’s coveted “scoring club” by none other than AR Rahman himself. …

Sacred Games writer Varun Grover on that lynching scene, and if he would retain the Rajiv Gandhi line in hindsight
5 years, 4 months ago

Sacred Games writer Varun Grover on that lynching scene, and if he would retain the Rajiv Gandhi line in hindsight

Hindustan Times  

Sacred Games lead writer Varun Grover has said that he was ‘quite prepared’ for the divisive reaction to the second season of the popular Netflix show, but not because ‘it is more ambitious and has more complex ideas’ than season one. Grover told Hindustan Times that because Sacred Games is a show and not a theatrical film, ‘it will survive …

Sacred Games season 2 episode titles explained; the mind-blowing meaning of Matsya, Apasmara, Bardo, etc
5 years, 4 months ago

Sacred Games season 2 episode titles explained; the mind-blowing meaning of Matsya, Apasmara, Bardo, etc

Hindustan Times  

The second season of Sacred Games, like season one, is dense with references to mythology. Sacred Games season 2 episode titles explained. Episode 3 - Apasmara According to Hindu mythology, Apasmara was an immortal demon dwarf who represented ignorance and epilepsy - to kill Apasmāra would mean attaining knowledge without effort, dedication and hard work. The episode begins with a …

Sacred Games 2 hilarious video shows Pankaj Tripathi auditioning for Ganesh Gaitonde, Bunty. Watch
5 years, 4 months ago

Sacred Games 2 hilarious video shows Pankaj Tripathi auditioning for Ganesh Gaitonde, Bunty. Watch

Hindustan Times  

Days after Pankaj Tripathi impressed one and all as Guruji in Netflix series Sacred Games’ second season, the online streaming platform has released a hilarious new video. Pankaj Tripathi during the mock audition in which he tries to get into the characters of Ganesh Gaitonde and Bunty. In the promotional video that was perhaps shot recently, Pankaj is seen with …

Sacred Games season 2’s final scene left many scratching heads: ‘I forgot my phone lock pattern after that’
5 years, 4 months ago

Sacred Games season 2’s final scene left many scratching heads: ‘I forgot my phone lock pattern after that’

Hindustan Times  

Now that you have binged through the entire second season of Sacred Games, we need to talk about that finale. The final episode, titled Radcliffe based on the Radcliffe Line drawn between India and Pakistan during the Partition in 1947, finally brought the show’s two timelines together. “In last episode of the sacred games, there is a scene where this …

Sacred Games fans can’t get over that ‘Guruji ka pyaar bhi mila’ scene, post shocked reactions on Twitter
5 years, 4 months ago

Sacred Games fans can’t get over that ‘Guruji ka pyaar bhi mila’ scene, post shocked reactions on Twitter

Hindustan Times  

Now that fans have had a day to binge the second season of Netflix’s Sacred Games, reactions are flooding in. Needless to say, this story contains spoilers for Sacred Games season two, so proceed only if you’ve seen the episodes, or don’t care about having one, very surprising scene spoiled. “After watching Sacred Games 2, ‘Guruji ka pyaar’ will have …

Sacred Games: Twitter compares season 1 with season 2 through hilarious memes on Bunty, Guruji, Sartaj Singh
5 years, 4 months ago

Sacred Games: Twitter compares season 1 with season 2 through hilarious memes on Bunty, Guruji, Sartaj Singh

Firstpost  

After the Sacred Games season 2 premiere, Twitter reviewed the season with hilarious memes. The highly anticipated sophomore season of Netflix India Original series Sacred Games made its debut on 15 August on the streaming platform. The Season 1 finale showed police officer Sartaj Singh discover that Guruji is gangster Ganesh Gaitode’s “teesra baap”. Here’s a list of hilarious memes …

Sacred Games fans aren’t in sync with season 2, complain about ‘shoddy’ subtitles on Twitter
5 years, 4 months ago

Sacred Games fans aren’t in sync with season 2, complain about ‘shoddy’ subtitles on Twitter

Hindustan Times  

Fans of Netflix’s Sacred Games seem to be displeased about the English subtitles in the second season, which was released on August 15. “Are the English subtitles on the episode 2 of Sacred Games out of sync for anyone else?” one person asked on Twitter. One fan complained, “I can’t finish watching sacred games 2 because the English subtitles aren’t …

Sacred Games season 2 review: Netflix's haphazard thriller takes on terrifying socio-political relevance
5 years, 4 months ago

Sacred Games season 2 review: Netflix's haphazard thriller takes on terrifying socio-political relevance

