Finally I am glad to see film makers taking the liberty of expressing themselves freely without the pressure of 'what audience wants' probably from the producers. Most India T.V. series are like employment guarantee schemes for it's actors & crew, running for 10-15 years with 5 episodes a week marked with overacting, unrealistic setup & no script at all. Many a times it seems like director had told the actor, 'Writers are going through thought block( with 5 episodes a week), just manage the scene without script.. ACTION!'

Sacred Games does follow certain traits of of GoT, the casting is absolutely pitch perfect. B.R. Chopra's Mahabharat was probably the last time an Indian director gave such meticulous attention to casting actors in a TV show & made sure that at no point the narration was made slack by clumsy acting even by actors who had like 'blink you miss' roles. The entire series is kept tight in narration, at no point it seems to drift away. Actors seemed to be highly professional, unquestioningly portraying dirrector's imagination, a rare trait in India.

As far as story is concerned, the directors have taken a lot of liberty to twist the plot & characters to make it kind of thrilling. Most characters in the series have shades of black & white, where as in the book it is shades of gray.

People who do not approve of expletive or strong language, should stay away from the show.