Why Netflix green-lit Sacred Games 2?

Ted Sarandos

Asked to respond to this move, Netflix chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, currently in Mumbai, told mid-day, "It [the decision] has absolutely nothing to do with House Of Cards, or anything else. There are individual cases, with separate circumstances, and different people [involved]. They're all very tough calls. And we take them all very seriously. In the case of Sacred Games, there was an investigation. And we were comfortable with the outcome of going forward with Anurag and Vikram."

Reiterating a zero-tolerance policy on sexual harassment matters at Netflix, Sarandos said, "Our fundamental belief is that people should always feel safe and respected at work. The only thing we can control is those working in our offices, and on our sets." He added, "There is the same sexual-harassment training that happens in our productions anywhere in the world; has always been. The most difficult thing is the 'not knowing part'. And then you find out, and during the process of it [an allegation] coming out, you want to immediately address it."

A still from Sacred Games

The second season of India's first Netflix original series, Sacred Games, had first been announced in September, but came under the scanner, also because of an anonymous online sexual harassment charge levelled against Varun Grover, one of the writers of the show. Post a probe, Grover continues to remain associated with the critically acclaimed crime-thriller, based on Vikram Chandra's novel of the same name.

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