New Delhi, June 06, 2025 (ANI) : Exclusive interview with actor Rana Daggubati, Kriti Kharbanda and director Karan Anshuman on their upcoming series 'Rana Naidu' Season 2. The new season of 'Rana Naidu' will be out on Netflix on June 13. On Tuesday, the streaming giant announced the show's release date with an intriguing poster
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00:00Action that's really up in this game. So yeah, I'm pretty excited. Are you excited?
00:06Yes. And in Season 2, are you all in Season 1?
00:11Yes, yes, of course. I'm a very big fan of Season 1.
00:14How excited?
00:15Very excited. Very thrilled. This is going to mark my OTT debut and I don't think I could have asked for a better team.
00:24I could have asked for anything better, to be honest, because it's been absolutely fantastic.
00:29I love that all my co-actors are so amazing, so talented. They've all done a splendid job.
00:36I'm working with some of the best creators in the country. I'm working with Karan, with Netflix.
00:41I'm a huge fan of Netflix. I think they have some of the best content.
00:44Please tell us about your role. Because I think that's the intrigue behind it.
00:56But if you want to tell me a little bit, my name is Alia Oberoi.
01:01Me and my family, we are new to Ran and I do in that world.
01:06But we are bringing our own world into the world of Ran and I do.
01:11As far as Alia Oberoi is concerned, she's unapologetic.
01:15She's cut-throat, extremely cut-throat. She's very ambitious.
01:21And yeah, I think that's a little bit about her.
01:25And Karan sir, Ran and I do when the scene of Ran and I do when I watch.
01:30That complexity which you create in an action genre, in your previous projects as well, what inspires you sir?
01:38In action, I've seen a simple character, you know, a hero is powerful, he doesn't attack much into the mass.
01:44But if you look at this series, I feel like, okay, there are layers of actors, villains of the family, everyone has layers.
01:52What inspires you to go so deep and so layering of the characters?
01:56Action is for fun, right?
01:58But what we are saying and telling stories is really a drama.
02:02I try to build on the, like a large cast and what we can deeply explore, it comes from that drama.
02:17And out of that, like if, you know, if we can use the genre of action to, you know, take it to the extreme, that's what I try to do.
02:29But it's always about how do we dig deep into relationships.
02:37So do you predict yourself in evolving the action genre in India?
02:43No, but...
02:44But definitely I think, you know, platforms like Netflix gives us a lot of opportunity because of the long format
02:58to explore things in a way and I've, I really enjoy telling a longer story.
03:04And, sir, you broke out of faith in Bahubani.
03:09That's what we have learned.
03:11That's what we see as a hero strong.
03:14But when you came as a villain, we were like, okay, who will kill this hero?
03:20So we have changed from Bahubani, you have changed with the character, the notion around negative character.
03:26A villain, he should be powerful, enough powerful to be a person, he needs a powerful hero as well.
03:33So changing this narrative in India, how much do you credit yourself?
03:38I think we should credit Rajamani for that.
03:40He always, yeah.
03:41Who's created the character that's so very large and I think any large fairytale story that you have to tell
03:50comes with a villain that's mega and powerful, I'm seeing whether it's science fiction like Star Wars where you have Darth Vader
03:57or if it's a Bahubali series that you have to follow.
04:00But still, you need, I mean, a round needs a round, a Batman needs a Joker.
04:06So I think that's what it means and I feel like India has taken to doing that now in a much more fantastic way.
04:13There are always actors who hit the negative chord and have done that.
04:18Like, take example for the early career of Mr. Sanjay, whether it's the Kalnayaks, the Vastavs of the world,
04:24you know, there was a certain energy and aura about a character that was negative.
04:28So I think the narrative has been there, it just became much larger and powerful.
04:33So that's a thought process when you did five years of training for the Bahubali.
04:38At that point we had no thought process actually.
04:41You were like, okay, we're making the biggest war film ever.
04:43And then we just kept doing it.
04:45So we didn't know much.
04:47They asked how long they shoot about it.
04:51Close to 500 days of this.
04:54500 days of this.
04:56500 days of this.
04:58No, the film was shot for a much longer period of time.
05:00The film was shot for like 100 days.
05:03And it was such a great character watching this.
05:07Are we gonna see something in this as well?
05:10I mean, this second season, there was a lot of action.
05:17And you know, in the first season, Rana, a fixer,
05:23the other problems were solved.
05:25But now, in this season,
05:27he tried to solve his own family and his own problems.
05:30And it's about how he solves that one thing, essentially.
05:43And, sir, our role in the movie series is Afish, sir.
05:58So, in your real life, Camila, you have had problems solved.
06:05So, who is your go-to person?
06:07You will leave here.
06:09And, sir, we have also seen,
06:13before, please correct me if I'm wrong.
06:17Before the debut, you started Spirit India.
06:20That was my first job, yes.
06:22Astronomical effects.
06:23Yeah.
06:24So, in the VFX.
06:25Yes.
06:26The time, now, we have seen the VFX animation up.
06:31Now, they are winning good.
06:32They are going global.
06:34But in 2005, in India.
06:36That's true.
06:37In 2005, you, before even going into the industry,
06:41you started as Spirit Media,
06:43which eventually went for, all we imagine,
06:46as Light Copan Distributed Media.
06:48What is this vision, sir?
06:50And what are you looking for in the Bollywood?
06:54Where do you see the Bollywood in the coming years?
06:57Because...
06:58See, to me, cinema is one.
07:00Language never mattered to me when I was watching it as a child.
07:04So, growing up and working in it also,
07:06it didn't matter which language it was from.
07:08And I feel there's a voice to all kinds of stories.
07:12And, like, the first film that we made at Spirit Media
07:17was an art house film called Belly Full of Dreams.
07:20And art house didn't have any other way to release.
07:24And I feel like now, since I got a little bit more popular,
07:27there's...
07:28I can advocate for some cinema.
07:29So, that was why all we might as well...
07:31And so, one last question, if you would allow me.
07:33Sure.
07:34So, people often say, you know,
07:37your answer came from a good family,
07:40a good prestigious family.
07:42So, we often think,
07:44if prestigious film family,
07:46how far do you think it can help an actor?
07:51So, any industry that your family is from,
07:55you understand it more than somebody who is not.
07:58Yeah.
07:59How does it help an actor?
08:01So, ultimately, you have to stand in front of the camera and act.
08:04There will be a lot more opportunity that you get.
08:07There will be an ecosystem that you understand.
08:10It's like,
08:11if your family is from chemical industries or sugar factories,
08:15you'll understand how a sugar factory works
08:17and all the by-products of sugar.
08:19Like that, my mother worked in a film laboratory,
08:21so I understood what a film laboratory looks like
08:23and how that functions.
08:25So, my father worked in a studio,
08:27so I understood how that functions.
08:29So, my uncle was an actor.
08:30So, that's it.
08:31What is the pressure,
08:32if never ever,
08:33to become an actor
08:34or you want to do something?
08:35I mean,
08:36pressure in that sense was always self-inflicted.
08:38In some manner,
08:39you want to do something which is unique,
08:41which is new,
08:42that stands out,
08:43and stands for a long period of time.
08:46So, yeah,
08:47whether it's visual effects,
08:48whether it's acting,
08:49producing,
08:50one of the same thing.
08:51And thank you for being honest, sir.
08:55Thanks a lot.