Star cast of Rana Naidu visits Bennett University

By Ritika Choudhary
The star-cast of the engrossing blockbuster Netflix series Rana Naidu visited Bennett University on Tuesday. The cast included Rana Daggubati and Surveen Chawla with the series director Karan Anshuman. The star cast was joined on stage by Dr Prabhu Kumar Agarwal, Vice Chancellor, Bennett University and Mr Sudhanshu Varma, COO, Bennett University.


The interactive session was a wonderful opportunity for the students to meet two of the biggest faces of the film fraternity. The stars received a warm welcome with loud cheers from the crowd and Daggubati even performed his famous dialogue from his mega blockbuster ‘Baahubali’, “Is rajya mein sirf do log uska naam lete hai; tum aur main; tum ki apni maut se pehle usse aakhri baar dekh pao; main taa ki ek baar aur usse apne haathon se maar paon”. “It is always fun to be around the energy of students and I think this is a good place to be,” he said.


Daggubati spoke about how he always wanted to play characters that are new, challenging and don't follow the norms of the society. “The help and guidance from the directors is what makes the job easy,” said Chawla, while addressing the students about their experience of working on the series with some of the finest filmmakers like Karan Anshuman.


RJ Shruti from Radio Mirchi also joined the stage and hosted a fun session with the stars where she asked them to fix some of the mundane problems in their style and then played a quick game of Rapid Fire with them.

The cast of Rana Naidu along with their director, Karan Anshuman. Photo by Saksham Maurya

The interactive session was followed by a dance performance by the members of the clubs Verve and Ansh. Daggubati and Chawla also enjoyed clicking pictures and signing autographs for the students. Before leaving Daggubati said, “I loved it here and more power to Bennett.”


“The aura of Rana Daggubati has mesmerised not only me but the whole audience. The stars have excited the students excited and I am sure they will stream Rana Naidu on Netflix,” said Ayush Khurrana , a 3rd year BA Journalism and Mass Communication student.


The emcee of the event Shreya Mishra, a 2nd year BA Journalism and Mass Communication student, said, “It was surreal, getting to know the cast of the show and was an honour to share the stage with two of the biggest stars in India. I could feel the energy on the stage that lifted the Bennettian's spirit.”

(The writer is a Semester IV student of BA (Journalism and Mass Communication) programme.)