Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s ‘Sacred Games’ lands in legal trouble

Saif Ali Khan, Radhika Apte and Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s ‘Sacred Games’ is one of the most watched Netflix series of recent times. The trio has been appreciated for the same, but recently a complaint has been filed against the show-makers and Nawazuddin.

Rajiv Sinha, member of Congress in West Bengal, has filed a complaint against the show, showrunners, and Nawazuddin, for allegedly insulting former PM, Rajiv Gandhi.

In his letter to the police, he mentions that Nawazuddin’s character “abused our late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi calling him fattu, which translated as pu*** in the subtitle.” He also accused the makers of the show of “misrepresenting facts during his regime,”as reported by BollywoodLife.

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Concluding his letter, he wrote, “Along with this the serial crosses all limits of decency and has taken the Indian film industry to a new low,” The complainant has requested the police to lodge an FIR against everyone related to Sacred Games.

The story of ‘Sacred Games’ is adapted from Vikram Chandra’s book of the same name. The novel takes you into the life of police officer Sartaj Singh and into the criminal underworld of Ganesh Gaitonde, the most wanted gangster in India. It is described as a story of friendship and betrayal, of terrible violence, of an astonishing modern city and its dark side.

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Saif plays Sartaj Singh, while Nawazuddin Siddiqui steps into the shoes of Gaitonde.

In a recent interview, Saif said he relied more on the show’s script as a reference point. “There are certain changes made because of the change of media from book to audio-visual. So, the screenplay is a little different. In the book, my character is quite passive and internal. That looks dull on-screen, so we made it little external,” said Saif.

“However, reading the book helped me to understand the essence of the character, and I love reading books anyway,” he concluded.