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In its treatment, Sacred Games diverges significantly from the book that inspired it

In the first scene of the newly released Netflix adaptation of Vikram Chandra’s novel, Sacred Games, Jojo Mascarenhas’ (played by Surveen Chawla) Pomeranian is thrown outside an apartment building by her consort Ganesh Gaitonde (played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui). In the original novel, the poor creature is thrown out of a moving car, which does not make it less painful, but at least on the page, one is spared the harrowing cries of the dying animal.

That first scene encapsulates this Phantom Pictures’ adaptation. Take what you need from the original, pack it with darkness to give it the aura of respectability,