<p class="title">He is one of the first mainstream actors to dabble into the digital platform and Saif Ali Khan believes his stint in a web series is only a way forward, not a step down.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 47-year-old actor, who features in Netflix's upcoming original show "Sacred Games", said he felt liberated as a performer while working on the web series.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It (web series) is not any way the come down, it is a step in new direction (for me as an actor). It is very liberating as an actor to have a platform (like Netflix) to act in," Saif told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The actor said web series is the next in-thing today and he "jumped at the idea" of doing one when he was offered the project.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"There is a certain quality to Netflix, it is not (typical). It has an international feel to it. Also, Vikramaditya Motwane is a wonderful director, and is a responsible show runner.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He is comparing us to 'House of Cards'. It is going to be the best show coming out of India and I am hopeful everyone will be proud of it," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The series is based on Vikram Chandra's novel of the same name, which will be directed by Motwane and Anurag Kashyap.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saif, who has already started shooting, said he has read some parts of the book and the series is quite different.</p>.<p class="bodytext">For the actor working on a film set and web series has been a completely different experience.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It has been incredibly hectic because we did not use any lights. It was a 12-hour-day it felt like a 15-hour-day, without much lunch break and all, and you are on your feet. On a film set for a 12-hour-day you get break for half-and-hour or so, lighting change and all that, but here it was relentless," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The web series also stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika Apte and Saif said when you work with talented actors like them it ups your game. </p>
<p class="title">He is one of the first mainstream actors to dabble into the digital platform and Saif Ali Khan believes his stint in a web series is only a way forward, not a step down.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 47-year-old actor, who features in Netflix's upcoming original show "Sacred Games", said he felt liberated as a performer while working on the web series.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It (web series) is not any way the come down, it is a step in new direction (for me as an actor). It is very liberating as an actor to have a platform (like Netflix) to act in," Saif told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The actor said web series is the next in-thing today and he "jumped at the idea" of doing one when he was offered the project.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"There is a certain quality to Netflix, it is not (typical). It has an international feel to it. Also, Vikramaditya Motwane is a wonderful director, and is a responsible show runner.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He is comparing us to 'House of Cards'. It is going to be the best show coming out of India and I am hopeful everyone will be proud of it," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The series is based on Vikram Chandra's novel of the same name, which will be directed by Motwane and Anurag Kashyap.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saif, who has already started shooting, said he has read some parts of the book and the series is quite different.</p>.<p class="bodytext">For the actor working on a film set and web series has been a completely different experience.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It has been incredibly hectic because we did not use any lights. It was a 12-hour-day it felt like a 15-hour-day, without much lunch break and all, and you are on your feet. On a film set for a 12-hour-day you get break for half-and-hour or so, lighting change and all that, but here it was relentless," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The web series also stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika Apte and Saif said when you work with talented actors like them it ups your game. </p>