Season two of Rana Daggubatti and Venkatesh-starrer ‘Rana Naidu’ has officially been announced. The first season went on to become a fan favourite, with both the actors playing new characters. An adaptation of the popular American drama ‘Roy Donovan,’ the series is helmed by Karan Anshuman and Suparn Verma.
While the season two announcement did not reveal many details, it promised to return “soon.” Using footage from the previous season, the video has been edited to intrigue fans. The video thanks people for their love and says “Rana will be back.” The post's caption read, “Don’t worry, the Naidus are coming back to sort all your kiri kiri #RanaNaidu season 2 coming soon!”
Daggubati shared that he had been waiting for the last few years to venture into long-form content but wasn’t getting the “right story.” He also shared that the call for 'Rana Naidu' came to him first, and Venkatesh offered to be a part of the show.
“I didn’t have to convince him. He was actually curious about what I was up to during Covid. When everyone had no work, I was on zoom calls, connecting with this team about the show. And then as soon as he saw the show (Ray Donovan), he asked me ‘who’s playing your dad’. When I told him that we are still working on it, he said I would like to do it. I was like, here we go,” he said.
Talking about his uncle Venkatesh and seeing him shed his image, Daggubati said, “Apart from being his nephew, I am also his huge fan. I have watched his films closely over the years. As a fan, as a viewer, I also wanted him to do something new. There’s an image that he’s built that’s so strong. We know that this is the kind of film he’ll do, this kind of audience will come, it will do certain numbers. And thus it was bliss to watch him in 'Rana Naidu'. It will show a different version of him.. that’s wild. It’s also hard because people have seen him in a certain way for so many years. This is a new leap and thus very exciting, hope everyone likes it.”
‘Rana Naidu’ also stars Surveen Chawla, Sushant Singh, Abhishek Banerjee, Gaurav Chopra, Ashish Vidyarthi and Rajesh Jais, among others.