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Netflix 'Rana Naidu Season 2' Review: Not just Rana Daggubati, but Venkatesh joined by Arjun Rampal add finesse to the show
Welcome to the dark, gritty world of Rana Naidu and this time it is not just Rana Daggubati, but Venkatesh joined by Arjun Rampal to make the show engaging and worth watching. read more
Director: Karan Anshuman, along with Suparn S. Varma and Abhay Chopra
Cast: Rana Daggubati, Venkatesh, Arjun Rampal, Kriti Kharbanda, Surveen Chawla, Sushant Singh, Abhishek Banerjee and Dino Morea
Netflix Rana Naidu Season 2 is not darker and gorier than Season 1, but definitely Season 2 has much more depth than Season 1. And that depth has been added by the performances of Venkatesh and Arjun Rampal to the show. The presence of these two actors has made the show bearable and has added a few layers to it; otherwise the show was all about fight and not much content.
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Rana Naidu (Rana Daggubati) has a dysfunctional family and all the members of his family are equally weird just like him. Though he considers himself to be the most sorted, he has his dark sides too. Season 2 adds to the chaos of family, power, and personal demons.
Rana Naidu is a story about a family, but barring just a few scenes, it fails to connect with the normal people of our country. But then, why are we even expecting it from Rana Naidu, when we all know that the show is all about high octane drama and eccentricity?
But we cannot deny uncle-nephew duo Venkatesh Daggubati and Rana Daggubati along with Arjun Rampal as the villain adds to the chaos. Rana Naidu, created for India by Karan Anshuman, along with Suparn S. Varma and Abhay Chopra is a high-octane crime drama. Adding to the crime is Rajat Kapoor and Kriti Kharbanda who are equally ruthless and cunning like Arjun Rampal and Rana Daggubati.
Unlike season one, where women had very little role to play, Kriti Kharbanda , plays the role of an equally sharp and self-assured business woman. And being self-assured is not a bad quality you see. Though often it is looked at as arrogance, it is way different from it. Here Kriti's character manoeuvres a lot of things and gets Rana to her side. She is an ambitious woman who wants to take over the family and has the calibre to do it.
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Packed with intense action and complex drama, Netflix's Rana Naidu Season 2 is a one-time watch, but it deserves every bit of your time; binge-watch it or sit through all the seven-episodes at one go, just the way I did. But will Rana Naidu's last fight save him from the clutches of the police?
Rating: 2 and half out of 5
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