• Shireen Honmode

Sacred Games is Netflix’s first Indian original series and it is a revolution in the face of Indian shows and television programs. It is important to understand this series because it has opened a market for Indian television series on Netflix in India. In this show, the narration of the city’s representation becomes the focal point to understand the relationship between cop-gangster-city which is a common concept but the way it is depicted is in the form of seasons and episodes. It deals with the aspect of the portrayals of gendered politics, women, patriarchy, communal violence, gangsters, politicians, mafia, businessmen and the Mumbai Police. It also targets subjects of controversy like the relationship between lawmakers and breakers, religious violence, fake encounters, and corruption in the entertainment industry. Sacred Games stands out as a series from the rest because, of its narrative style and its unique portrayals of city, characters, themes and plot lines. To understand Sacred Games as a web series, an in-depth content analysis method for each episode is used. This research paper is an analysis to understand what makes this Indian Tv series Sacred Games different in terms of the plot structure and narrative style and representation of characters and city.

Sacred games, web series, narrative style, Indian Web series, representation

"UNDERSTANDING THE INDIAN WEB SERIES AN ANALYSIS OF SACRED GAMES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.258-266, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906820.pdf

"UNDERSTANDING THE INDIAN WEB SERIES AN ANALYSIS OF SACRED GAMES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp258-266, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906820.pdf