SACRED GAMES
ACTION / CRIME / DRAMA
INDIA / USA
2018-2019
SACRED GAMES is an Indian neo-noir crime thriller television series based on Vikram Chandra's 2006 novel of the same name. India's first Netflix original series, it was produced and directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap as Phantom Films. The novel was adapted by Varun Grover, Smita Singh, and Vasant Nath. Kelly Luegenbiehl, Erik Barmack and Motwane were the series' executive producers. SACRED GAMES consists of 16 episodes of 50 minutes.
STORY: Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali Kahn) is a troubled Mumbai Police inspector who seeks validation from a police force he hates for its corruption. He receives a phone call from Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), a notorious crime lord who has been missing for 16 years. He tells Sartaj to save the city in 25 days, beginning a chain of events that burrows deep into India's underworld.
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Sidiqui) is a person who is unapologetic about his sexuality, especially in a time when, apparently, Section 377 wasn’t abolished. His first love is with a transgender person, Kukoo (played brilliantly by Kubra Sait) and he doesn’t care about showing it.
Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) & Kukoo (Kubbra Sait)
NAWAZUDDIN SIDDIQUI (2018-2019) May 19. 1974, Budhana, India
KUBBRA SAIT (2018-2019) July 27, 1983, Bangalore, India
SPECIAL: Actress Kubbra Sait played Kukoo, a transgender woman. She was asked to audition by Kashyap at the screening of Mukkabaaz at the MAMI Film Festival, and was cast. Sait felt that the lack of any reference for Kukoo's role made it "the most challenging experience" of her career; she wore a prosthetic penis.
AWARDS: 'SACRED GAMES '2 wins
8.1 IMDB
