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Sacred Games

The Righteous. The Ruthless. Everyone wants to play.

7.8IMDb254 votesWorth your time
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2018 – 20192 seasons · 16 episodes~50 min per episodeTV-MACanceled
CrimeAction & AdventureDrama
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Who's in it

Cast

The principal ensemble across the run of the series.

Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan

Sartaj Singh

16 eps

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Ganesh Gaitonde

16 eps

Jitendra Joshi

Jitendra Joshi

Constable Katekar

9 eps

Pankaj Tripathi

Pankaj Tripathi

Guruji

11 eps

Radhika Apte

Radhika Apte

Anjali Mathur

8 eps

Kalki Koechlin

Kalki Koechlin

Batya Abelman

8 eps

Neeraj Kabi

Neeraj Kabi

Parulkar

13 eps

Chittaranjan Tripathy

Chittaranjan Tripathy

Trivedi

11 eps

Sunny Pawar

Sunny Pawar

Young Gaitonde

4 eps

Shalini Vatsa

Shalini Vatsa

Kanta Bai

10 eps

Saurabh Sachdeva

Saurabh Sachdeva

Suleiman Isa

9 eps

Richa Kapoor

Prabhjot Kaur

6 eps

Geetanjali Thapa

Geetanjali Thapa

Nayanika Seghal

3 eps

Kubbra Sait

Kubbra Sait

Kukoo

7 eps

Paul Ogola

Erico

4 eps

Girish Kulkarni

Girish Kulkarni

Bipin Bhosle

14 eps

Elnaaz Norouzi

Elnaaz Norouzi

Zoya Mirza

12 eps

Vikram Kochhar

Vikram Kochhar

Mathu

11 eps

Jatin Sarna

Jatin Sarna

Bunty

14 eps

Rajshri Deshpande

Rajshri Deshpande

Subhadra

9 eps

Suhas Sirsat

Constable Kamble

11 eps

Anupriya Goenka

Anupriya Goenka

Megha Singh

7 eps

Sandesh Kulkarni

Ganesh's Father

5 eps

Vibhavari Deshpande

Ganesh's Mother

3 eps

Luke Kenny

Luke Kenny

Malcolm Mourad

13 eps

Neha Shitole

Shalini

9 eps

Ankur Jain

Pascal

10 eps

Sanjay Dadich

Sanjay Dadich

Gaston

10 eps

Aamir Bashir

Aamir Bashir

Majid Khan

14 eps

Prasad Kandekar

Chavvan

4 eps

Karan Wahi

Karan Wahi

Karan Malhotra

6 eps

Sushmita Bhandari

Shauna

3 eps

Sameer Kochhar

Sameer Kochhar

SPI Markhand

9 eps

Jayashree Bappal

Aasiya Bi

4 eps

Muni Jha

Muni Jha

Paritosh Shah

5 eps

Danish Pandor

Danish Pandor

Bada Badriya

4 eps

Anil Charanjeett

Anil Charanjeett

Chotta Badriya

5 eps

Yogi Singh

Javed Isa

3 eps

Himanshu Tyagi

Anand Kulkarni

5 eps

Sukhmani Sadana

Mikki

3 eps

The Nutevio profile

TV DNA

How Sacred Games actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

Sacred Games reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.

Character DepthDefining9.2

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

BingeabilityVery strong8.4

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

SerializedVery strong7.0

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

Emotional WeightStrong6.9

How much the series is designed to affect you.

SpectacleStrong6.5

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

TensionStrong6.5

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

Cliffhanger IntensityStrong5.5

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

World BuildingLight3.5

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

HumourLight2.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

The story

What it's about

A link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss, whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai from cataclysm.

The run

Seasons

2 seasons · 16 episodes.

  • Official poster for Season 1

    Season 1 · Complete

    Season 1

    20188 episodes

    7.8IMDb

    A link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss, whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai from cataclysm.

    Best episode · S01E07 Rudra

  • Official poster for Season 2

    Season 2 · Complete

    Season 2

    20198 episodes

    As Mumbai’s fate hangs in the balance, Sartaj Singh chases a connection to Ganesh Gaitonde’s third father, an enigmatic guru with a catastrophic plan.

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

Still from Rudra

S01E07

Rudra

8.2IMDb12 votes

Hoping to tie up the many loose ends of their case, Sartaj and Anjali reunite to figure out how the enigmatic Trivedi is linked to Gaitonde's prophecy.

6 Jul 201842 min
Still from Yayati

S01E08

Yayati

8.2IMDb12 votes

To save Mumbai from impending doom, Sartaj races against time to find out who Gaitonde's third father is and what's planned to happen on the 25th day.

6 Jul 201847 min
Still from Pretakalpa

S01E06

Pretakalpa

8.1IMDb12 votes

When Sartaj's constable, Katekar, is pressured to investigate the disappearance of a young man from a Muslim slum, disastrous consequences follow.

6 Jul 201847 min
Still from Brahmahatya

S01E04

Brahmahatya

7.9IMDb12 votes

TV starlet Nayanika visits Bunty with a hidden camera. In the mid-'80s, Gaitonde discovers a racket even more lucrative than drugs and guns: politics.

6 Jul 201854 min
Still from Halahala

S01E02

Halahala

7.9IMDb16 votes

News of Ganesh Gaitonde creates a stir among Mumbai's VIPs, from politicians to film stars. Removed from the case, Sartaj begins his own investigation.

6 Jul 201850 min
Still from Atapi Vatapi

S01E03

Atapi Vatapi

7.6IMDb14 votes

The woman found in the bunker leads Sartaj to Gaitonde's thug, Bunty. In a flashback, Gaitonde recalls stealing a lucky charm from rival Suleiman Isa.

6 Jul 201847 min

Recently aired

Latest Episodes

Behind the series

Created by

Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

The craft

Key Crew

Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.

Executive production

Writing

Direction

Cinematography

Music

Where to watch

Streaming

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