Many actors and companies have staged this production throughout Andhra Pradesh, India, and abroad.

The Cal and lot is based on the story of Mahabharata, an ancient Sanskrit epic.

Sri Krishna Rayabaram was made as a Telugu film in 1960 by Y. V. Ramanujam under Chandrika Pictures.

It starred Kalyanam Raghuramaiah, Puvvula Suri Babu, Gummadi, and Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao.

Films such as Sri Krishna Pandaviyam and Daana Veera Soora Karna dramatised the Rayabaram scene, with the poems rendered by eminent playback singers like V. Ramakrishna.