Sacred Games season 2 teaser: Pankaj Tripathi returns as bigger player Guruji Khanna

The long wait for Sacred Games season 2 is about to end soon as digital platform Netflix has released the first teaser. Pankaj Tripathi didn’t have much space in season one, but towards the end, it became clear that his character Guruji Khanna is perhaps the kingpin of the terror plot. The teaser of season 2 has made it amply clear that Guruji holds the strings of this deadly show.

The teaser begins with the visual of the protagonist Inspector Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali Khan), followed by Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), while Kalki Koechlin and Ranvir Shorey are the two new additions to the cast. We’ll know about their characters soon.  

Pankaj Tripathi sitting in a meditative pose, with the Sacred Games artwork forming a halo behind him is mysteriously omnious, and firmly establishes that he’s going to be the man who calls the shots in season 2.

Sacred Games sees Gaitonde's past story and the present tale of Sartaj trying to prevent a major terror attack in Mumbai city. The web-series is based on author Vikram Chandra's book of the same same.

Vikramaditya Motwane won't be directing Sartaj Singh’s story, but is still on the show as creative producer. Masaan (2015) director Neeraj Ghaywan has taken over from Motwane as the director, while Anurag Kashyap will continuing to helm Gaitonde’s story.

Netflix is likely to announce the release date of Sacred Games season 2 soon. Watch the teaser below.