Ancient Sanskrit fables get the Telugu TV glow-up your inner child craves.
Season 1 • Episode 30
LatestPrapanna Pandit senses danger for Rajyalakshmi and decides to meet her. Rajyalakshmi's sisters attempt to kill Sahana Kumar.Prapanna Pandit senses danger for Rajyalakshmi and decides to meet her. Rajyalakshmi's sisters attempt to kill Sahana Kumar.
The Panchatantram is an ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose, arranged within a frame story. The surviving work is dated to about 200 BCE, but the fables are likely much more ancient. The text's author is unknown, but it has been attributed to Vishnu Sharma in some recensions and Vasubhaga in others, both of which may be fictitious pen names. This has made in to a show by ETV Telugu.
Production
Ramoji Rao's ETV budget making ancient texts surprisingly watchable.
Writing
Vishnu Sharma's 200 BCE plots still hitting in 2018.
Creators
Ramoji Rao, Sanjith Ghosh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Panchatantra's original Sanskrit traveled to Europe via Persia and Arabic translations, directly influencing Aesop's Fables and La Fontaine—this Telugu version completes a 2,200-year globalization loop.
Ramoji Rao allegedly greenlit this specifically because his grandchildren couldn't name a single Indian folk tale that wasn't Ramayana or Mahabharata.
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