In season two, Gaitonde's story continues in flashbacks while Sartaj tries to find answers. The first season follows Sartaj as he tries to uncover clues about Gaitonde's past and learns about a connection between Gaitonde and his father. On his journey, Sartaj is helped by Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officer Anjali Mathur flashbacks detail Gaitonde's origins, and how he became Mumbai's crime lord. He tells Sartaj to save the city in 25 days, beginning a chain of events that burrows deep into India's underworld. He receives a phone call from Ganesh Gaitonde, a notorious crime lord who has been missing for 16 years. Sartaj Singh is a troubled Mumbai Police inspector who seeks validation from a police force he hates for its corruption. Siddiqui has said that there will not be a third season.
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Sacred Games is the only Indian series to appear on The New York Times ' "The 30 Best International TV Shows of the Decade" list. The second season premiered on 15 August 2019. It received mainly positive reviews from critics, with particular praise for its performances and writing. The series is subtitled in over 20 languages. The first season of Sacred Games consisting of eight episodes was released on Netflix on 5 July 2018 in 191 countries. Aarti Bajaj was the editor, and Alokananda Dasgupta composed the background score. In the second season, Motwane reduced his involvement to showrunner and was replaced as director by Neeraj Ghaywan. Swapnil Sonawane was director of photography for Motwane Sylvester Fonseca and Aseem Bajaj filmed the scenes directed by Kashyap. After a script was completed, Motwane asked Kashyap to co-direct Motwane directed the scenes with Singh, and Kashyap directed Gaitonde's scenes. They decided to adapt Chandra's novel in Hindi. Sacred Games began development after Netflix vice-president Erik Barmack asked Motwane in 2014 to create Indian content for the platform. Other cast members include Radhika Apte, Girish Kulkarni, Neeraj Kabi, Jeetendra Joshi, Rajshri Deshpande, Karan Wahi, Sukhmani Sadana, Aamir Bashir, Jatin Sarna, Elnaaz Norouzi, Pankaj Tripathi, Amey Wagh, Kubbra Sait, Surveen Chawla, Kalki Koechlin, Ranvir Shorey and Amruta Subhash. Sartaj Singh ( Saif Ali Khan) is a troubled police officer in Mumbai who receives a phone call from gangster Ganesh Gaitonde ( Nawazuddin Siddiqui), who tells him to save the city within 25 days the series chronicles the events which follow. Kelly Luegenbiehl, Erik Barmack and Motwane were the series' executive producers. The novel was adapted by Varun Grover, Smita Singh, and Vasant Nath. India's first Netflix original series, it was produced and directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap as Phantom Films. Motwane and Varun Grover return as the showrunner and the lead writer, respectively for the show which starts steaming from August 15.Sacred Games is an Indian Hindi-language crime thriller streaming television series based on Vikram Chandra's 2006 novel of the same name. Like season one, Kashyap is at the helm of the portions featuring Siddiqui, while Neeraj Ghaywan of “Masaan” fame will direct the scenes with Khan.
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But this character is different from what we have seen,” he said. I got clean shaven and shut myself off as there’s this fear, because we have seen several babas (godmen) on screen and off screen and their influence is on us. When the text is good, an actor doesn’t need anything else. Tripathi said the writing of the show was so on point that he didn’t have to rely on any external crutches. The sophomore season of the show, based on author Vikram Chandra’s novel of the same name, will pick up from Sartaj Singh (Khan) pursuing his relentless battle of saving Mumbai and Ganesh Gaitonde (Siddiqui) facing bigger challenges to retain his position as the legendary kingpin of the city.
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It featured Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the lead. The first season of the series was directed by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane. I am not a method actor, I don’t cut off from the world but I had to shut myself off for this character and also shave my beard,” he added. “When you are scared, you start working harder. This was a challenging character and I was scared,” Tripathi told reporters on Thursday. My family got worried about what am I exactly preparing for. “For almost a week before the shoot, I isolated myself from everyone. Guruji will play a pivotal role in unfolding a chain of events that shape the highly anticipated season two of the Netflix India Original, which was shot in India and overseas.
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Mumbai: In his career of over 15 years, Pankaj Tripathi has played many challenging parts but the character of mysterious Guruji in the second season of “Sacred Games” got the actor “scared”.