New Delhi: Director Anurag Kashyap says he had initially reached out to Malayalam star Manju Warrier, known for films such as Rani Padmini, Ennum Eppozhum, and Odiyan, to play the role of RAW agent Kusum Devi Yadav in Netflix’s Sacred Games.

The filmmaker, who serves as Hindi version presenter of Warrier’s 2024 Malayalam movie Footage, said he also suggested Tamil star Nayanthara’s name to the streamer for the two-part web series.

Eventually, Amruta Subhash essayed the role in the second season of “Sacred Games”, which premiered in 2019.

“We were trying to get her (Warrier) for Amrita Subhash’s role… Different language actor… We were auditioning for ‘Sacred Games’. We gave them (Netflix) 3 options. We gave them an option of her, Nayanthara and one more person,” Kashyap told reporters during a roundtable interview here.

“At that time Netflix didn’t have an India office. So, everything was going to the US. And at that time OTT’s were not really looking at South films. They were not looking at the South market. They wanted an actress to be picked up from where their market is. It was limited to Maharashtra or anywhere. Their choices are always based........

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