Mumbai Aug 8 (IANS) After the success of "Sacred Games" its makers Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane engaged with fans through a Facebook Live on Reliance Entertainment s page on Wednesday.
Anurag talked about the liberty of the digital medium and the success of their maiden venture read a statement.
"Most of the doors have been closed to us so (we) have started pioneering ourselves be it YouTube or a studio. For the first time we are seeing the success of us and talking about it " said Anurag who has often locked horns with the Central Board of Film Certification.
While talking about the overwhelming response to "Sacred Games" Motwane said: "I am shocked and happily surprised how broad the show has gone. In the beginning you feel like Netflix is watched by just a group of people film lovers and show lovers and such people. On IMDb in one month it got more votes than Sanju and Dev. D Udaan ...Wasseypur and others."
"The fact that you can watch the show anywhere at any time legally is new. The freedom that people have started discovering is what s also driving the viewership well."
"Sacred Games" which is an adaptation based on Vikram Chandra s 2006 thriller novel of the same name is also the first Netflix Original from India.
Talking about the adaptation Motwane said: "We ve been true to the book though we ve changed a couple of things just a bit. We did all the changes with permission from the author of the book. I think the spirit of the show is exactly the same."
Anurag said Chandra was always with them. "Actually Vikram Chandra was very enthusiastic and gave us all the changes " he added.
Reliance Entertainment Phantom Films and Netflix s "Sacred Games" spans across eight episodes. It features Nawazuddin Siddiqui Saif Ali Khan and Radhika Apte.

--IANS nn/bg