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вЂњWhen you sign on that dotted line, the adaption belongs to them.

In terms of his collaboration with the production company, Chandra knew very well what he had signed up for. вЂњThatвЂ™s how it became 900 pages,вЂќ Chandra laughed.

The crime led to politics and politics to religion, and then to national intelligence agencies. The policing world he wished to unpack grew only increasingly complex as he conducted research. In writing вЂњSacred Games,вЂќ Chandra talked to sociologists, historians and cops. You have to send (however) many suitcases of cash, or they will try and kill you,вЂќ Chandra said, who personally knows people who have received such extortion calls. In fact, the very theme of вЂњSacred GamesвЂќ is the underworld of large-scale organized crime - which Chandra knows well because of its connections to the film industry, in which money-seeking gangs or so-called вЂњcompaniesвЂќ are serious business.ДЄ producer would вЂњget a call from one of these organizations, and they would basically ask you for protection money. вЂ¦ I dropped out and got an MFA in writing,вЂќ he said.Д¬handra may have chosen to work in writing over film, but his interest and background in the latter has not waivered in the slightest. Chandra himself attended film school - but not for long. Having grown up in Bombay, he explained that he comes from a вЂњmovie-obsessed culture.вЂќ Not only that, but he also comes from a family of well-respected professionals in the industry: His mother is a screenwriter, one sister a director, another sister a film critic and his brother-in-law the renowned producer Vinod Chopra. ThatвЂ™s the way that Indian culture operates,вЂќ he said.

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It вЂњuses local film companies, writers, actors and they make it in whatever language is local.вЂќД¬handra, born in New Delhi, explained that the series is in Hindi, but different languages are still used in certain dialogues. Netflix had вЂњproven out this model of making what they called вЂlocal content for a global audience,вЂ™ вЂќ Chandra said. Netflix, however, was the one to execute the project in full. вЂњWhat happened with вЂSacred GamesвЂ™ is that there was interest in the book right from the beginning, even before the book got published,вЂќ Chandra said.Д«efore the third and final attempt to bring the novel to the screen, two previous attempts had fallen through. The show did not premiere until 2018, but the original story had sparked the film industryвЂ™s interest long before then. In episode one, viewers learn that the city of Mumbai is in grave danger.

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Both the movie and the novel follow two main characters: Sartaj Singh, a dispirited police officer, and Ganesh Gaitonde, an ominous gangster. Published in 2006, вЂњSacred GamesвЂќ is ChandraвЂ™s second novel. вЂњAll of us involved, weвЂ™d never imagine that (the story) would have this type of response,вЂќ Chandra said. Chandra not only teaches English, but also is a critically acclaimed author whose novel вЂњSacred GamesвЂќ was adapted into a Netflix series.ДЄs the first Netflix original series made in India, вЂњSacred GamesвЂќ has received wide recognition, including an Emmy nomination and a spot on the New York Times вЂ™ list of the decadeвЂ™s 30 best international shows.

And heвЂ™s right - his literary career reflects this passion to an exceptional degree. вЂњIвЂ™m a reclusive writer down to my bones,вЂќ said UC Berkeley professor Vikram Chandra in an interview with The Daily Californian.

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