Many of the characters who died in the last season are returning for a flashback story, so now the audience will get to see much more of their favorite characters, once again. And their returns have been decided keeping in mind the demand of the script, in short the characters vital for Gaitonde's journey only, will be returning.
Radhika Apte was one of the central character of the plot who died abruptly; was greatly missed by the audience but sadly her character is not returning back. As far as Sartaj's plot is concerned he again will be standing alone in his mission.
Talking about the crux, religion is the X factor of the season. Anurag reveals, "It’s built around how power has always used religion; the role of religion in a whole lot of things and how it gets misused." The plot is now opening up along side the novel's narrative. This will actually change a lot of things, says the maker. We are definitely rooting for this.
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