Netflix Orders First Indian Original Sacred Games

MUMBAI: Netflix is adapting the best-selling novel Sacred Games by Indian author Vikram Chandra as an original Hindi-English series.

The drama will be shot on location in India and will be produced in partnership with Phantom Films, one of India’s leading production houses. It will be available to Netflix members globally upon completion. Sacred Games delves into Mumbai’s web of organized crime, corruption, politics and espionage that lie beneath India’s economic renaissance.

“Over the last few years, I’ve watched with great excitement and pleasure as Netflix has transformed narrative television with its groundbreaking, genre-bending shows,” commented Chandra. “I’m confident that all the color and vitality and music of the fictional world I’ve lived with for so long will come fully alive on the large-scale canvas provided by Netflix. I’m thrilled to be working with Netflix and Phantom Films.”

“We are very happy to start this journey with Netflix by producing Vikram’s outstanding story, set in Mumbai,” said Madhu Mantena of Phantom Films. “And we are extremely confident that together we will create some exciting and groundbreaking television content from hereon.”

“We are delighted to partner with creative powerhouse Phantom Films to bring Vikram Chandra’s epic novel to life with the best Indian and global film talent available today,” added Erik Barmack, the VP of international original series at Netflix. “Sacred Games reinforces our commitment to bring the authenticity of local stories to Netflix members across 190 countries worldwide.”