Latest Reviews & Buzz for
Sacred Games (2018)

Sacred Games is an Indian crime thriller by Netflix. It came into limelight because it was the first Indian original series by Netflix. It is based on a book of the same name by Vikram Chandra. And true to the hype, it delivered. Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika Apte take you into the underbelly of crime in Mumbai. It's commercial appeal as well as critical acclaim is the reason for it's huge success. The story, the dialogues, the narration, all make you excited for what's ahead. Season 1 finished on a cliffhanger and that is one of the many reasons why people are so eagerly waiting for the second season.

The best thing about this series is that the writers were able to bring out the beauty and originality in the series as it is in the book. Set in Maharashtra, this series has almost perfect portrayal of typical Indian (Desi) characters in their true form. Furthermore, the series puts forward a pretty good insight into the criminal world and it's ways. With good cinematography, the cast, namely, Said Ali Khan, Radhika Apte, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, are commendable as well. So if you are in mood for some good, action packed, criminal, thriller, Sacred Games is the right way to go.

The warp and weft of Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap's Sacred Games is love, deceit and chaos hinged on a good-versus-evil hook. The director duo turns the concepts of good and evil on their heads, moulding their lead characters — cop Sartaj Singh and crime overlord Ganesh Gaitonde — as vulnerable and volatile. This cat-and-mouse chase thriller kicks off when the crime kingpin calls up Singh, bearing a simple message — he has 25 days before Mumbai is razed to the ground.

It's a classic Mumbai noir, a world masterfully painted by the filmmakers. So you are spared nothing — the grime of the gullies, gore from body parts scattered on the road, gloss of the silver screen, gangsters and their gunfights.

This hyped web series has an overly simple storyline with an ensemble cast and a lot of twisted encounters. So many that the audience fails to understand that this is like every other web series on Netflix. The distinction is drawn by the International creative director of Netflix herself, "We have experimented with local languages for shows based in different regions of the world and frankly, it has worked for us". This is precisely why it got such a large fanbase in our country, it's because it used local languages, references to our government and well, used masala above everything. But all in all, the storyline, though simple, has a gripping cinematography to back it with and that's precisely why every episode seems intense and heavy. The presentation is brilliant and the mixture of simplicity and grandeur in the screenplay is again brilliant. So in very simple words, it's a must watch for it has an amazing presentation of things we have probably already seen somewhere but watch it nevertheless!

It is one of the best Indian web series. It depicts action, crime n a lot of drama. While watching the series you will find yourself traveling through the Drama and mystery. You will experience each n every moment of the show.