Released on July 5, 2018, Sacred Games Season 1 is Netflix's first Indian original series. A gritty neo-noir thriller, it adapts Vikram Chandra’s 2006 novel, weaving a complex web of crime, corruption, and religious mythology set against the backdrop of Mumbai. Premise and Plot
The narrative of Season 1 is built on a dual-timeline structure that effectively bridges the past and the present. In the modern day, Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali Khan), a disillusioned and low-ranking police officer, receives a cryptic phone call from the legendary crime lord Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), who has been missing for 16 years. Gaitonde warns him that Mumbai will be destroyed in 25 days, leaving Sartaj only one clue: his own father’s name. Sacred Games Season 1
When Netflix launched its first original Indian series in 2018, the world held its breath. Would it be a Bollywood musical stretched thin? Or something raw, real, and revolutionary? Released on July 5, 2018, Sacred Games Season
Inside, he finds Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), India’s most powerful, psychopathic, and elusive gangster, who has been missing for 16 years. Gaitonde is sitting in a chair, a gun on the table, ready to die. He tells Sartaj: "25 din mein Mumbai khatam ho jayega" (Mumbai will be destroyed in 25 days). In the modern day, Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali
Sacred Games Season 1 Review