Firstpost  

There can be no bigger crime than reducing Netflix’s Sacred Games to a gangster drama. There can be no bigger crime than reducing Netflix’s Sacred Games, based on Vikram Chandra’s 1000 page book, to a gangster drama. He follows many leads, which brings him face-to-face with several revelations — including a Mumbai-based terrorist organisation making maps of India without Kashmir, …

Sacred Games 2 All Episodes leaked online by TamilRockers
5 years, 4 months ago

Sacred Games 2 All Episodes leaked online by TamilRockers

India TV News  

TamilRockers have become the hurdle for every filmmaker across the globe be it Bollywood, Tollywood or Hollywood. Now, the notorious piracy group has leaked Sacred Games 2 all episodes online. The popular web series starring Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Pankaj Tripathi and Kalki Koechlin has now been leaked online within just one day of release on Netflix. Recently, the …

Sacred Games 2 review in best memes online. How many have you seen?
5 years, 5 months ago

Sacred Games 2 review in best memes online. How many have you seen?

India Today  

Was the second season of Sacred Games as exciting as the first one? Starring Saif Ali Khan, Nazwazuddin Siddiqui and Pankaj Tripathi, Sacred Games 2 premiered on Netflix on August 15. Needless to mention, most of them are hilarious: Pic 1: Sacred Games Season 1 Pic 2: Sacred Games Season 2 #SacredGamesSeason2 #SACREDGAMES2 pic.twitter.com/2Y38kBoFey Avinav August 15, 2019 Sacred Games …

Sacred Games 2: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Saif Ali Khan's show leaked online by Tamilrockers within a day of release
5 years, 5 months ago

Sacred Games 2: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Saif Ali Khan's show leaked online by Tamilrockers within a day of release

Firstpost  

Reportedly, Netflix has spent as much as ₹100 crore on Sacred Games, the most any streaming service has spent on creating original content in India. Netflix’s highly-anticipated crime thriller Original Sacred Games season 2 is reportedly leaked by the notorious piracy website, TamilRockers, within a day of its release. According to LiveMint, Netflix has spent as much as ₹100 crore …

Sacred Games Season 2 is out on Netflix. Memes featuring Nawazuddin Siddiqui will crack you up
5 years, 5 months ago

Sacred Games Season 2 is out on Netflix. Memes featuring Nawazuddin Siddiqui will crack you up

India Today  

Sacred Games season 2 arrived on Netflix India last night and it has not even taken an entire day for Twitterati to come up with the most hilarious memes we have ever seen. Here are the best memes going on internet right now: #SACREDGAMES2 #SacredGames The friend who shares his Netflix id and password today : pic.twitter.com/Y4YOjls1bu Jitesh Rochlani August …

Sacred Games 2: Before watching new season, a recap of what has happened on thriller series so far
5 years, 5 months ago

Sacred Games 2: Before watching new season, a recap of what has happened on thriller series so far

Firstpost  

The second installment of Netflix India’s Sacred Games, based on Vikram Chandra’s book of the same name, will be out on 15 August. Sartaj’s involvement in the Gaitonde case leads to him facing suspension for the investigation of the gangster’s death. Sartaj continues his investigation, picking up clues from Jojo’s murder and finding a TV actress Nayanika Sehgal, who was …

Anurag Kashyap, Neeraj Ghaywan on directing Sacred Games 2, and why Netflix Original will get more riveting now
5 years, 5 months ago

Anurag Kashyap, Neeraj Ghaywan on directing Sacred Games 2, and why Netflix Original will get more riveting now

Firstpost  

When the second season of Netflix India’s popular series Sacred Games drops online on 15 August, we will see Saif Ali Khan as Inspector Sartaj Singh and Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Ganesh Gaitonde returning, along with new cast members, Kalki Koechlin and Ranvir Shorey. While Anurag Kashyap continues to narrate gangster Gaitonde’s story, Masaan director Neeraj Ghaywan, has stepped in to …

The show that changed India’s Netflix game
5 years, 5 months ago

The show that changed India’s Netflix game

Hindustan Times  

“Sacred Games was our House of Cards moment in India,” says Neha Sinha, director of international originals at Netflix India. As the platform’s first Original Series in India, Sacred Games was crafted for a global audience, a goal it met, Netflix says, with two of three viewers for S1 from outside India. “People fell in love with characters like Gaitonde, …

Sacred Games’ story will end after season 2, but ‘should things go on we’ll make things up,’ says Vikramaditya Motwane
5 years, 5 months ago

Sacred Games’ story will end after season 2, but ‘should things go on we’ll make things up,’ says Vikramaditya Motwane

