Nawazuddin Siddiqui Calls Sacred Games Season 2 ‘A Disappointment'; Talks About Season 3's Possibility
Sacred Games was one of the very first Netflix Indian originals. The show first premiered in June 2018 and became one of the biggest releases of the year.
Sacred
Games
was
one
of
the
very
first
Netflix
Indian
originals.
The
show
first
premiered
in
June
2018
and
became
one
of
the
biggest
releases
of
the
year.
The
book
adaptation
starring
Saif
Ali
Khan,
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui,
and
Radhika
Apte
had
also
garnered
international
fame.
However,
season
two
which
released
in
2019,
failed
to
impress
critics
as
well
as
fans.
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
who
played
the
iconic
role
of
Ganesh
Gaitonde,
recently
opened
up
about
season
2.
He
told
Spotboye
that
he
too
wasn't
impressed
and
understood
fans'
reaction.
"Perhaps
somewhere
the
intention
behind
Season
2
was
not
as
sincere
as
the
first
time.
I
admit
Sacred
Games
2
was
a
disappointment."
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
As
Ganesh
Gaitonde
After
season
1
ended
on
a
cliffhanger,
fans
were
excited
to
see
where
the
story
would
lead
Inspector
Sartaj
Singh
played
by
Saif
Ali
Khan,
and
how
he
would
save
the
beloved
city
of
Mumbai.
Directed
by
Anurag
Kashyap
and
Neeraj
Ghaywan,
season
2
had
also
introduced
new
characters
like
Pankaj
Tripathi's
Khanna
Guruji
and
Kalki
Koechlin's
Batya
Abelman.
Nawazuddin
On
Sacred
Games'
Global
Fan
Following
Notably,
Nawazuddin
revealed
that
Sacred
Games'
international
following
was
the
reason
makers
opted
to
work
on
a
season
2.
He
recalled
interacting
with
fans
while
in
Rome
and
said
"Sacred
Games
got
the
kind
of
worldwide
acclaim
that
none
of
us
associated
with
the
series
had
seen
before.
I
remember
shooting
in
Rome
for
Tannishtha
Chatterjee's
film
and
over
there
too
there
were
so
many
people
talking
to
me
about
Sacred
Games.
So
we
all
felt
it
was
right
to
do
it
again,
and
we
did
a
second
season."
Nawazuddin
On
Sacred
Games
Season
3
Despite
the
low
rating
of
season
2,
the
crime
thriller's
loyal
fans
were
hoping
that
the
makers
would
redeem
the
story
with
a
new
season.
However,
Nawazuddin
said
that
season
3
won't
be
happening.
He
added,
"Whatever
had
to
be
said
from
the
original
novel
has
already
been
said.
There
is
nothing
left
in
Vikram
Chandra's
novel
to
be
put
in
Season
3."