Tenali Rama (TV series)

Tenali Rama
Genre
  • Historical fiction
  • comedy-drama
Created byAbhimanyu Singh
Written byAmit Aaryan
Screenplay byTimir Baxi
Directed byJackson sethi Maan singh manku
Creative directorDikshit Kaul
Starring
Theme music composerSouvyk Chakraborty
Opening themeTenali Rama
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of episodes804
Production
ProducerAbhimanyu Singh
CinematographyNishi Chandra
EditorWaseed Hussain
Camera setupMultiple camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companyContiloe Entertainment
Original release
NetworkSony SAB
Release11 July 2017 (2017-07-11) –
13 November 2020 (2020-11-13)
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Tenali Rama is an Indian Hindi-language historical comedy drama based on the life of the legendary Telugu poet Tenali Ramakrishna, one of the Ashtadiggajas (or the eight honourable poets) at the court of Vijayanagara emperor Krishnadevaraya (C.E. 1509–1529), who is often cited as the greatest Vijayanagara emperor.[1][2] The series premiered on Sony SAB on 11 July 2017 and went off-air on 13 November 2020.[3]

The series was produced by Abhimanyu Singh under the banner of Contiloe Entertainment.[4][5] The story took a 9-month leap in 2018 followed by a 6-year leap in August 2019 followed again by a 20-year leap and a 4-month leap in February 2020. The series' filming was halted for 4 months (from March to July) due to COVID-19 pandemic and the series was finally completed on 13 November 2020. This show was replaced by another Contiloe Entertainment show, Kaatelal & Sons.

  1. ^ Raychaudhuri, edited by Tapan; Habib, Irfan (1981). The Cambridge economic history of India (1. publ. ed.). Cambridge [Eng.]: Cambridge University Press. p. 106. ISBN 9780521226929. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Rao, P. Raghunanda (1989). Indian heritage and culture (1st ed.). New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Private Unlimited. p. 38. ISBN 9788120709300.
  3. ^ Maheshwari, Neha (6 October 2020). "'Tenali Rama' to go off air on November". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Tenali Rama Serial Episode On SAB:Times Of india". 7 July 2017. Archived from the original on 15 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Sony SAB presents the epic folklore 'Tenali Rama'". The Times of India. 6 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.