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Netflix's 'Rana Naidu': Rana Daggubati, Venkatesh joined by Arjun Rampal in season 2, to release on this date
Back in 2023, in an exclusive interview with Firstpost, Daggubati and Chawla spoke about the show, the legendary actor mentioned above, and their first memories of Mumbai. read more
The fixer is back — and so is the storm he leaves in his wake. Rana Naidu returns for a second season on June 13, diving deeper into the chaos of family, power, and personal demons. After becoming one of Netflix India's breakout hits of 2023, the series is set to raise the stakes with more betrayal, reckoning, and high-octane drama. Produced by Sunder Aaron and Locomotive Global, the series is created by Karan Anshuman and directed by Karan Anshuman, Suparn S. Varma, and Abhay Chopra.
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Featuring a powerhouse ensemble — Rana Daggubati, Venkatesh Daggubati, Arjun Rampal, Surveen Chawla, Kriti Kharbanda, Sushant Singh, Abhishek Banerjee, and Dino Morea — Rana Naidu Season 2 is ready to deliver a storm. With the family equations getting even more complicated and loyalties tested, the Naidus are just getting started.
Back in 2023, in an exclusive interview with Firstpost, Daggubati and Chawla spoke about the show, the legendary actor mentioned above, and their first memories of Mumbai.
On his character
Rana said, 'It's a hyper real world, that's not how real stuff happens, if it's real it would be like a documentary. It's pretty boring. I remember Karan telling me the story he heard from people on what they assume about the entertainment world what the political world looks like what the corrupt world looks like there is a certain heightenedness in all of this. And that's it. I'm the guy that's fixing their problems. It's all done in a manner that is socially correct info that they call Rana.'
He added, 'I came here for the first time as a kid for sure. There was a hotel in Juhu which is now shut, and I went to a restaurant right across that hotel. At that time, Mohra had released. I met Suniel Shetty's body double who was working in that restaurant. That's actually my first memory of Bombay (smiles). It's pretty fascinating but that's the first thing I remember.'
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