- Many of them don't know that it is made based on the novel of Vikram Chandra’s Sacred Games.
- The series is based in Mumbai, India and focuses on the lives of the rich, famous and the criminal.
- A number of the historical references to crime, politics, corruption, gangsters, religion and police are all real.
- The novel and series are set against the historical backdrop of the 1993 Bombay Bombings.
- It tells about the rise of Shiv Sen party in Bombay.