NETFLIX'S FIRST INDIAN ORIGINAL SERIES: SACRED GAMES

Meet Sartaj Singh from Netflix series ‘Sacred Games’

NAWAZUDDIN SIDDIQUI'S FIRST LOOK

ABOUT THE NOVEL

Vikram Chandra's novel draws the reader deep into the life of Inspector Sartaj Singh—and into the criminal underworld of Ganesh Gaitonde, the most wanted gangster in India. It is is a story of friendship and betrayal, of terrible violence, of an astonishing modern city and its dark side.

Seven years in the making, Sacred Games is an epic of exceptional richness and power. Vikram Chandra's novel draws the reader deep into the life of Inspector Sartaj Singh—and into the criminal underworld of Ganesh Gaitonde, the most wanted gangster in India. 

Sartaj, one of the very few Sikhs on the Mumbai police force, is used to being identified by his turban, beard and the sharp cut of his trousers. But "the silky Sikh" is now past forty, his marriage is over and his career prospects are on the slide. When Sartaj gets an anonymous tip-off as to the secret hide-out of the legendary boss of G-Company, he's determined that he'll be the one to collect the prize. 

Vikram Chandra's keenly anticipated new novel is a magnificent story of friendship and betrayal, of terrible violence, of an astonishing modern city and its dark side. Drawing inspiration from the classics of nineteenth-century fiction, mystery novels, Bollywood movies and Chandra's own life and research on the streets of Mumbai, Sacred Games evokes with devastating realism the way we live now but resonates with the intelligence and emotional depth of the best of literature



ABOUT THE SERIES ON NETFLIX

Based on Vikram Chandra’s novel of the same name, the series, reportedly comprising eight hour-long episodes, boasts of a cast that includes Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika Apte.

 Khan plays Sartaj Singh, a seasoned Mumbai police officer who receives a tip to capture gangster Ganesh Gaitonde (Siddiqui). “As the stakes mount and Sartaj seeks knowledge of his prey, it becomes clear that the game the two players thought they were engaged in is, in fact, part of a much larger scenario, one that expands beyond the city,”