The seasoned Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui He needs no introduction. He can transform into any character and has earned a special place in the hearts of the audience with his work. His character Ganesh Gaitonde from `Sacred Games` became extremely popular after India opened its doors to OTT. Nawazuddin, who has not come up with a successful project since the series closed after its Second seasonanalyze what went wrong.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui explains why the second season of ‘Sacred Games’ didn’t work
In a conversation with ANI, she admitted that she liked the first season more than the second and revealed that the latter was not as successful as its predecessor because it did not connect with the audience. She explained, “There were new characters, so it didn’t work. There were 3-4 new characters, so it didn’t work at all. Because what happens is, the character that people loved in the beginning, if you make him weak, people don’t accept him.”
He further added that the audience is connected to certain characters and if they are missing or portrayed weakly, people often lose interest.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui shares the example of ‘Narcos’
Talking about his favourite American crime drama series, Narcos, based on the story of Colombian narco-terrorist Pablo Escobar, played by Wagner Moura, he said, “When I saw the gangster series Narcos and the character of Pablo Escobar, I went crazy after watching the first season. However, in the second season, his character became weaker. So why should I watch it? I had a connection with him. I was emotionally connected to him. The same thing happened with Sacred of Games 2.”
Nawazuddin Siddiqui found the dialogue “Apun hi Bhagwan hai” strange
Talking about his iconic character of Ganesh Gaitonde and the famous dialogue ‘Kabhi Kabhi lagta hai ki apun hi Bhagwan hai’, over which several memes were created, he shared, “I used to wonder about this dialogue. I found it strange. I never knew at that time that it would turn out like this (popular).”
About ‘Sacred Games’
`Sacred Games` is an Indian neo-noir crime drama based on Vikram Chandra’s 2006 novel of the same name. It revolves around Sartaj (Saif Ali Khan), a police officer, and his encounter with Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), the most wanted criminal, and what happens after they come in contact with each other. Apart from Saif and Nawazuddin, the rest of the cast includes Radhika Apte, Girish Kulkarni, Neeraj Kabi, Jeetendra Joshi, Rajshri Deshpande, Karan Wahi, Sukhmani Sadana, Aamir Bashir, Jatin Sarna, Elnaaz Norouzi, Pankaj Tripathi, Kubbra Sait, Surveen Chawla, Kalki Koechlin, Ranvir Shorey and Amruta Subhash.
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