Rana Naidu Season 2 Review: Bigger and better than its predecessor despite flaws
Rana Naidu Season 2 Web Series Rating: 3 Stars
Watched Rana Naidu Season 2 Web Series on Netflix. So, let’s analyze the cast, release date, story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this web series.
Cast: Rana Daggubati, Venkatesh, Arjun Rampal, Surveen Chawla, Kriti Kharbanda, Sushant Singh, Abhishek Banerjee, and Dino Morea
Director: Suparn Verma and Karan Anshuman
Release Date: 13th June 2025 on Netflix
Duration: 8 Episodes/ 35 Minutes
Story: Season two picks up from where it ended back in 2023. Rana (Rana Daggubati) and Naina (Surveen Chawla) decide to take a break from the gory pandemonium. As soon as they land in Mumbai from Paris, trouble resumes. This time, their son Ani (Madhav Dhingra) has been kidnapped. Rana requests film producer Viraj Oberoi (Rajat Kapoor) to lend him his private jet and he sets off to Goa to get Ani back.
In Goa, his path crosses with Naga (Venkatesh) yet again who manages to help him find where Ani is. At a nightclub, Rana kills the bad guys, throws kidnapper Saif into a fire and brings his son back home. To return the Favour, Rana, who has left OB (Rajesh Jais) and decides to join Oberoi. There, he meets Oberoi’s daughter Alia (Kriti Kharbanda), who’s hell bent on selling their production house that has been incurring them losses worth 1000 crore and buying the cricket team of Mumbai in an IPL equivalent league.
Rana conspires to join hands with Alia by keeping Oberoi in the dark and manages to secure five percent of the deal that amounts to Rs 500 crore, thus being able to financially secure his family’s future. The shrewd Oberoi soon turns against Rana and he gets caught in a murder case. But Oberoi isn’t his only foe. Rauf Mirza (Arjun Rampal) an ominous goon from Koliwada, threatens him as he turns out to be Saif’s cousin. At his hands, two murders happen. Rana’s daughter Nitya (Afrah Sayed) becomes the only witness and now Rauf leaves no stone unturned to finish her.
Meanwhile Naga is in trouble after he fails to repay the money that he loaned from Anjali aka Auntie (Heeba Shah) who is also the second wife of the deceased gangster, Surya Rao (Ashish Vidyarthi). Naga once again approaches Rana for help and even comes to Mumbai. In Mumbai, Tej (Sushant Singh) reconnects with Ana (Ishitta Arun). Ana wishes to settle permanently in Portugal and Tej agrees to move with her. This causes friction between Rana and Tej. Rana and Naina’s troubles resume, and Naina gets attracted to fellow yoga enthusiast Naveen (Dino Morea). But little does she know that he’s an undercover cop using her for intel on Rana. Can Rana repair his fractured family? Will he reconcile with his estranged father, Naga Naidu? What is the rift between Rana and Rauf? Watch this series to find out how Rana sort-out all his problems.
Positives
1. Performances
2. Cinematography
3. Direction
4. Story
5. Background Music
Negatives
1. Length
2. Uneven Screenplay
3. Too many subplots
4. Climax
Durgesh Tiwary’s View: When I watched the trailer of this web-series planned to watch in my free time as loved the trailer. Although 1st season was okay and but this time its looks better. Having left behind his turbulent fixer life, Rana Naidu hopes for peace with his family. But when a powerful billionaire pulls him back into the shadows, Rana must fight to protect his loved ones once again.
Rana Naidu Season 2 is inspired by Ray Donovan and revolves around a dysfunctional family where trouble simmers at every corner, dead bodies are dug in and out on a whim and insecure fathers accuse their daughters of sleeping around. It still continues to be a crazy, reckless world where everything’s fair in love and war. The unique aspect of season is that it takes time to establish the interpersonal bond between all the characters amidst the violence and treachery. The intention of the show is not just to simply rely on expletives, bloodshed and action, but the relatability of human emotions – although the story does get repetitive in between with certain expected stereotypes. This setup intertwines with multiple subplots involving revenge-hungry criminals, corrupt politicians, a faltering marriage, and an estranged father-son relationship, resulting in a narrative that is ambitious but overstretched. Visually, the show impresses. John Schmidt’s cinematography captures the raw, moody undertones effectively, and John Stewart Eduri’s background score enhances the atmospheric tension. The note on which this season ends fails to be a thrilling cliffhanger as you already can anticipate how events may shape up in the third season. Performances remain the show’s biggest strength. Rana Daggubati, Venkatesh Daggubati, Surveen Chawla, Abhishek Banerjee, Sushant Singh and Ishita Arun deliver class acts.
The show dials down the profanity and shock value, presumably to appeal to a broader audience, but the half-hearted restraint only dilutes its original edge without adding meaningful substance. The circumstances under which Rana leaves OB is not convincingly depicted and the makers rush through this part. Arjun Rampal and Rajat Kapoor are disappointingly underused, their characters never quite stepping up as credible threats. Even Dino Morea never got a chance to truly shine. Despite its family-centric focus, the emotional bond between Rana and Naga Naidu never fully resonates. The father-son dynamic lacks the depth needed to ground the story. The plot, while packed with potential, loses momentum mid-season. Subplots feel undercooked, emotional arcs don’t land, and the central conflict lacks the urgency needed to maintain tension. With two fewer episodes than the first season, one would expect tighter pacing. However, extended runtime and sluggish scenes make the show feel longer than it should.
What makes the Naidu family stand out in the big bad world of crime is their selfless love for each other. While gore, profanity and on-screen intimacy may be suitable for mature viewers, the new season has definitely hit the bull’s eye in bringing a more compassionate side to a crime series. Politicians, gangsters, cricket league owners, cops, mobsters, rappers all of them and more come together in this smash entertainer which keeps you engrossed throughout. Overall, if you are looking for a gripping crime thriller that also explores deep human emotions then this one is for you and its far better than its previous season. My view on this web-series is Recommended.
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