Here’s Why Sacred Games Subtitles Are Offending Congress & Hindutva Supporters
Sacred Games subtitles have offended congress member Rajiv Sinha who has filed a police complaint against Netflix, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and producers of the series.
Sacred
Games,
the
first
original
Indian
web
series,
has
managed
to
break
the
internet
for
all
sorts
of
reasons.
While
the
critics
and
audiences
are
going
gaga
over
the
story
and
its
representation,
the
subtitles
for
the
series
has
offended
the
congress
members
and
Hindutva
supporters
in
India.
Addressing
this,
Rajiv
Sinha,
who
is
a
member
of
West
Bengal
Pradesh
Congress
Committee
filed
an
FRI
against
Netflix,
actor
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
and
the
producers
of
the
series
for
the
usage
of
the
cuss
word
'pu**y'
against
the
former
Prime
Minister
of
India,
Rajiv
Gandhi.
Rajeev
Kumar
Sinha
was
triggered
by
a
scene
from
the
fourth
episode
titled
Brahmahatya,
in
which
Ganesh
Gaitonde
calls
Rajiv
Gandhi
a
coward
by
using
the
word
'fattu',
which
was
subtitled
as
'pu**y'
in
English.
Besides
the
profanity,
Rajiv
Sinha
in
the
complaint
has
pointed
at
issues
with
regard
to
misrepresentation
of
facts
during
Gandhi's
period.
He
says,
"Along
with
this,
the
serial
also
crosses
all
limits
of
decency
and
has
taken
Indian
Film
Industry
to
a
new
low."
The
complaint
further
read,
"Will
request
you
to
consider
this
as
my
formal
complaint
and
lodge
an
FIR
against
Netflix,
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui,
Producers
of
serial
Sacred
Games
and
other
under
appropriate
sections
of
IT
Act
and
IPC."
In
the
scene
that
involves
the
profanity,
Nawazuddin
who
plays
the
role
of
Gaitonde,
says
how
the
Congress
government
in
1986
tipped
the
Supreme
Court's
judgment
in
the
Shah
Bano
Case
aside.
The
judgment
spoke
about
maintenance
of
Muslim
women
and
Congress
feared
a
backlash
from
the
Muslim
community.
Gaitonde
says,
"Woh
pradhaanmatri
Rajiv
Gandhi,
who
fattu
bola,
chup
baith
aurat."
Sacred
Games,
the
first
original
Indian
series
by
Netflix
has
not
only
lured
the
audiences
in
India,
but
is
gaining
worldwide
recognition
for
its
overwhelming
way
of
portrayal
of
life
in
Mumbai.
The
story
revolves
around
lives
of
a
turban-clad
Mumbai
cop
and
a
notorious
slum
gangster
played
by
Saif
Ali
Khan
and
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
respectively.
The
eight-episode
season
released
on
Friday
July
6,
2018.