Silli Lalli Season 1 ((better))

The anchor of the show, Rao is a doctor whose clinical skills are often questionable, leading to the running gag of him being famous for both "surgery and burglary". Ravishankar Gowda's impeccable comic timing and expressive face launched his career into mainstream Kannada cinema.

The first season of "Silli Lalli" was a Kannada-language sitcom that originally aired on the ETV Kannada (now Colors Kannada) network. The show’s widespread popularity was not limited to its initial run; it has seen multiple re-runs, including a notable return to television during the 2020 lockdown, where it was aired on the Kannada television network from Monday to Friday at 10 am and was warmly received by nostalgic fans.

: It is considered one of the most successful sitcoms in Kannada television history.

A surgeon whose exaggerated self-importance is captured in his famous line, "I am Dr. Vittal Rao... very famous in surgery and bargery". Samaja Sevaki Lalitambha aka "Lalli" (Manju Bhashini):