"Playing Jojo Was Emotionally Exhausting", Says "Sacred Games 2" Star Surveen Chawla

Vaishnavi Gavankar |Aug 09, 2019

The first season of Netflix’s first India original was directed by Anurag and Vikramaditya Motwane, who also served as its showrunner.

Popular TV actress Surveen Chawla who has surprised us with her upcoming Sacred Games 2 appearance. Surveen will be a feature in the Sacred Games 2 which is going to launch their second season on 15 August. Surveen Chawla says her Sacred Games 2 character Jojo was so emotionally challenging that she wanted to run away from it.

Surveen Chawla, who was pregnant at the time of the shooting, said she was confused about Jojo while playing her in the first season but at the same time, she empathized with her.

Talking about her character Jojo, Surveen Chawla had said, “Jojo is somebody who is not afraid of Gaitonde - she is just amazing. In season 2, I think you are going to find out why. She has a tremendous impact on Gaitonde’s life in every way.”

“This is an analysis I did only a few weeks ago, while I was reflecting upon Jojo when I went to dub some portions. I realized how damaged she was! I asked Anurag (Kashyap), ‘Why did she do this?’ I realized, while I was shooting, I was confused and I let the character be without trying to find logic as to why she was doing that,” Surveen Chawla told PTI.

"It was difficult to play Jojo at a time when I was pregnant. You are trying to find an end to your emotions and you don’t have it. It is not the best place to be in when you are pregnant. I wanted to sometimes just run away from it.” The first season of Netflix’s first India original was directed by Anurag and Vikramaditya Motwane, who also served as its showrunner.

For season two, Anurag is joined by Neeraj Ghaywan to helm the series featuring Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the lead. Surveen said her trust in Anurag Kashyap as a director was one of the reasons for her to say yes to the role.

“I have worked with Anurag in the past and I trust him. If he asks me to jump, I will ask him how high? That’s it… The season one length didn’t matter to me. I had absolute confidence in the fact that they were going to do something fantastic with her,” she said. The show starts on steaming on August 15.