Now the bar is "incredibly high"- Need more like these The wait is over, the two mavericks, Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane have done it with "Sacred Games". The Indian TV has become obsolete, it lacks creativity and has zero plausibility for the niche and edgy content lovers.
Thanks to the likes of Netflix, Amazon etc, who are delivering the shows from the corners of the world and catering to the audience who wants intelligent content.
Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane collaborated with Netflix and explored their creative sovereignty which was restricted earlier. We can witness the fathomless creativity of Kashyap & Motwane when no strings are attached and the result is one hell of a performance, they never shied.
"Sacred Games" based on Vikram Chandra's novel of the same name. It has been adapted beautifully, an eight-part series does comprehensive justice to the multilayered characters and plot. The writing is immaculate and the development of characters is top-notch. The ticking background score keeps you on the edge and plot revelations are perfectly timed. The transition between the two timelines is seamless, the editing does a wonderful work here.
The transformation of Bombay to Mumbai is spectacular, the gritty setting, costumes, props, locations, and milieus have attention to details. The production value is higher than most Bollywood movies, every scene looks stunning and rich.
Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, Neeraj Kabi, Jitendra Joshi, Girish Kulkarni, Jatin Sharma, everyone has done a trailblazing job. I don't need to say anything more about the performances, it is just magnificent watching every actor doing their part phenomenally.
"Sacred Games" raises the bar very high, it is the first Indian Netflix original series and more to come.
Kudos. Waiting for Season 2