Since Saif Ali Khan’s Sartaj Singh lost his thumb on season one, every time the actor would shoot with Amruta Subhash for Sacred Games 2, he would tell her.

Today, Amruta is thrilled that her portrayal of RAW agent Kusum Devi Yadav aka KDY on the show has received love, acclaim, and ironically, several thumbs ups.

On the Netflix India original Sacred Games season two, Amruta, as the Kenya-based RAW agent, uses Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s gangster Gaitonde for the larger good of the country, until he snaps out and everything crashes.

Amruta’s portions feature in both, the past directed by Anurag Kashsyap and present, helmed by Neeraj Ghaywan, where her character undergoes a huge transformation from a young powerful agent to an aged powerless woman.

“The feedback has been great. People have started calling me Yadav Saab now. The way the character was shaped up in the writing is the reason why it worked. You might be a good actor but if you don’t have good content, you can’t do anything,” Amruta told PTI.

“I have said no to more work than accepted. Good content is my lover. I can’t have a relationship with bad content. In that sense, I have had fewer relationships.”

“Portions with Neeraj were more challenging because of the age factor. I had to portray KDY in a different zone and it was challenging for me to capture that. I had many inhibitions because it was in a totally different zone.”

When asked, what does that phase do to her emotionally, the actor said, “It’s very frustrating when, once you were powerful but now you can’t do the work because you’re powerless. At the same time, in her challenged conditions, she helps Sartaj.