Sacred Games

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The show is rife with conflict as the characters fight for a future they may not be a part of, battling their own personal demons

Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Pankaj Tripathi will continue to play the characters of Sartaj Singh, Ganesh Gaitonde and Guruji in the second season of Sacred Games

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Motwane and Varun Grover will continue their roles of being the showrunner and the lead writer respectively

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The plea alleges that certain scenes and dialogues in the show defame former PM Rajiv Gandhi

Amid a row over alleged use of derogatory language in a web series while referring to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today said the BJP and the RSS believe that freedom of expression must be policed, while he regards it as a fundamental democratic right. My father lived and died in the service of India. The views of a character on a fictional web series can never change that, Rahul Gandhi said on Twitter. His remarks come days after a plea was filed in the Delhi High Court seeking removal of certain scenes from the Netflix series 'Sacred Games', claiming that some of its content was derogatory to Rajiv Gandhi. The high court has said it will hear the plea filed by advocate Nikhil Bhalla on Monday. Also, a police complaint has been filed by a Congress activist in Kolkata against the producers of the web series and actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui over the issue. BJP/RSS believe the freedom of expression must be policed & controlled. I believe this freedom .

In its treatment, Sacred Games diverges significantly from the book that inspired it

The first Netflix original India series, Sacred Games, represents a brave new direction that Indian television could take