Nawazuddin Siddiqui performs Ganesh Gaitonde in Sacred games 2, which can begin streaming on Netflix from August 15.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who’s returning as Ganesh Gaitonde, a Mumbai don with God-complex in Sacred games 2, says he’s not judgemental concerning the morality of his characters.
Gaitonde, together with his trigger-happy swagger and dialogues resembling “Kabhi kabhi lagta hai apun hello bhagwan hai” (Typically I feel I’m God), has acquired a cult following amongst Siddiqui’s followers, one thing, the actor says, wouldn’t have been doable if the character was a very good man.
“I don’t assume what Gaitonde is doing within the present is morally proper or mistaken. To me it’s about fulfilling the demand of the character, be it the (vibrant) language he makes use of or different issues. I’d not say, ‘I can’t do that or that’ as a result of I’m being beloved and revered a lot in actual life,” Siddiqui advised PTI in an interview.
If something, the actor says, such components give him an opportunity to reinvent and break a longtime picture.
“I don’t consider in having a goodie-goodie picture. There ought to be no hypocrisy. I’m not judgemental. I don’t query something as Nawaz about what Gaitonde does. It’s a character, it’s his story, it’s his life. I’ve to belief the imaginative and prescient of the director, author and the staff for the character.”
The Netflix India authentic, primarily based on Vikram Chandra’s guide of the identical identify, centres primarily round two essential characters – Mumbai Police officer Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali Khan), who’s making an attempt to save lots of the town from a doable assault and Gaitonde, who ideas him off simply earlier than mysteriously killing himself.
The second season, which premieres on August 15, will choose up from the place the primary half ended. Siddiqui says it was simpler to slide into the character as he had already performed it for some time.
“There is no such thing as a one like him in actual life that I got here throughout. However I can assume that there are individuals like him. Even in the event you dislike him, there are two-three good issues in him – he loves Mumbai, he doesn’t consider in faith and he trusts everybody.
“It’s a gray character, not black solely. Based on Gaitonde, he’s proper and based on others, he’s mistaken. He perhaps mistaken however he’s sincere to what he’s doing.
“When you may have completed one thing earlier than, there may be some sort of familiarity however you need to additionally ensure you don’t take something without any consideration and be comfortable. The character is identical, the state of affairs is totally different however one simply has to maintain the momentum going.”
In season one, it was important for Siddiqui to grasp the world of Gaitonde – each internally and externally.
“Second season is extra inner. Gaitonde is a sophisticated character. It’s for the primary time that I had the chance to delve deep into a personality. It was an incredible expertise.”
The actor says whereas the makers have been assured about how the present will pan out, he didn’t anticipate that Gaitonde would grow to be so widespread, particularly with worldwide audiences.