Sacred Games, Netflix's first Indian original series, was released globally on the streaming platform on July 6. Based on Vikram Chandra's thriller novel of the same name, and starring big names like Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Radhika Apte, it is one of the better web/ TV series to come out of India in a long time. With directors Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane at the helm, this is one Netflix original you should not miss. You can download and watch offline all the eight Sacred Games season 1 episodes on the Netflix mobile app for Android and iOS. If you are looking for Sacred Games plot summary for each of the eight season 1 episodes released for Netflix subscribers last week, we got you covered. Interestingly, names of all episodes have been derived from Hindu mythology and have a significance in the plot. Needless to say, Sacred Games season 1 spoilers after this point.[1][2]
Episode 1: Ashwathama
The first episode of Sacred Games starts off with a dog falling off a high-rise building in Mumbai, a plot element that will be emphasised later on in the season. Following that is the entry of Nawazuddin Siddiqui, as yesteryear gangster Ganesh Gaitonde, who hints that something sinister is about to happen in Mumbai. Running parallel is the story of junior Mumbai Police cop Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali Khan) who is looking for a big case to prove his mettle to the corrupt department he works in. He gets an out-of-the-blue call from Gaitonde himself giving him a tip about something destructive that will happen in Mumbai in the next 25 days. Gaitonde claims to know Sartaj Singh's father.
Sartaj Singh is able to trace Gaitonde's location, and the gangster shoots...