{"id":17239,"date":"2017-07-16T00:44:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T07:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=17239"},"modified":"2017-07-16T00:44:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T07:44:37","slug":"saif-becomes-first-major-bollywood-star-to-lead-netflix-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/saif-becomes-first-major-bollywood-star-to-lead-netflix-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Saif Becomes First Major Bollywood Star to Lead Netflix Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Saif Ali Khan arrives for IIFA Rocks, July 14, at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, during the 18th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Festival. (Angela Weiss\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Saif Ali Khan has joined Netflix\u2019s first India-set original series \u201cSacred Games,\u201d which is based on author Vikram Chandra\u2019s best-selling novel.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The National award-winning actor, best known for his performances in films such as \u201cOmkara,\u201d \u201cLove Aaj Kal,\u201d \u201cRace\u201d and \u201cDil Chahta Hai,\u201d will play the role of \u201cSartaj Singh\u201d in the series.<\/p>\n<p>It will be produced in partnership with Phantom Films and be available to streaming giant\u2019s over 100 million members in over 190 countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContent in the digital space is taking over the existing dynamics at a rapid pace &#8211; the crown in the digital empire lies with Netflix, and it\u2019s extremely satisfying to partner and participate in the first original series from India to be showcased on Netflix,\u201d the actor said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaif Ali Khan is a true pioneer and risk-taker in Indian cinema, and we could not be more delighted to be working with him on \u2018Sacred Games,\u2019\u201d said Erik Barmack, the vice president of international original series at Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis role is layered and complex, and we are thrilled to be working with such a fantastic actor to bring this story to a global audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series, to be shot on location in India, will delve into the city\u2019s intricate web of organized crime, corruption, politics and espionage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saif Ali Khan arrives for IIFA Rocks, July 14, at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, during the 18th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Festival. (Angela Weiss\/AFP\/Getty Images) Saif Ali Khan has joined Netflix\u2019s first India-set original series \u201cSacred Games,\u201d which is based on author Vikram Chandra\u2019s best-selling novel. The National award-winning actor,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/saif-becomes-first-major-bollywood-star-to-lead-netflix-series\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[750,33,139,161,3553,3551,3550,147,3552],"class_list":["post-17239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-netflix","tag-bollywood","tag-entertainment","tag-hollywood","tag-phantom-films","tag-sacred-games","tag-saif-ali-khan","tag-siliconeer","tag-vikram-chandra"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}