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

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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 from the ones he has directed — Trapped and Bhavesh Joshi Superhero. Also, unlike Bhavesh Joshi Superhero, which was Motwane’s first issue-based film, the problem area and coping mechanism in his Sacred Games track were quite different. Also, though he shot elaborate action scenes at real-life locations for Bhavesh Joshi Superhero, Sacred Games was a different ballgame.

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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' to 'Tandav', OTT Shows That 'Offended' India
3 years, 11 months ago

'Sacred Games' to 'Tandav', OTT Shows That 'Offended' India

The Quint  

The Netflix series Sacred Games was synonymous with controversy. A first-of-its-kind series, it showed violence, abusive language, and a cast of well-known Bollywood stars that the Indian audiences had never seen in a web series before. Based on a 2006 best-selling novel by Vikram Chandra, Sacred Games followed a Mumbai police officer, played by Saif Ali Khan, who is investigating …

Vikramaditya Motwane to direct untitled young adult dark comedy series backed by Legendary Global, Library Pictures
4 years, 7 months ago

Vikramaditya Motwane to direct untitled young adult dark comedy series backed by Legendary Global, Library Pictures

Firstpost  

Vikramaditya Motwane, who created and directed Netflix’s first Indian Original Sacred Games, will soon helm a Hindi young adult dark comedy series financed by US-based Legendary Global and Library Pictures. This project is said to be among the many projects that expect from the deal between Motwane and Legendary Global, states Variety. Motwane is known for his films like the …

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 …

On Anurag Kashyap’s birthday, how he continues to topple expectations and push boundaries
5 years, 4 months ago

On Anurag Kashyap’s birthday, how he continues to topple expectations and push boundaries

Hindustan Times  

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap turns 47 on Tuesday, September 10. He is at the peak of his powers professionally, and as promised, has gone underground post the release of his latest work, the second season of Netflix’s Sacred Games. In the last couple of years alone, he has released two feature films, one short film as part of the Lust Stories …

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 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 …

I had some big shoes to fill: Neeraj Ghaywan on co-directing Sacred Games 2
5 years, 5 months ago

I had some big shoes to fill: Neeraj Ghaywan on co-directing Sacred Games 2

Hindustan Times  

Before he took the film industry by storm with Masaan, Neeraj Ghaywan was apprehensive about watching TV shows. Plus, Vikram, who was my producer for Masaan and is showrunner here, and Varun, who is the writer and a great friend, have created something special in Season 1 and as a new collaborator, I can’t let them down.” Neeraj Ghaywan says, …

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 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 …

Anurag Kashyap pens down 2018 films that made him 'jealous', RGV, Hansal Mehta react
6 years ago

Anurag Kashyap pens down 2018 films that made him 'jealous', RGV, Hansal Mehta react

India TV News  

There is no denying that 2018 was loaded with content-driven cinema and a number of great performances. Among the slew of best and worst film lists of 2018, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has also come up with his own listing of movies which left him feeling jealous. Talking to his Twitter, Anurag Kashyap said, "My list is a jealous filmmaker list …

Sacred Games 2 not cancelled, Netflix to work with Kashyap, Motwane, Grover
6 years, 2 months ago

Sacred Games 2 not cancelled, Netflix to work with Kashyap, Motwane, Grover

India Today  

Netflix will retain its association with filmmakers Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane for the second season of hit web series Sacred Games, the streaming platform said amid the #MeToo furore after conducting an independent probe. "After an independent investigation, the results helped inform Netflix's decision to continue with Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap on season 2 of Sacred Games. Kashyap …

Sacred Games cast compares Vikram Motwane, Anurag Kashyap, teases season 2
6 years, 5 months ago

Sacred Games cast compares Vikram Motwane, Anurag Kashyap, teases season 2

Hindustan Times  

The supporting actors of Netflix’s first Indian original series, Sacred Games—Jitendra Joshi, Kubbra Sait, Neeraj Kabi, Rajshri Deshpande and Jatin Sarna—sat for a roundtable interview with journalist Rajeev Masand recently They spoke about their experiences on the show and what fans could expect from the future. Speaking about the challenges of working under two directors—Sacred Games’ two timelines were directed …

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 actors cannot be held liable for dialogues, says Delhi HC
6 years, 5 months ago

Sacred Games actors cannot be held liable for dialogues, says Delhi HC

Hindustan Times  

Actors cannot be held liable for the dialogues they deliver, the Delhi high court said on Monday while hearing a plea filed against Netflix and the web series of Sacred Games for allegedly defaming former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in an episode. The controversy over the web series started Rajiv Sinha, a Congress member from West Bengal, filed a complaint …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Sacred Games: Congress member files complaint against Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Netflix for 'abusing' Rajiv Gandhi
6 years, 6 months ago

Sacred Games: Congress member files complaint against Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Netflix for 'abusing' Rajiv Gandhi

Firstpost  

If you were waiting for outrage against Netflix’s Sacred Games to emerge, then it is finally here. According to a report by NDTV, a complaint has been filed against actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and the producers of the series for insulting former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Rajiv Sinha, in his letter to the Kolkata Police, said that Nawazuddin as Ganesh Gaitonde …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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