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The Adventures of Tenali Rama is the first Indian animated television series.[3] It was available in both English and Hindi languages on Cartoon Network.[4] Tamil and Kannadatranslations aired on Chutti TV and Chintu TV respectively.
Tenali Rama is a part of the Cartoon Network's localisation strategy for India. It was the fourth Indian produced animated series acquired by the network.[2] Talking about the reasons for acquiring such India-centric animated series, Ian Diamond, senior vice-president and general manager, Turner Entertainment Networks Asia, said, "Providing content based on the Indian story-telling heritage is a critical mandate for Cartoon Network in its mission to contextualise the Network for our Indian audiences."[5]
Roger Dondis, the creative director of the Tenali Raman series, recalled: "When I landed at the Toonz Animation Studios in 2001 they had the basic idea and several drawings. The folk tales of Tenali Raman were very short and many of them were not appropriate for modern cartoons so the scriptwriter Arial Prendergast had to take the basic idea and stretch it out. And we had to constantly hold meetings with our Indian colleagues to get the nuances just right."[6]
Dan McHale, the animation director of the series, came to train the artists to do the in-betweens and clean up. He also did the voiceover of the character Raj Guru and the theme song for the series. He said, "Though I have done voices before this is the first time I have done the music." P. Jayakumar, Director of Operations, Toonz Animation, said, "To produce a half-hour animation episode in any of the studios in the United States costs around $300,000 and in an [sic] Hollywood Studio it costs around $500,000. While in India it only costs $60,000 to $70,000. The only problem is the quality of animation produced in India is not of international standards even now and many studios fail to make on time delivery. To overcome this problem, Toonz Animation ensures at least 10 percent of their staff has international exposure. These expatriates then train their Indian counterparts. Toonz has been able to curb costs by doing everything here in India, and the 26 episode series ofTenali Raman just cost $50,000 for two 11-minute episodes."[6]
The series was also shown in France (at Cannes) where it was appreciated.[7] A comic book edition of Tenali Raman was published by Penguin Books India.[8]
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Tenali Ramakrishna (also known as Pandit Rama) was a poet, scholar, thinker and a Special Advisor in the court of Sri Krishnadevaraya.[1] He was a Telugu poet who hailed from what is now the Andhra Pradesh region, generally known for his wit and humour.[2] He was one of the Ashtadiggajas or the eight poets at the court of Krishnadevaraya, the Vijayanagara emperor. When he was a child his father was led to death. So, to overcome the depression that Rama faced, his mother Lakshamma took him to Vijayanagara where he was an advisor and the 8th sai. He was also a great scholar of several languages that included Kannada, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Marathi and Tamil.[2]
His life Edit
Tenali Ramalingacharyulu was born in a Telugu-speaking Niyogi Hindu Brahmin family[3] as Garlapati Ramakrishna, in a village called Thumuluru during the late part of the fifteenth century, while it is widely believed that he was born in Tenali. His father was Garlapati Ramayya, who served as a priest in the Ramalingesvara Swami temple in Santharavuru.
Ramayya died when Ramakrishna was young. His mother Lakshamma returned to her native place in Tenali to live with her brother. Ramakrishna grew up in his uncle's town and so came to be known as Tenali Ramakrishna.[4]
Tenali Ramakrishna did not receive any formal education during his childhood, but became a great scholar, due to his thirst for knowledge. As per a well-known tale, the Vaishnava (devotees of Vishnu) scholars rejected to accept him as a disciple, as he was a Shaiva. Later while roaming aimlessly, he met a sage, who advised him to worship the goddess Kali. He worshipped and appeased the goddess with his devotion. Kali appeared before him and admired his sense of humor and blessed him that one day, he would be acclaimed as a great poet in the court of King Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara.[citation needed]. His wife was Sharda and son was Bhaskaraisharma (or Bhaskar).
King's court Edit
Later, he joined the famous troupe of 'Mela'.[citation needed] When the troupe came to Vijayanagara to perform in front of the king, Ramakrishna's performance caught the eye of the King and other people. He shared his life story with Krishnadevaraya, who granted him the post of the comic poet in the court, completing the Ashtadiggajas (The eight scholars) group.[citation needed] Ramakrishna attained fame as a great jester poet. He was also known as a Special Advisor in the Court of Sri Krishnadevaraya. Royal Priest Tathacharya was jealous of him. He made many plans to defeat Tenali Rama but he did not get any success.[citation needed]
Later Years Edit
After the Death of King Krishnadevaraya in 1530, he did not further continue in the court and returned to the Tenali. Just a few years later he died from a snakebite.[5] The records also state that Ramakrishna was instrumental in protecting the King Krishnadevaraya many times, coming to his rescue in critical situations. A popular story narrates how Ramakrishna protected Vijayanagara from the Delhi Sultanate by his timely wit and strategy