Actor Rana Daggubati says about sharing the screen with his uncle actor Venkatesh for the first time, “If we both were to collaborate, it had to be special and dramatic, nothing generic and cliched.” in web series Rana Naiduan adaptation of the American television series ray donovanIn , Rana plays a Mumbai-based fixer named Rana Naidu who bails film personalities out of trouble; Venkatesh plays Naga Naidu, his father who causes trouble for the family. The series, directed by Karan Anshuman and Suparn Varma, was shot in Hindi and will stream in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam on Netflix from March 10.
I’m talking about drama Rana Naidu, Venkatesh says, “We don’t share a typical father-son relationship in this story in which I sing as a father character, raising a child, he gets into trouble and then I He has to be protected.” Naga Naidu’s unpredictable, sometimes volatile character would be in stark contrast to Venkatesh’s amiable characters in Telugu family dramas. “The young generation who might have seen me only in plays visible or humor F2 And F3 You will be surprised by the bold moves of the character.
While Venkatesh is eager to know the audience’s reaction to the tussle between him and Rana, he says the series needed something encouraging and convincing to get them on board: “I’m glad Rana and Netflix have signed me on.” Convinced.”
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In the last decade, some of the collaborations done by Venkatesh are as follows – Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu with Mahesh Babu; Spices with Ram Pothineni; Gopal Gopal With Pawan Kalyan; F2 And F3 with Varun Tej; And Venky Mama With Naga Chaitanya.
The actor is also a part of Salman Khan’s Hindi film someone’s brother someone’s life,
Notable collaborations of Rana are bahubali movies with prabhas Bhimla Nayak With Pawan Kalyan.
“The timing was just right,” reflects Rana. “Nobody knew what we were doing during the pandemic. I liked the story idea and agreed to the project. My dad (producer Suresh Babu) and Venky went to the sets one morning, and my dad told me, ‘Hey, there are so many bad people (characters) here’. I told him that this story is about rough and tumble characters.
Rana Daggubati turns fixer for film personalities in web series ‘Rana Naidu’ Photo Credit: Saurabh Paul/Netflix
When asked to play the role of Naga Naidu, Venkatesh told people around him about the story and his character and saw the enthusiasm among the youth. He decided to take a leap of faith. “If I didn’t take risks, I wouldn’t be able to challenge myself as an actor.”
The trailer shows Rana and Venkatesh at each other’s throats, a stark contrast to the warmth they share in real life. Switching to beast mode was easy, says Venkatesh. “Since I was doing something different, I wanted to jump in and see what it looked like.”
The actors admitted that speaking rough lines in Hindi was easy. When he started dubbing in Telugu, it was too close to home and made him uncomfortable. “I asked the directors to tone down a few things,” says Venkatesh.
In his career spanning 37 years, Venkatesh has mainly been associated with feel-good family dramas. Director Sudha Kongara Teachertamil movie remake Irudhi Sutrahad her portray a tough-as-a-boxing coach, a process she described as “refreshing”, as Sudha pushed her to go beyond her comfort zone. Rana NaiduVenkatesh says, pushing him to the limits.
Rana says that he was excited to see Venkatesh on the sets. “I always wanted her to do something wacky; It was fun to watch him play the role of a mean guy.
Actors Rana Daggubati and Venkatesh during the trailer launch of ‘Rana Naidu’ | Photo Credit: ANI
ray donovan Seven seasons and one movie. Karan Anshuman and Suparn Verma have adapted the story to the Indian context. The actors say the family bonds and crimes explored here have a different energy than the original. There is also a Hyderabad-Mumbai connection to the characters of Rana and Venkatesh. Rana says, “Karan has a way of making the story darker than the original,” and adds that the new seasons will start after the response to the first season. The series also stars Surveen Chawla, Suchitra Pillai, Rajini Basumatary and Gaurav Chopra.
The web series experience was completely new for both the actors. Rana admits that it took him a few days to orient himself to the long-form material and keep track of the continuity that was required to carry a character through multiple episodes. “There was an abundance of learning for me. Our film-oriented brains visualize the story and characters for two to three hours. The kind of emotions you get to portray in multiple episodes is amazing. Rana Naidu is a complex character. For the first 15 days on the set, I was completely blank. One night, I was told that I would shoot three scenes with one actor and they are for the first, ninth and tenth episodes. I had 54 pages (of the script) and I tried to make it simple. Marked the parts where I cross paths with that character.
Venkatesh says he went with the flow and things went well. He requested the producers to let him record the dialogues in sync sound as he was not comfortable miming and speaking his lines in Hindi simultaneously. “I worked on my expressions. Naga is incredible. For example there’s a scene where his wife opens the door and when you see him looking at you, you don’t know what he’s thinking and can you trust him. From being polite to being messy, there are many sides to this man. Some excerpts might even make you root for this bad guy.
Will uncle and nephew be ready for more cooperation? “Maybe next time we’ll do a mainstream action drama,” says Venkatesh. Rana chips in, “Or we can continue working on multiple seasons of this Rana Naidu,
(Rana Naidu streams on Netflix March 10)