Sacred Games: Netflix apologises to Indian in UAE after privacy breach

Since second season of Sacred Games released, an Indian expat in Sharjah, UAE has been receiving incessant phone calls from around world asking for fictional gangster Sulaiman Isa.

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character's mobile number was revealed in first episode of second season and since n Kunhabdulla CM (Kerala native in UAE) phone hasn't stopped ringing.

According to Gulf News, Kunhabdulla has received calls from India, Pakistan, Nepal and United Arab Emirated (UAE) and he doesn't kw what is happening. "Hearing my phone ring sends shivers down my spine. I want to cancel my number. I want this problem to go away. What's Sacred Games? A video game? I work from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. I don't have time for such things. This is a problem that refuses to go away. I am really worried wher I am entangled in problems that aren’t my choice," Kunhabdulla told a daily portal.

Kunhabdulla, 37-year-old, works for a local oil company and claims that he has never heard of web-series. He furr explains, "I got more than 30 calls today [Sunday] and it’s draining my battery. In last hour, I got five calls asking for someone called Isa. I even went to telephone operator’s office to report this. I just want to somehow cancel this number. I don’t want to face any problems. Who is Isa? I don’t have anything to do with him"

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Even though show didn't clearly show Kunhabdulla's number, Netflix showed number on subtitles.

Soon after news went viral, Netflix approached Gulf News and released a statement: "We apologize for any inconvenience caused. As soon as we were alerted to situation, we resolved issue and removed phone number from subtitles."

WHO IS ISA?

Ganesh Gaitonde's biggest enemy (played by Nawazzudin Siddqui) Suleiman Isa (played by Saurabh Sachdeva) of gang S-Company. Some reports suggest that Isa, a Muslim gangster's character is based on Dawood Ibrahim.

WHAT IS SACRED GAMES?

Sacred Games Season 2 aired on August 15 where Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui reprised ir parts as Sartaj Singh and Ganesh Gaitonde. new season will also see Pankaj Tripathi in a full-fledged role as mysterious Guruji.

Kalki Koechlin and Ranvir Shorey are latest additions to series. Like season one, Anurag Kashyap is at helm of portions featuring Siddiqui, while Neeraj Ghaywan of "Masaan" fame will direct scenes with Khan.

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Vikramaditya Motwane and Varun Grover are returning as showrunner and lead writer, respectively. first season of series, based on Vikram Chandra's award-winning book of same name, premiered last year.

(With inputs from PTI)