Rana Daggubati says Rana Naidu is ‘a dark reality of my real life': ‘This show is actually a biopic'
In 2023, Rana Daggubati and Venkatesh Daggubati shared screen space in the Netflix series Rana Naidu. A month later, the makers of the show renewed the crime drama for a second season. Now, with Rana Naidu Season 2 all set to premiere on June 13, Rana Daggubati shared that the series is 'like a dark reality of my real life'.
Speaking to NDTV, Rana said, 'I haven't said this before, but this show is actually a biopic in some sense. It is like a dark reality of my real life.'
He explained, 'In India, we work in entertainment, we work in the media in some form, which is a very unstructured style. We are a country that has 10-12 different industries. We speak many more languages than that. In this structure, you have to be fluid to be able to fix things constantly. There will always be trouble, you will always have to fix things that's always a parallel with the show.'
According to Rana Daggubati, Rana Naidu Season 2 will revolve around the dysfunctional family trying to get functional and see if normal order can come in their life. However, the past catches up.
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The show will also feature actors Kriti Kharbanda and Arjun Rampal. During the interview, Kriti shared her excitement on doing a project like Rana Naidu.
The actor said, 'I was extremely excited about doing this. I couldn't sleep the night before my first day. It was very exciting for me because no one has ever offered me something like this.'
She added that the role is a stark contrast to who she is in real life. 'It is very contrasting to the kind of person I am in real life. For me, that was so exciting that finally someone's offering me something different. That was just amazing.'
Rana Naidu is the official adaptation of the 2013 American crime drama series Ray Donovan.
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