Sacred Games actor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been roped in to play the lead role in Netflix's upcoming film, Serious Men. After Sacred Games, this will be Siddique's second outing with the internet entertainment service.

Netflix's Serious Men is an adaptation of Manu Joseph's book of the same name and will be directed by Sudhir Mishra. Produced by Bombay Fables and Cineraas Entertainment, the film is about a wily slum dweller, who cons the country into believing his dim-witted 10-year-old son is a genius, to realise that the only victim of his dangerous game is his son.