Karan Anshuman, Suparn Varma On Netflix’s ‘Ray Donovan’ Remake ‘Rana Naidu’, Working With Venkatesh Daggubati & India’s Showrunner Culture
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Karan Anshuman and Suparn Varma, two of the first writers, directors and showrunners to move into India’s web series space, have co-directed Rana Naidu, Netflix’s Indian remake of Ray Donovan, produced by Sunder Aaron’s Locomotive Global.
The Hindi-language show starts streaming worldwide from this Friday (March 10). Anshuman is the showrunner on the series and co-directs with Varma.
The cast is headed by two major stars of the Telugu-language film industry – Rana Daggubati and his uncle Venkatesh Daggubati – who appear on screen together for the first time, playing the warring father and son played by Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight in the original Showtime series.
Although initially resistant to the idea of doing a remake, Anshuman says he changed his mind after watching the original show, which ran for seven seasons and a movie. “What struck me is how families are integral to the story, and that obviously has relevance in India.
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