Tenali Raman is a popular Indian film released in 2017, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao and produced by 24 Frames Factory. The movie is a historical action comedy drama based on the life of Tenali Ramakrishna, a renowned poet and one of the eight famous poets in the court of Emperor Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagara Empire. The movie stars Rana Daggubati, Priya Bhavani Shinde, and Charmy Kaur in lead roles. This paper aims to analyze the movie Tenali Raman, which is available on the popular piracy website TamilYogi.

The 2014 film specifically uses humor to critique governance and corruption.