Sacred Games, the critically-acclaimed web series by Netflix, has run into trouble with a Congress supporter filing a police complaint against its makers for insulting late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
According to Zee Media’s Pooja Mehta, one Rajeev Sinha has filed a complaint against Netflix, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and producers of Sacred Games at Kolkata’s Girish Park Police Station for ‘abusing’ Rajiv Gandhi.
The complaint says that Sacred Games has a scene in which the protagonist of the serial (Siddiqui) is seen ‘abusing our late Prime Minister and misrepresenting the facts during his period. The complaints also says that ‘along with this the serial also crosses all limits of decency and has taken Indian Film Industry to a new low.’
The web series is based on the eponymous novel, written by Vikram Chandra. It's the story of Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali Khan) and Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) who are connected by one person -- Sartaj's father Dilbagh Singh.
Sartaj is a seasoned and cynical Mumbai Police officer who cannot lie. All he wants is to be a good police officer. He gets an anonymous tip one night that promises a breakthrough in the decades-old underworld activities in the maximum city. The voice is of Gaitonde, a criminal mastermind who rose to become one the most wanted names in the city, with connections to ISI and other terrorist organisation. Gaitonde warns Sartaj of a danger that is looming on the city's horizon and will destroy everything in the next 25 days. The countdown begins as we get to see events unfold from the perspectives of the two men running the show.
The show began with a gory scene that might force you to peep at the screen from behind a blanket. It's a forewarning for the viewers that nothing is off limits. The language is embellished the way it always is in Anurag Kashyap movie. Leaving these trademarks aside, the first two episodes of the show give the impression that Nawazuddin and Saif have become their respective characters.
Netflix has promoted the show as India's answer to Narcos. One cannot be certain of the universal response to the show, but the first impression tells me it has potential.
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