in both films while the title role was played by A. Nageswara Rao in Telugu and by Sivaji Ganesan in Tamil. Hasyaratna Ramakrishna is a 1982 Kannada film directed by B. S. Ranga. The film stars Anant Nag and Aarathi in the lead roles. In the film, Anant Nag plays the role of a poet, Ramakrishna. Tenali Rama, a 1990 Hindi TV series aired in Doordarshan made by T.S. Nagabharana in which Vijay Kashyap played the lead role. It was based on short-stories by Kamala Laxman. The Adventures of Tenali Raman, an animated series by Cartoon Network (India) in 2003. Tenaliraman is 2014 Tamil film featuring Vadivelu as Tenali Raman as well as Krishna Devaraya. The film was based on the comic reliefs of Tenali Raman. Rajguru Aur Tenaliram is an animated series which was aired on Star Utsav. Tenali Rama, is a TV series aired on SAB TV from 11 July 2017 to 13 November 2020, with Krishna Bharadwaj playing the titular role and Manav Gohil playing Krishnadevaraya References Book sources External links Deaths due to snake bites Telugu comedians People of the Vijayanagara Empire Jesters 16th-century Indian poets Humour and wit characters of India People from Guntur district Indian male comedians Male actors from Andhra Pradesh Poets from Andhra Pradesh Indian male poets Vijayanagara poets Scholars of Vijayanagara Empire