Pankaj Tripathi to play the main antagonist in 'Sacred Games' season 2?

Actor Pankaj Tripathi had a successful 2017 with multiple releases that even won him a National Award for his film 'Newton'. The year 2018 already seen him in some interesting projects including Tamil film 'Kaala','Angrezi Mein Kehte Hai', 'Phamous', 'Kaalakandi', Punjabi film 'Harjeeta' and very recently in Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane's series 'Sacred Games' on Netflix. The series is divided into 8 episodes and has Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, Neeraj Kabi, Kubra Sait, and Luke Kenny in the star cast along with Tripathi. 

While a lot of these actors had a lot of screen time in the series, one barely got to see Pankaj Tripathi in two episodes, even though his character was a prominent one in the story. Also see: Kubbra Sait, Kukkoo of 'Sacred Games' talks to WION on playing a transgender and the nudity in the show. 

The series ends at a point where it has the potential of a second season where Tripathi's character can be explained further. News has it that the makers have already roped him to play the main antagonist in season 2 where he will be more dreaded and fearless than Nawazuddin in season 1. 'Sacred Games' review

'Sacred Games' is set in Mumbai with multiple twists and turns in each episode takes Vikram Chandra's novel adaptation to a great height. The first season had a cliffhanger ending so one hopes that Tripathi's role will be more fleshed out in the second season.