00:12Who is the wittiest jester in the land?
00:15Tenali!
00:17Hits you with his wit, things get out of hand.
00:20Tenali!
00:21He can build you up or cut you down.
00:24Tenali!
00:25He's a poet, he's a clown.
00:28Tenali!
00:28Tenali!
00:28Ba-dum-bum-bum-bum, Tenali!
00:32Ba-dum-bum, Tenali!
00:33Ba-dum-bum, Tenali-da-man!
00:38Yeah!
00:39The Adventures of Tenali Ramen.
00:47One bright morning in the kingdom of Vijayanagara,
00:51the renowned Telugu poet Tenali Ramen was reciting poetry and having breakfast.
00:58Now when the demoness saw the lotus face of Rama, she immediately...
01:07Me-mow!
01:15Dr. ...Sundari!
01:16Dr. Mataji!
01:16Dr. Canali,
01:17would you buy a new pot please?
01:19But wife, I am the greatest poet of Telugu.
01:24Am I not above the lowly task of buying a clay pot?
01:31Come on down to Pradeep's Pot Emporium.
01:35We have got big pots.
01:37Little pots, pots that climb on rocks.
01:40Come on down to Pradeep's Pot Emporium.
01:48May I help you sir?
01:50I am in need of a clay pot.
01:53Did Sundari break another one?
01:56Yes, in fact she...
01:58Whose voice is that?
02:00That is Attakuri Molla.
02:02She is writing a poem my lord in the tongue of Telugu.
02:07Is her reading bothering you lord?
02:10Bothering me?
02:11No, I find it quaint that a girl of the potter's caste should pick up a pen.
02:21Oh!
02:22Ah!
02:24Counselor!
02:25Grand one!
02:27You move in great profundity.
02:30I am only a bland one.
02:32Tingati!
02:33What are you doing?
02:35I am composing a poem.
02:37I am inspired!
02:40I heard a woman reciting poetry.
02:44Wonderful words!
02:46Even Tenali was impressed and he...
02:49Raman!
02:50He heard this woman poet as well?
02:52Yes!
02:53He was astounded by her flabbergasted!
02:57Jealous?
02:59Huh?
02:59I feel a plot coming on.
03:02Who is she?
03:04A young woman sire.
03:06She wishes to discuss a poem with you.
03:09Huh?
03:10A poem?
03:12Send her in!
03:17Approach maiden.
03:20Your greatness.
03:21I am Attakuri Molla.
03:23I have written a poem.
03:26I would be honored by the opportunity to read it to you before the court.
03:31What is the poem about?
03:33It is my version of the Ramayana.
03:35Then it shall be done!
03:37You will read this evening.
03:39Thank you, Lord.
03:43Love the idea, eh, Tenali?
03:45Oh, yes, sire.
03:47Excuse me.
03:51Impressive!
03:53A woman who writes and of the Potter's cast.
03:58Furthermore, she poetizes in the language of Telugu.
04:02Now you, sir, are the reigning champion of Telugu poetry.
04:07Telugu is you, Raman.
04:10You and Telugu are like this.
04:14Which one is me?
04:17Very funny.
04:19But I hope you don't take your pinnacle position lightly.
04:22I look forward to the reading.
04:26Raja Guruji!
04:27I have added some new lines to my poem.
04:31Counselor, Grand One, you're moving.
04:35Wait a minute.
04:36I smell a smoldering ember of envy in Raman.
04:40We will fan this flame, Tingari.
04:43If we can incite Raman's artistic envy, he will only make a fool of himself and lose the king's favour.
04:53And I will be free of competition from the infernal Raman.
04:57They say Atakuri Mola is most marvellous.
05:03Raman is finished.
05:06Finished as a poet.
05:08Raman is finished.
05:11She's more brilliant than Raman.
05:15Much more smart than him.
05:17He!
05:18Smarter than Raman.
05:21She's smarter than Raman.
