Amazon Prime Video dropped the trailer of the much-awaited new season of its original series, The Family Man, on Wednesday. After the release of the first season in 2019, fans have been eagerly awaiting the next installment of the series. Going by the response to the trailer, the creators seem to have brought their A-game to the table and are all set to wow viewers. The creator-duo of the show — Raj and DK (Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK) — spoke to us about what this multi-lingual new season has in store. Excerpts:

Raj & DK: With the trailer trending on number one on YouTube for over two days straight, it was evident that fans from all over the world have poured their love for the new season. The trailer has already garnered a whopping 37 million views. We have created this series with all our heart. Years of work, especially through the pandemic, has been poured into creating this nine-part espionage drama series, which we are excited to share with our viewers. This season continues to build on the beloved Srikant Tiwari’s internal conflict of being a middle-class father and husband, while being a world-class spy, who is working for a fictional agency. The challenges that Srikant faces now are more complex and he steps up his game. The new season truly represents the linguistic and cultural diversity of India. It is genuinely a pan-India show. It also marks Samantha Akkineni’s digital debut, who will be essaying a brave character.

Raj & DK: The new season of the series brings the North and the South together. Building on the roster of an amazing cast from earlier, the new season features some popular faces from Tamil Nadu’s theatre circuit, too. With the use of intense action sequences and songs, the season portrays divergent views and complex characters very sensitively. This new season has the plot set in Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, London and France, with a defining story arc. We have worked with several subject-matter experts to build the finer nuances of the story. This brings to life our relentless pursuit of inclusivity and endeavours to showcase India’s richness through our stories. The show has been it strengthened by the commitment of the cast and crew — veteran actor Manoj Bajpayee immersed himself into preparing for the character, Samantha took dialect refining classes, learnt martial arts and performed every stunt herself.

Raj & DK: We are humbled by the love and appreciation that we received for season one. Fortunately, we completed the script for the new season, started shooting it even before we released season one. That saved us from the pressure of getting overwhelmed by audience expectations. However, we did listen intently to audience feedback, too, and fine-tuned the show to address the interests of viewers, while staying true to the nature of the show, characters and storyline. We have attempted to enhance the viewing experience for the audiences by making the scale bigger and stakes higher and have upped the ante on the action.

Raj & DK: Some assumptions and impressions have been made based on just a couple of shots in the trailer. Many of our lead cast members, as well as key members of the creative and writing team, are Tamilians. We are very cognizant of the sentiments of the Tamil people and Tamil culture and have nothing, but the utmost love and respect towards our Tamil people. We have put in years of hard work into this show, and we have taken great pains to bring to our audiences a sensitive, balanced, and riveting story — much like we did in the first season of the show. We request everyone to wait and watch the show when it releases. We know you’ll appreciate it once you watch it.