Hindustan Times  

At the end of the second season of Netflix’s Sacred Games, showrunner Vikramaditya Motwane will be faced with the same problem that David Benioff and DB Weiss were confronted by on Game of Thrones. Actor Saif Ali Khan, who plays the cop Sartaj Singh in Sacred Games, had said in an earlier interview that he isn’t sure about where the …

Sacred Games season 2 promo: Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Ganesh Gaitonde hints at a riveting, catastrophic event
5 years, 5 months ago

Sacred Games season 2 promo: Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Ganesh Gaitonde hints at a riveting, catastrophic event

Firstpost  

The latest promo of Netflix series Sacred Games season 2 warns us that everything we know about the key players in the series is a lie. The highly-anticipated second season of Netflix’s first Indian Original show Sacred Games hints at the complete obliteration of Mumbai, as underscored in the new promo of the show. He is The last season ended …

Sacred Games season 2 trailer: Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Ganesh Gaitonde returns to seek revenge
5 years, 6 months ago

Sacred Games season 2 trailer: Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Ganesh Gaitonde returns to seek revenge

Firstpost  

Netflix’s Sacred Games 2, co-directed by Anurag Kashyap and Neeraj Ghaywan, picks up from where the first season ended. The trailer of the highly anticipated follow-up season of Netflix’s first Indian Original show Sacred Games was released on Tuesday. #SacredGames2 ka release date ayela hai!https://t.co/zQLxJ1q4Yd — Netflix India July 9, 2019 Describing the upcoming instalment, Motwane said in a statement, …

Sacred Games 2 first stills: Pankaj Tripathi aka Guruji has all the answers, Kalki seeks the truth
5 years, 8 months ago

Sacred Games 2 first stills: Pankaj Tripathi aka Guruji has all the answers, Kalki seeks the truth

India Today  

Netflix show Sacred Games is all set to make a comeback and fans can't keep calm. The buzz around the upcoming season of the show reached an all-time high when the global streaming giant shared the first teaser of the series and introduced two new faces. While the first installment of the gritty crime thriller was directed by Vikramaditya Motawani …

Sacred Games season 2 stakes seem higher as Netflix invests heavily in India with Mowgli, Narcos: Mexico
6 years, 1 month ago

Sacred Games season 2 stakes seem higher as Netflix invests heavily in India with Mowgli, Narcos: Mexico

Firstpost  

Netflix may well be responsible for how Indians consume content now. A few years from its launch, it was only justified that Vikram Chandra’s Sacred Games grew to be such a phenomenon via Netflix’s quality treatment. The provider stressed on its need to tap into local stories with a global appeal, something Erik Barmack, vice-president of global content at Netflix, …

Good news! Sacred Games to get season 2, announces Netflix
6 years, 3 months ago

Good news! Sacred Games to get season 2, announces Netflix

India TV News  

For those who loved Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer web series Sacred Games, there’s a new better than the most you’re going to hear today. Video-streaming platform Netflix has official given a green signal to hit series Sacred Games for a second season. For the second season, Kashyap will continue to direct the story of Siddiqui's Gaitonde, while Motwane …

Netflix announces Sacred Games season 2 with cryptic video, teases Ganesh Gaitonde’s return
6 years, 3 months ago

Netflix announces Sacred Games season 2 with cryptic video, teases Ganesh Gaitonde’s return

Hindustan Times  

Netflix India on Friday announced the second season of the hugely popular crime drama series, Sacred Games. We also hear Saif Ali Khan’s Sartaj Singh, Neeraj Kabi’s Parulkar, and Radhika Apte’s RAW agent Anjali Mathur. The eight episodes of the first season traced the fallout of Gaitonde’s death, which sent Inspector Sartaj Singh on a race-against-time mission to uncover a …

The amorality of Sacred Games: How Netflix's series reflects hallmarks of Anurag Kashyap’s films
6 years, 5 months ago

The amorality of Sacred Games: How Netflix's series reflects hallmarks of Anurag Kashyap’s films

Firstpost  

Sacred Games is attractive as entertainment because it confirms people in their facile sense that they did right in attending only to themselves — since the world itself is beyond repair or redemption. Read on Firstpost: Netflix’s Sacred Games gets these five things wrong, when compared to Vikram Chandra’s book The remaining episodes are arranged as a countdown to the …

Sacred Games' parallel narrative format is ideal concoction of Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane's energies
6 years, 6 months ago

Sacred Games' parallel narrative format is ideal concoction of Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane's energies

Firstpost  

Last month, Anurag Kashyap reunited with three filmmakers, with different sensibilities, for Netflix’s anthology Lust Stories. Both Motwane and Kashyap have been credited as directors of Sacred Games, based on Vikram Chandra’s 2006 book of the same name. On the other hand, Motwane admits Sacred Games has been a challenge for him as it is a very different Bombay movie …

