Netflix has already ordered it for four seasons, and it’s Netflix’s biggest production so far in India, whose nearly 500 million internet users are an important market for the company. Netflix has produced a handful of smaller films in India in the past, but it’s taking an aggressive gamble on Sacred Games, a project that features some of Bollywood’s biggest stars and two of Bollywood’s biggest directors.
It's a crime thriller based on a critically acclaimed novel about a weathered cop and an enigmatic gangster set in the gritty urban sprawl of Mumbai. The show is in Hindi but has been dubbed into four international languages, including English, and has subtitles available in 24. Sacred Games, Netflix’s newest original show and the company’s first original series produced in India, debuted in 190 countries - nearly every place where Netflix is available - on Friday.
