Sacred Games: Pankaj Tripathi joins cast of Netflix crime series in South Africa to shoot Season 2

Pankaj Tripathi has commenced shooting for the second season of Sacred Games in South Africa, Mid-day  reports. The versatile actor had a successful 2018 with his performance in Stree , receiving considerable praise. Sacred Games also set new benchmarks in web-series viewing in India in 2018. Featuring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Saif Ali Khan and Radhika Apte among many others, Sacred Games season 1 showed brief portions of Tripathi’s character, who will be dealt with in detail in the second season. [caption id=“attachment_4816071” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Pankaj Tripathi as Guruji in Netflix’s Sacred Games. The actor will have more screen space in Season 2. Image via Twitter[/caption] Season 2 directors Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane have also geared up for a full-fledged South African schedule. Pankaj Tripathi was featured as one of Ganesh Gaitonde’s (played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui) ‘masters’. As per sources, Tripathi is scheduled to have a more pivotal and meatier role in the second season. Vikram Chandra’s novel, which was the inspiration behind Sacred Games, places Tripathi’s character as a crucial role. Pankaj will be completing his portions in Cape Town and will then continue shooting in Mumbai for the remaining scenes. Tripathi was also part of Amazon Prime’s  Mirzapur , which saw the actor don the hat of a deadly gangster Kaleen Bhaiya.