Rana Daggubati, who was last seen in Haathi Mere Saathi, took to Twitter on Wednesday, September 22, to announce his next project with his uncle Venkatesh Daggubati. The duo will share screen space for the first time in a feature film titled Rana Naidu. It will start streaming on Netflix soon and is the official adaptation of the American drama series Ray Donovan.

RANA DAGGUBATI, VENKATESH COME TOGETHER FOR RANA NAIDU

Rana Daggubati’s film Haathi Mere Saathi premiered on TV on September 18. On Wednesday, September 22, Rana took to Twitter to announce his next project with his uncle Venkatesh Daggubati. Titled Rana Naidu, the film will start streaming on Netflix soon. Directed by Karan Anshuman and Suparn Verma, the action thriller follows the story of Rana Naidu, the go-to guy for everyone in Bollywood when they have a problem.

Calling it his dream come true, Rana is excited to work with Venkatesh after the 2012 film Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum, where Venkatesh played a cameo role. Talking about it, Rana said, “It’s lots of firsts for me. Working with my uncle Venkatesh and the first with Netflix in long form storytelling that’s completely different from what both of us have ever done in our careers.”

Speaking about Rana Naidu, Venkatesh said, “I cannot wait to work with Rana, we are going to have a blast on-set and this show is the perfect project for us to work on. I am a huge fan of Ray Donovan myself and the entire team is pulling in all stops to ensure we do justice to it.”

Sharing the news on Twitter, Rana wrote, “Always wanted to share the screen with my uncle the VICTORY V @VenkyMama and my dream is finally coming true. As much as I love him off screen, in “Rana Naidu” we are going to be at each other’s throats. #RanaNaidu, coming soon on Netflix (sic).”

WHAT’S ON THE WORK FRONT FOR RANA AND VENKATESH?

Rana Daggubati is waiting for the release of Sai Pallavi-starrer Virata Parvam. Directed by Venu Udugula, the film was postponed due to the second wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Rana is currently shooting for Bheemla Nayak with Pawan Kalyan. The Telugu remake of the Malayalam film Ayyappanum Koshiyum will see Rana as Daniel Shekhar.

On the other hand, Venkatesh has resumed shoot for F3 with Varun Tej, Tamannaah and Mehreen Pirzada. He also has Jeethu Joseph’s Drushyam 2 in the pipeline.