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EXCLUSIVE! Rana Daggubati on Netflix’s Rana Naidu Season 2: ‘This time the story is more personal and the stakes…’ | Not Just Bollywood

Lachmi Deb Roy • June 10, 2025, 15:40:19 IST
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In an EXCLUSIVE interview with Firstpost’s Lachmi Deb Roy for Not Just Bollywood, Rana Daggubati talks about Netflix’s Rana Naidu Season 2, coming back after two years and more.

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EXCLUSIVE! Rana Daggubati on Netflix’s Rana Naidu Season 2: ‘This time the story is more personal and the stakes…’ | Not Just Bollywood
EXCLUSIVE! Rana Daggubati on Netflix’s Rana Naidu Season 2: ‘This time the story is more personal and the stakes…’ | Not Just Bollywood

Rana Daggubati made his OTT debut with Netflix’s Rana Naidu Season 1. In an EXCLUSIVE interview with Firstpost, he talks about how the show has evolved, working with the team and more.

Edited excerpts from the interview:

How does it feel to come back after a gap of over two years?

It’s a character that got so much love, so much appreciation and it had such a large audience. Being able to live that one more time is fun. This time the story is more personal and the stakes are higher. It is much more fun and it is exciting to get back.

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Rana you made your OTT debut with Netflix ’s Rana Naidu  Season 1 two years back… was it a conscious decision?

When I did it for the first time, I didn’t know enough of it to miss it. Rana Naidu was a pandemic idea. We also run cinemas and all of them were shut and I have a FOMO problem. So, I was like ‘How do I be a part of a show?’ The Bombay film industry has done a lot more shows. The south is prevalent also. In the south we had no reference to it. A bunch of directors came together and tried to write a series. None of us knew how to do this. Sundar was the first to connect for the license of an International show. From there the group got together. Karan Anshumann got on board and I got excited.

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What do you have to say about your journey with Rana Naidu?

The show is about a family, but it is the most dysfunctional family there could be. It played out in the long format in very beautiful ways. These are the people you want to keep knowing. This is something you can never recreate in a movie. In this landscape, it’s almost like a life journey. And that was the reason why it was so exciting for me to do it. I’m really happy that season one did really well and we continue the journey.

On the look of the show and the characters 

It starts with the writing because the brief is so clear. Karan is extremely detailed in that way. He has been so specific about every minute thing including the brand of the watch of the character was also mentioned in the script.

WATCH the trailer of Netflix’s Rana Naidu Season 2 here:

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Lachmi Deb Roy is the Entertainment Editor of Firstpost, Network18. She reviews films and series with a gender lens. She is a 'Rotten Tomatoes' certified critic. Her interviews are called 'Not Just Bollywood' because she takes a huge interest in world cinema. She has been the winner of the prestigious Laadli Media and Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity for two consecutive years, 2020 and 2021. OTT over theatrical releases is her preference unless and until it's a King Khan film. She takes interest in fashion, food and art reviews too. see more

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