American on-demand streaming provider Netflix has announced its first original series from India. It is based on the critically-acclaimed best-selling novel "Sacred Games" by Indian author Vikram Chandra. Shot on location in India, this Hindi-English series 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, a statement said. Set in Mumbai, "Sacred Games" delves into the city's intricate web of organised crime, corruption, politics and espionage that lie beneath India's economic renaissance. Chandra shared: "Over the last few years, I've watched with great excitement and pleasure as Netflix has transformed narrative television with its ground-breaking, genre-bending shows." "I'm confident that all the colour 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," he added.
Source: IANS
