Facts about Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer 'Sacred Games' you might not have known

Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Saif Ali Khan starrer Sacred Games is one of leading series on Netflix Originals. In  Scared Games franchise, Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays Ganesh Gaitonde who is a gangster and Saif Ali Khan plays Sartaj Singh who is a cop. story deals with story of how Sartaj receives a phone call from gangster Ganesh; who tells him to save city within 25 days. series chronicles events that follow while outlining Gaitonde's past.

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thriller drama is based on Vikram Chandra's vel of same name. Scared Games has two seasons released till date. re are several lesser-kwn facts about action-series, let's have a look at some of interesting trivia about show.

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Lesser-kwn facts about Sacred Games

• creator of Sacred Games, Anurag Kashyap had read vel in 2006, when it was released. However, after eight years AMC from Scott Free Productions placed an offer for a series in English. Kashyap declined offer as he did t want to do "anything based in India, in English".
• According to IMDb, stories of Ganesh Gaitonde and Sartaj Singh were shot simultaneously by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane respectively.
• storyline of Sacred Games is partially based on  real-time events in Mumbai and India between 1980-1993. According to IMDB,  character of Sulemani Isa is loosely based on Dawood Ibrahim.  rags to riches story of Gaitonde, him fleeing to Dubai and 1993 Bomb Blasts by Isa are all are based on real characters.
• Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Saif Ali Khan's partnership, Sacred Games is first Indian Netflix Original TV Series. 
• In an older interview, Anurag Kashyap stated that he shot and treated entire series as a film.

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• crime series was executed in different real locations as it was set in a period. While parts of vel were set in 2004, series was changed to modern-day.
• Season one of Sacred Games franchise covers first quarter of original vel.
• titles of all chapters have ir meaning in Hindu Mythology. A resemblance is drawn between me of an episode and mythical story related to title. 
• In series, Saif Ali Khan's character Sartaj Singh wants to become a cricketer. In real life, both his far and grandfar have played and served as captain in National Indian Cricket Team.

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