Esmeralda (Venezuelan TV series)  Esmeralda is a 1970 Venezuelan telenovela produced by José Enrique Crousillat and directed by Grazio D’Angelo for Venevisión. It is based on an original story by Delia Fiallo. The telenovela it stars Lupita Ferrer and José Bardina as main characters. The first adaptation of the telenovela is "Topacio", produced by the Venezuelan television channel Radio Caracas Televisión in 1985. In 1997 Televisa produced a version with the same name starring Leticia Calderón. In 2004, the Brazilian channel SBT also produced a version with the same name. In 2017 Televisa returned to make another more modern version of the story, entitled "Sin tu mirada".