05:24She's smarter than Raman.
05:24She's smarter than Raman.
05:24Oh my God!
05:28It's time to hear words in pleasing patterns.
05:32Oh King!
05:34I request permission to read my poem first.
05:38That's an odd request, Raman.
05:41But I grant it.
05:42Proceed.
05:44Ah!
05:45Thank you Lord.
05:48A pottery poem.
05:49There once was a lady who was not.
05:54Her poems she mixed in a pot.
05:59She tried all she knew of the Telugu.
06:03But her epic was nothing but snot.
06:08Ha ha ha ha!
06:13Oh Tanali, you're so silly.
06:17Now Mola.
06:18She has left, your grace.
06:21Oh!
06:22Was she offended?
06:23Your majesty.
06:25Tanali Raman is envious of Mola.
06:28That's why he read before her.
06:31Can you keep a jester who fears the scribblings of a girl poet?
06:37I don't know.
06:40Well done Tanali.
06:42But she is still a threat.
06:44They say her Mola Ramayana is beautifully written.
06:49I am not threatened by her.
07:04Mola.
07:05Oh that Roman.
07:09Oh!
07:14That Roman.
07:16Mola.
07:17Here is a coin.
07:19Will you give me the bird or the dog?
07:23I'll give you this.
07:25Mola.
07:27Mola.
07:27Mola.
07:28Mola.
07:29Mola.
07:29Mola.
07:30Mola.
07:30Mola.
07:30Mola.
07:31Mola.
07:32No.
07:33O king of poets.
07:36Whatever I may give you, I will not sell it to you.
07:39Tenali was stunned by Atakuri's wisdom and restraint.
07:45Oh.
07:46He began to think of the wisdom of his mother.
07:50Mama.
07:51He thought of how much anguish he'd caused her in his rebellious youth.
07:57He thought of the joy, fun and redemption he found in poetry.
08:04I have been most rude.
08:07Words fail me now.
08:09What is it Lord?
08:10Please come back to the court and read your Ramayana.
08:14Then Tenali begged the king to allow Mola another chance to read her poem.
08:20And the king agreed.
08:23So she's going to read her poem after all.
08:27Radguru!
08:29I have finished my poem.
08:32Go slow.
08:34Shhh!
08:36To the north of the Ganga was the great kingdom of Kothala.
08:43This poetry is not so great.
08:46The people of Kothala were contented.
08:51I am not contented to hear...
08:53Silence!
08:53I will hear this woman's poem without interruption.
08:59And Atakuri Mulla read her Ramayana,
09:02much to the delight and amazement of all in attendance.
09:08Yay!
09:09Yay!
09:10Yes!
09:11Yes!
09:17Tanali, what do you have to say about Mulla's Ramayana?
09:21I suspected you were envious.
09:24I did envy her,
09:25but I will mock her no more.
09:28I am an artist.
09:31She is merely a genius.
09:34I agree.
09:36Mulla,
09:37I shall give you a stipend,
09:38a monthly gift of gold,
09:40so you can pursue your poetry
09:42and read at the court on a regular basis.
09:46But sire, she is of the potter's cast.
09:49I hear no more about it.
09:51Instead,
09:52I want more poetry.
09:55Ahem!
09:57Well?
09:58Counselor,
09:59grand one,
10:02you move in great profundity.
10:06Jingle, no!
10:07I am only a blunt one,
10:10dazzled by your rotundity.
10:14Jingle, no!
10:16Ta-ta-la!
10:18Rinse me!
10:20You are an enduro-
10:22Ha!
10:24Ha!
10:28Ha!
10:29Ha!
10:29Ha!
10:30Ha!
10:31Ha!
10:31Ni Po!
10:32Ni minh!
10:33Raad-gurooo!
10:37Peace!
10:37This is how Tenali came to accept Atakurim
10:40Mulla and agree that she was smarter than Ramen.
10:43The end!
11:13The end!
