Rana Daggubati opens up on abusing ‘mama’ Venkatesh, 'I realised when I dubbed it in Telugu….'

In a recent interview, Rana Daggubati spoke about his experience working with his uncle, the legendary actor Venkatesh Daggubati. Read on to know what he said.

Rana Daggubati was one of the first Telugu stars who ventured into Hindi cinema at a relatively young age with Rohan Sippy's Dum Maaro Dum. Recently, in an interview, Rana opened up about his 2023 action thriller show, Rana Naidu, on Netflix India, which he agrees is the first pan-India show.

In an exclusive interview with SCREEN, while talking about his return in the second season of the show, Rana Daggubati shared some anecdotes. While reacting to a popular scene from his Netflix special Rana Naidu, where he was seen abusing his uncle Venkatesh in Hindi, Daggubati revealed that he didn't know what he said as it was in Hindi. Later, while dubbing for the Telugu version of the show, he realized that he had unknowingly cursed at his own uncle. Rana Daggubati said, "Since it was Hindi, I didn't understand much of what I said in part 1. So I thought it was okay. It was worse when I was dubbing it in Telugu. It was like, 'Shit! What did I say!' There's a very definite attire and thought gone into how they look and think. Till they're in those clothes, we're all fine. We're licensed to do anything." Moving on, when Rana was asked to describe how it was working with the legendary actor, Venkatesh, who also happens to be his uncle, he described him as a phenomenal actor and someone who pushed everyone on the set to be a better person.

"From the time I made it as an actor, I always thought I'd work with him at some point. I was really looking forward to what that project would be. Rana Naidu is something unique that came our way. It's not something he or I have done before. These characters can just go on because they started from such opposite ends that you can travel with them across multiple seasons. As a co-actor, he's pretty phenomenal and charges us to be better each time," said Rana Daggubati.