Up to date on: Aug 21, 2025 09:10 pm IST
Pratik Gandhi, who performs a spy in Netflix’s Saare Jahan Se Accha, talks concerning the present’s distinctive characterisation.
For Pratik Gandhi, his new present, Saare Jahan Se Accha is extra spy drama than a thriller. “That drama is a giant half as a result of we’re coping with complicated human feelings,” he tells us, explaining what separates the Netflix collection from the overpopulated style of spy thrillers in vogue at present. Pratik spoke to HT together with the present’s creators about its distinctive house and method.
Protecting it actual
Saare Jahan Se Accha tells the story of a RAW agent in Pakistan within the Nineteen Seventies, whose mission is to stop the nation from turning into an atomic energy. Based mostly on true occasions, the present provides up the swanky Bond and Pathaan-style narrative of espionage for one grounded in realism. The present’s creator, Gaurav Arora, explains, “The hyper-realistic fashion is to point out a really trendy spy with handsome girls and in unique areas. My try was to maintain it very actual and to point out their ache and stress.”
What separates Saare Jahan Se Accha from different spy dramas is the way it treats the ‘enemy’. Its depiction of ISI brokers and Pakistani Military officers as people as an alternative of one-dimensional characters has been famous. Sejal Shah, the producer, explains, “The thought was to not make a spectacle however to inform a narrative pushed by the characters. And that’s what we’ve right here, characters who’ve a narrative – and either side have tales.”
Not James Bond
Pratik performs Vishnu within the present, an Indian spy embedded in Pakistan. Speaking about taking part in an everyman spy, he says, “James Bond was my first-ever introduction to spies. I all the time felt that anybody who performs a spy on display screen will likely be a really flashy, flamboyant man, very charming. He can do something. He’s virtually a superhero. That was my preliminary understanding in my growing-up days. However I would not name this collection a spy thriller. It’s a spy drama. That makes it completely contemporary for me as an actor.”
Saare Jahan Se Accha additionally stars Sunny Hinduja, Tillotama Shome, Anup Soni, Kritika Kamra, and Suhail Nayyar. The present is presently streaming on Netflix.