‘Sacred Games’, a coming of age for Indian television
6 years, 6 months ago

‘Sacred Games’, a coming of age for Indian television

The Hindu  

The unfamiliar thrumming is hard to identify at first. As I walk to my friend’s house near Finsbury Park, the choppers seem to be going around, keeping me in the centre of the circle, and also coming lower and lower. The jokes are already flying about on the Net: “Is Trump trying to bomb us or is it Boris Johnson …

Netflix's Sacred Games leaked on piracy site Tamil Rockers a week after its premiere
6 years, 6 months ago

Netflix's Sacred Games leaked on piracy site Tamil Rockers a week after its premiere

India Today  

Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer Sacred Games has fallen prey to privacy nearly a week after its premiere. The eight-episode series, co-directed by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane, has been leaked on Tamil Rockers, a piracy site where Rajinikant's Kaala was also leaked. The New York Times notes how, for starters, Netflix has chosen a production from the …

Confused by Sacred Games’ use of Hindu mythology? Let’s decode episode titles
6 years, 6 months ago

Confused by Sacred Games’ use of Hindu mythology? Let’s decode episode titles

Hindustan Times  

Now that Netflix’s first Indian original series, Sacred Games, is almost a week old, fans have had a chance to absorb and appreciate all the tiny details showrunner Vikramaditya Motwane and his team have squeezed into the sprawling crime epic. “Aswatthama was cursed with immortality after Kurukshetra war,” the post says, but “Gaitonde commits suicide but his story remains alive.” …

Netflix's Sacred Games gets these five things wrong, when compared to Vikram Chandra's book
6 years, 6 months ago

Netflix's Sacred Games gets these five things wrong, when compared to Vikram Chandra's book

Firstpost  

For the past couple of days, every other post on Facebook or Twitter has been about how “brilliant” Netflix’s Sacred Games is. While I agree that the show has indeed broken new ground in terms of production values for Indian “web” shows, it’s far from perfect — especially when you compare it to the book. Here are five ways the …

Is Sacred Games really Netflix’s new Narcos? Here’s what foreign media is saying
6 years, 6 months ago

Is Sacred Games really Netflix’s new Narcos? Here’s what foreign media is saying

Hindustan Times  

Netflix’s first Indian original series, Sacred Games, was released in nearly 200 countries and close to 130 million subscribers on Friday, and the response so far has been enthusiastic. The Hollywood Reporter’s review said, “Sacred Games is filled with those aforementioned storytelling quirks that viewers will likely just go with as they are distracted by the enticingly foreign elements that …

Sacred Games: Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer is garnering positive reviews worldwide
6 years, 6 months ago

Sacred Games: Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer is garnering positive reviews worldwide

India Today  

Energetic, entertaining and replete with uncompromising performances. If international reviews of Sacred Games are anything to go by, the Mumbai-set drama on India's dark underworld has given Netflix a "strong start" for its local content in the country. Netflix's maiden original Indian mini-series, Sacred Games is produced by the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Entertainment's Phantom Films joint venture, and directed by …

Netflix’s Sacred Games wades into political row, here’s what Twitter’s saying
6 years, 6 months ago

Netflix’s Sacred Games wades into political row, here’s what Twitter’s saying

Firstpost  

At some level, I feel Anurag Kashyap already anticipated this happening. A member of their party, Rajeev Kumar Sinha, has filed an official complaint against Netflix, Sacred Games, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and others for allegedly insulting late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. — Mayukh Ranjan Ghosh July 10, 2018 After renaming all the airports, stadiums, hospitals, etc etc after Rajiv Gandhi, a …

Sacred Games international review round-up: A 'fresh, addictive thriller' riddled with 'story cliches'
6 years, 6 months ago

Sacred Games international review round-up: A 'fresh, addictive thriller' riddled with 'story cliches'

Firstpost  

“There are clear flaws to Sacred Games but there’s also something riveting about India’s bleaker, darker heart being exposed as opposed to some upbeat, colorful explosion of dance scenes,” says The Hollywood Reporter. Based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Vikram Chandra, Netflix India’s maiden Original, Sacred Games, starring Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika Apte, …

From Satya to Sacred Games: The agony and ecstasy of seeing Mumbai on screen
6 years, 6 months ago

