with rana naidu the indian adaptation of the hit american series ray donovan showrunner karan anshuman says he steered clear of the usual tropes of storytelling that have often dominated crime dramasanshuman who also codirected the series with suparn singh said it was a challenge to make the rana daggubati and venkatesh daggubatistarrer stand apart from shows in the genre that have come out in recent timesread alsorana naidu star rana daggubati praises samantha ruth prabhu for breaking the stigma surrounding her illnessin a recent interview rana daggubati the actor behind the latest web series rana naidu expressed his views on samantha ruth prabhus decision to speak publicly about her rare autoimmune condition myositis during the conversation rana disclosed that he had stayed in regular contact withthe challenge for this crime drama was that we were not following any kind of pattern when you are watching a film or series you know what is going to happen next but that is not the case herewe were not sticking to what is a cookiecutter template you will be shocked by some of the decisions we take with the main characters and how they make very questionable moral choices anshuman told media in an interviewrana naidu which debuted on an ott last week follows the life of its titular protagonist rana the goto guy for everyone in bollywood when they have a problem and his tumultuous equation with father naga naidu venkateshanother key task for anshuman who earlier worked on original stories with prime videos sports drama inside edge and hinterland gangster series mirzapur was to make the indian adaptation better than the original show led by liev schreiberoriginal writing is unrestricted and liberating but you never know if you are going to strike gold in terms of whether it will all come together satisfactorily and entertainwith adaptations you know the concept has worked so the challenge is to up the game and this is hollywood level execution and acting you are up against so thats a massive challenge and you want the audience to say wow that was better than the original he saidthe writerdirector said he was keen to present reallife nephew and uncle rana and venkatesh in new avatars to their fansthe baggage of their stardom never weighed on anshumans mind he addedi didnt have any baggage like fans because when i met him venkatesh for the first time and tried to talk him into it show he was trying to tell me that he wants to do it he looked like a gangster on the zoom call he was sitting in the way he was supposed to look in the show he saidverma best known for his work as a director on the second season of prime video series the family man said working with venkatesh was like helming a firstbencher student who tops the class but is still nervousthe thing with both rana and venky sir is that they come without an ego they have done an