Anurag Kashyap reacts to Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos’ take on Sacred Games

The filmmaker slammed the Netflix CEO for his “dumb” remark on Sacred Games.

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has reacted strongly with stern words for Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos after he made a statement on Sacred Games. Recently, the Netflix CEO appeared on Nikhil Kamath’s WTF podcast, where he discussed various topics, including the content on Netflix India, ranging from Sacred Games to Heeramandi, CID, and more. However, Ted’s remarks on Sacred Games seem not to have sat down well with Kashyap.

What did Ted Sarandos say about Sacred Games?

On Nikhil Kamath’s podcast, Ted Sarandos admitted that it took Netflix a few years to get it right in the Indian market. He said, “Our very first Indian original show was Sacred Games. And I thought, ‘This is going to be great. People in India love movies. This is a TV show that feels as big as a movie; it has movie stars.’ What’s interesting about it is that it was very, very novel, but what I didn’t understand that we were introducing a brand new kind of entertainment in a country the size of India.” He added, “For me if I did it all over again, would I have done Sacred Games a couple of years later and did things that were more populist (instead)? Maybe. But we knew that India was going to be a slower journey to get to where we wanted to get to. But it’s a great prize, at the end of the day. The addressable market is growing in the next couple of years in India, so it’s exciting.”

Anurag Kashyap lashes out at Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos.

The filmmaker lashed out at Sarandos on social media, calling him “dumb” for his take on Sacred Games. Anurag Kashyap shared a screengrab of a news report on Sarandos’ statement on Threads. He wrote, “He should have started with Saas Bahu .. he would have done well. Which he is doing now, Z I always knew the tech guys are dumb when it comes to storytelling, but tedsarandos is the definition of dumb, is what I didn’t know. Good to discover that. This explains everything now.”