Yayati was an ancestor of the Pandavas, who was cursed with premature old age for infidelity. This is where a storm starts brewing in Gaitonde and he becomes the personification of Rudra. The city is angry because of the Bombay bomb blasts. He is angry about his wife's death - about getting thrown into jail and beaten up. Rudra is a deity supposed to the mightiest warrior, and oft considered an impersonification of 'terror'.Īccording to Vijesh Rajan, This episode also is about Gaitonde's rising anger. This is the episode where Sartaj Singh gives up his anxiety over the Bengali Bura case to pursue, and ultimately kill the boy who kills Constable Kalekar, Sartaj's police partner. Pretakalpa refers to the last rites read at a person's demise, to describe the fate of a person's soul after death. This is the story that tells Sartaj what cops are meant to be - which changes Sartaj’s mind and causes him to betray Anjali. Sartaj’s father spent 2-3 days looking for a Parsi’s dog. Sartaj’s mother tells him about the story of a lost dog. Zoya’s dog dies in the beginning and in this episode, she exacts revenge. She is usually associated with Indra and is supposed to have helped him recover divine dogs.Īccording to Vijesh Rajan, As per our conversations with Varun, this episode has a lot to do with dogs. Sarama refers to mythological being considered as the mother of all dogs. This could refer to how Ganesh Gaitonde's (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) life changes when he becomes a part of religion-driven communal killings because he is a Brahmin himself. However, he could not accept the guilt of killing a Brahmin, and ultimately the guilt was shared by 3 female forms - the Earth, the Woman, and the Forest, to absolve him. In a fit of rage, Lord Indra had murdered Visvarupa, a Brahmin. But then again, the character Bunty could also be considered the symbol of communalism, divide - that demon which goes into Gaitonde’s stomach and bursts out. Episode 3: Atapi VatapiĪtapi and Vatapi were two demon brothers who would trick travelers with temptation for food, and then own their soul.Īccording to Vijesh Rajan, In our conversations with the head writer Varun Grover, we realized that this could also be a symbolic representation of the Badriya brothers. It could refer to the bio-hazard revealed at the end of the show, which will supposedly destroy Mumbai city. Released during The Samudra Manthana, Halahala was apparently a deadly poison that could destroy all creation. Not only is he alive in the beginning after most of the people he cared about died, his voice is omnipresent in the remainder of the season - making him immortal. Supposed to be an avatar of Lord Shiva, he was gifted with the immortality and the ability to command lower being but cursed to watch everyone he loves dies.Īccording to Vijesh Rajan, In episode 01, Gaitonde calls himself Ashwathama.
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We spoke to Vijesh Rajan, Director of the Sacred Games title sequence and VFX supervisor on the upcoming Netflix series Ghoul, and basis the discussion, here's a look at what each of the emblem signifies.Īshwathama was a legendary warrior in the Hindu epic mythology Mahabharata. #sacredgamesĪ post shared by Aniruddh Mehta on at 3:53am PDT Broadly, each emblem actually represents a contemporary take on ancient Hindu stories, and 'are directly derived from the show's episode titles'. Each emblem is a contemporary take on stories from various ancient Hindu scriptures, mixing modern design elements with characters from the Indus Valley Civilisation, and are directly derived from the show’s episode titles which were coined by the show’s writer, Varun Grover. Can’t thank the Plexus Motion team enough for having me on board!!. Stoked to finally share the individual episode title designs for Sacred Games.