Sacred Games is a testament to two of the country’s most talented directors adapting to the demands of the smaller screen. And by betting on faith, this adaptation of Vikram Chandra’s critically acclaimed book pulls off a coup. It’s no mean task, especially when it comes to translating the myriad, contradictory beliefs of over a billion Indians on screen. Being the first “Original Netflix Series” comes with its own set of burdens: There’s a responsibility to represent the essence of a country and the pressure of distilling its individuality into an universally accessible language. And let’s face it, the show could not have chosen a better time to land.īut great timing aside, Sacred Games was always going to be a bit of a gamble. “Allah tang aa gaye hai humse (Allah is sick of us).” It’s an electric scene that suffocated by the helplessness pervading the proceedings successfully switches its focus on the beating heart of the show: the business of religion. Once he’s done with his story, Malcolm poses a question: Why do you think God wants us to make such sacrifices so often? And answers it himself. Haabil is Abel and Qaabil is Cain),” Malcolm tells Sartaj. His death however, doesn’t go in vain because Allah gives him justice: Haabil becomes the world’s first martyr.
He only accepts Qaabil’s sacrifice and enraged by the rejection, Haabil kills his brother. The story goes like this: Allah asks two brothers, Haabil and Qaabil for a sacrifice and both of them then present their respective offerings. In “Yayati”, the explosive finale of Sacred Games - directed by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane, and written by Varun Grover - Sartaj Singh (a superbly restrained Saif Ali Khan ), its brooding anti-heroic cop is forced to learn a lesson in pain and faith.Ĭaptured and tortured while chasing an antagonist, Singh howls in agony while his captor and assassin Malcolm (Luke Kenny, who spends most of the show being mistaken for a foreigner) tells him a tale.
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