#Sacred games tv series series

But he is our below average common man who is scared and thinks a hundred times before taking a step, an under performing overweight policeman who has a conscience, a simpleton who runs towards the warm embraces of his mother when things get too tough for him. He in no way comes across as a conventional hero who fights the villains single handedly and saves the day. Saif Ali Khan has finally found his calling and heвЂ™s absolutely brilliant as the inspector Sartaj Singh and to his credit, underplays his role of a cop who is constantly being harassed, degraded and kicked around by his corrupt seniors. Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays the gangster with such elan and composure of an artist who is in control of his creation, taking his own time to paint the shades of white when in love, dark when heвЂ™s avenging his enemies and grey, when keeping his comrades in line.

#Sacred games tv series series

The TV series takes a dark undertone from the word go and itвЂ™s highly appreciative of the directive duo for discussing the subjects of sex and violence with such authority that was seldom seen in Indian cinema and has to be considered as one of their masterstrokes.В The story deals with religious terrorism with a brilliant screenplay which has a heavy dose of bloodshed, sex, gore and violence and the end product which is devoid of any unwanted transgressions by the censor board, makes it a compelling watch. The series hinges on the story of the rise and fall of gangster Gaitonde, played brilliantly by Nawazuddin Siddiqui and how his life is intertwined with life of the honest cop, Sartaj Singh performed by Saif Ali Khan. The series bears the rare stamp of authenticity and manages to hit all the right tones in its adaptation of the Novel of the same name written by Vikram Chandra. The same pride that we earned and the respect that we commanded from the world cinema, which took eons of pain and hard work to achieve but still demanded the sacrifices of the lifetime of works of some of the greatest auteurs of Indian cinema like Satyajit Ray, Guru Dutt, Adoor Gopalakrishnan and company!ДЄnd when I completed watching the new web series Scared Games starring вЂњthe content вЂњ in the lead, it is with absolute relief and pride that I can say, that all hopes are not lost for Indian Cinema!Дirected by two of the brilliant visionaries of contemporary cinema, Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap, the first Indian Netflix Original TV Series вЂ“ Sacred Games tells us the story of the intertwined lives of a mafia don nearing the twilight of his life and the struggles of an honest cop trying to do right amidst a corrupt system. Revelled in their Bajaj and bell bottoms!В Long has been the pride of Indian cinema taken a beating when the world was presented with the narcissistic, megalomaniacal and voyeuristic version of our life and cinema. Long has been the content driven cinema taken a backseat and was pulled into the eroding deluge of memories of a lost generation who The series takes a dark undertone from the word go and itвЂ™s highly appreciative of the directive duo for discussing the subjects of sex and violence with such level of authority! Sacred Games Review written by Anu Gopinath