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Aham Brahmasmi- The Bombay saga goes global and stronger in the second coming
by Dheeraj Khanna Writer“Jab tak khel khatam nahi hoga,
apun idharich hai” (I will be here until it's game over). Gaitonde quipped.
He is coming straight to the point in the new season as Sacred Games 2 viewers
response pours in on several social media platforms.
The journey of Sartaj Singh to find
out whether the RCN number 215578 is a man or a myth (as gaitonde puts it ‘jake
dekh record me kaun hai; insan hai ki bhagwan') continues. In the new
season, Masaan famed Neeraj Ghaywan is donning the responsibility of a director
for Sartaj's track played by Saif Ali Khan. Vikramaditya Motwani became the
showrunner for the season overlooking both the tracks of Sartaj and Gaitonde
respectively to make sure that the storyline is synchronised.
Every Sacred Games 2 review is
talking about the canvas this season being broad and the palettes vibrant than
ever. The narration travels from Nairobi to Cape Town to back in India. While
the cast includes some of the very best in the business, the plot remains
gripping and exciting in most places. The initial episodes though might
progress slower, the build-up falls right on track for an exciting finale.
Saif as Sartaj Singh is reliable.
The underdog in the first season finally finds a strong foothold in the scheme
of things. His progression is quite visible as his dressing is now neat than
before, and his frames look comparatively less gloomy.
Nawazuddin Siddiqi as Ganesh
Gaitonde is well into the skin of the character. The magic that the duo Anurag
Kashyap and Nawaz brings to the screen is quite visible. But, at times you
could feel that the team of writers comprising Varun Grover, Smita Singh and
Vasant Nath are using expletives just for the sake of it.
Pankaj Tripathy is the pick of the
actor in this series. He is pastel as well as cunning, and the credit goes to
the dialogues written for him. Playing a godman is tricky for any actor because
you never know when the lines become preachy and the character loses the
sparkle. Tripathy's Guruji knows the fine line between lecture and a speech, he
is a scholar, calm and his expressions are mightier than the words he speaks.
Sacred Games 2 review is incomplete without appreciating
Luke Kenny for playing Malcom with subtlety and grit. He is never in the
limelight, but his character is as important as anyone to take the story
forward.
Ranvir Shorey and Kalki Koechlin
have done an excellent job regardless of limited screen time and non-layered
character progression.
Ghaywan has also played his part picking
up from where Motwani left. If you are expecting a different flavour because of
the different director coming on board, it's not there. Kashyap has not tried
to experiment with his track as his part of narration is typical to his style
of filmmaking. It is not a bad thing, anyway.
All in all, Sacred Games 2 viewers response will be celebrated in the country,
to say the least, because of the scale and flavour that it brings to the table.
It is an awesome start for us in the digital space on the global stage and
let's hope that we get to cherish more stories like it. There is so much in
this world we don't know!
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About Dheeraj Khanna 
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9 connections, 1 recommendations, 40 honor points.Joined APSense since, June 16th, 2017, From Mumbai, India.
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