From Satya to Sacred Games: The agony and ecstasy of seeing Mumbai on screen

Hindustan Times  

Anurag Kashyap lives in a part of Mumbai that has rarely been filmed, but is hyper-instagrammed. Sacred Games, based on Vikram Chandra’s 900-page thriller, is set mainly in the Mumbai of the 1980s and ’90s. Sacred Games is based on Vikram Chandra’s 900-page thriller from 2006, set mainly in the Mumbai of the 1980s and ’90s, when encounters between gangsters …

Sacred Games review: Netflix crime thriller engages viewers with intrigue and mystery
6 years, 6 months ago

Sacred Games review: Netflix crime thriller engages viewers with intrigue and mystery

India Today  

"You can't get away so easily Sartaj ji. However, his words also holds true to the viewers who can't get away after watching just one episode. The gripping and engaging crime thriller directed by Vikramaditya Motawani and Anurag Kashyap will get you so hooked that one can't help but come back to unravel the mystery. The crime thriller based on …

Radhika, Nawazuddin open up on Sacred Games, reveal why digital holds edge over films
6 years, 6 months ago

Radhika, Nawazuddin open up on Sacred Games, reveal why digital holds edge over films

Deccan Chronicle  

They are similar in more ways than one. Actors Radhika Apte and Nawazuddin Siddiqui share a common love for the unconventional, and it’s reflective in their body of work. BOX OFFICE IS NOT AN ACTOR’S HEADACHE: A digress from mainstream cinema is a risk worth taking, believes Radhika Apte.”The job is the same. A digital medium eases you of that …

Sacred Games review: Netflix sets an impossibly high benchmark with this gritty, quintessential Mumbai noir tale
6 years, 6 months ago

Sacred Games review: Netflix sets an impossibly high benchmark with this gritty, quintessential Mumbai noir tale

Firstpost  

Four episodes in, and I can already tell Sacred Games is going to be a game-changer. *Spoiler alert* Through the four episodes that I’ve seen of the eight-part first season of Sacred Games, it isn’t clear why Gaitonde decides he’s going to let Sartaj in on his final plans. Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane give us a layered, stimulating adaptation …

Netflix's international originals team talks Sacred Games, plans for India, and need for diverse stories
6 years, 6 months ago

Netflix's international originals team talks Sacred Games, plans for India, and need for diverse stories

Firstpost  

Kelly Luegenbiehl and Simran Sethi from Netflix’s International Originals team spoke with Firstpost about Sacred Games, and what comes next for the streaming service here On 29 June 2018 — a little past 12 am — Netflix announced that its next global series would be an adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s Booker Prize winning novel Midnight’s Children. Some hours earlier — …

Sacred Games: Anurag Kashyap on working with Netflix and his 'street cred' as a director of dark, intense films
6 years, 6 months ago

Sacred Games: Anurag Kashyap on working with Netflix and his 'street cred' as a director of dark, intense films

Firstpost  

*** Anurag Kashyap says he is a man of action, not discussion. I’m a hired director,” says Kashyap with a smile that indicates he is both pleased and humbled at the prospect of being part of this project. “Even when we aren’t ‘working’, we are working together,” says the director about the relationship he shares with the actor. “Even though …

Sacred Games: The story of how Bombay became Mumbai
6 years, 6 months ago

Sacred Games: The story of how Bombay became Mumbai

The Hindu  

In the middle of our interview, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has an epiphany. “There are five great Bombay books,” says Kashyap, naming Sacred Games, Black Friday, Shantaram, Mumbai Fables and Maximum City. “The book is actually the story of how Bombay became Mumbai,” says Kashyap, adding that the series also attempts to chronicle the transition. “In fact, I came in after …

Saif, Radhika & Nawaz on Going Digital With Netflix’s Sacred Games
6 years, 6 months ago

Saif, Radhika & Nawaz on Going Digital With Netflix’s Sacred Games

The Quint  

Sacred Games, shows an intriguing world set in the dark underbelly of Mumbai, where politics, crime and passion come together in a deadly game. The eight-episode crime drama stars Saif Ali Khan as Sartaj Singh, Radhika Apte as Anjali Mathur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Ganesh Gaitonde. Saif Ali Khan makes his debut in the digital space with Sacred Games and …

Netflix's Sacred Games: First Look at Saif Ali Khan, Radhika Apte and Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Thriller
6 years, 10 months ago

Netflix's Sacred Games: First Look at Saif Ali Khan, Radhika Apte and Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Thriller

India TV News  

Netflix releases the first look of their upcoming web series, Sacred Games. Featuring Saif Ali Khan, Radhika Apte and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, the initial glimpse looks intriguing. The series is an upcoming thriller of the premium streaming service platform based on Vikram Chandra's best-selling novel. It is being produced in partnership with Phantom Films and will be available to streaming giant's …

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