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Kumaran Naidu: from childhood in film to Directing 'Run for Your Life 3'
Jul 11, 2025
The evolution
Candice Soobramoney|Published
The movie poster with Kumaran Naidu pictured at the top.
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Actor and film producer Kumaran Naidu is back in the driver's seat with his latest release, Run for Your Life 3. The movie is currently showing in select cinemas in Durban and Johannesburg and via a streaming platform. Naidu, 52, formerly from Chatsworth in Durban, now residing in Roodepoort, chats to Candice Soobramoney about his family's roots in entertainment and his evolution in filmmaking.
Q: When did your love for movies start?
A: I was born into the film business. My dad, Daya Naidu, and grandfather, Vadaraj Naidu, were heavily involved in film since the 1960s. My grandfather was a projectionist at the Mayville Theatre. My dad took an interest in that, and his dream was to open a cinema, which he did in 1991. He re-opened the Odeon and Majestic cinemas to show Indian films. We also had the first video store in Chatsworth, Film Star Movies, which we opened in 1978. I spent most of my childhood in that shop, which I actually hated because it robbed me of being a child. All I could do was sit and watch films in that store.
Q: Which actors did you look up to and why? And did you have aspirations of becoming an actor?
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