Mumbai: Celebrated author Paulo Coelho has recommended ‘Sacred Games’ to his Twitter followers and lauded actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s work in the Netflix India Original series.
Coelho Saturday took to the microblogging site where he shared the link to the show, which also stars Saif Ali Khan.
“One of the best series on Netflix, with the great actor @Nawazuddin_S,” the bestselling writer said.
https://twitter.com/paulocoelho/status/1172580630326124549
Nawazuddin wrote back to Coelho, saying he read his book ‘The Alchemist’ and also watched the film ‘Veronika Decides to Die’ based on the writer’s novel of the same name.
“I have always been an ardent fan of your writing and it’s an honour to be noticed and mentioned by someone like you. I don’t have words to describe the feeling. Thank you,” the actor, who plays gangster Ganesh Gaitonde in the show, tweeted.
Sir @paulocoelho I hv read ur books The Alchemist & also watched d film 'Veronika decides to Die' based on ur novel I hv always been an ardent fan of ur writing & it's an honour 2 be noticed & mentioned by someone like you I don't have words to describe the feeling
Thank You 😊 https://t.co/wNyhg5ltog— Nawazuddin Siddiqui (@Nawazuddin_S) September 14, 2019
Based on Vikram Chandra’s award-winning book of the same name, the second season of ‘Sacred Games’ started streaming August 15.
PTI
