Sacred Games 2 leaked online just hours after its release! Details below…

Netflix Original’s Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddique starrer Sacred Games 2 leaked…

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Netflix’s Sacred Games gained a lot of love and recognition from the audience when its season 1 was released in June 2018. The show that stars Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, Pankaj Tripathi in pivotal roles, gained huge popularity over the time, so much that the fans were excited for the second season. 

After the much-anticipated wait, Netflix finally released the season 2 on 15th August at midnight. Everyone was excited to watch the further journey of Officer Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali Khan) and Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddique). But not only were the fans facing technical glitches but within a few hours of the crime drama dropping on the online streaming website, all its eight episodes were leaked online by Tamilrockers, a website that has earlier been involved in the piracy of several Bollywood films.

Apparently, Sacred Games’ season 2 is said to be the biggest investment any streaming service has made on original content in India, the company reportedly sanctioned a budget of Rs 100 crore for the Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer — this, when the highest investment on an Indian web show is estimated to be in the range of Rs 3-4 crore per episode for a 12-episode series.

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Trade pundit Girish Wankhede says that it spells trouble for the streaming giant, which expected a 20 per cent jump in its subscriber base of 1.2 million, courtesy the Anurag Kashyap and Neeraj Ghaywan-directed show. "The platform recently announced a unique mobile plan, which isn't available in any other country. This plan was introduced because the anticipation around the show was at an all-time high. 

"The early estimates showed that the company was expecting around 20 per cent increase in subscription. But with this leak, it has lost about five to seven per cent of potential subscribers. Considering subscription is one of the biggest means of revenue, the leak will create a dent."

Trade analyst Amod Mehra believes the turn of events will affect their existing user base as well. "Current subscribers may feel cheated and do a rethink before renewing their subscription. Sacred Games 2 was the company's chance to win new users. I think this is a big blow to Netflix and they need to act fast."

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Since early Thursday, Twitter has also been buzzing with avid fans complaining about the subtitles of the show marring the experience. Turns out, the subtitles in the second episode of the crime thriller were out of sync. Many fans complained that they could not binge-watch the season owing to this technical glitch.

Stay tuned for more updates!

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