Karnan (1964)
Karnan is a 1964 Indian Tamil mythological epic film produced and directed by B. R. Panthulu. It features Sivaji Ganesan as the eponymous character, while N. T. Rama Rao, S. A. Asokan, R. Muthuraman, Devika, Savithri and M. V. Rajamma play supporting roles. The film is based on the story of Karna, a character from the Indian Hindu epic Mahabharata. He is born to an unmarried mother Kunti who sets him afloat in the Ganga river to avoid embarrassment. The child is discovered and adopted by a charioteer. Karnan does not want to follow his foster father's profession, and instead, becomes a warrior. He then befriends Duryodhana, the Kaurava prince, eventually setting the initial grounds of the Kurukshetra war, where he will join Duryodhana to fight against his own step brothers, the Pandavas.
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Cast:
- S. A. Asokan
- Soban Babu
- R. Balasubramaniam
- Chinnaya
- Devika
- Sivaji Ganesan
- Jayanthi
- Kannan
- Prem Kumar
- Mustafa
- T. S. Muthaiah
- R. Muthuraman
- N. T. Rama Rao
- K. Natarajan
- O. A. K. Thevar
- V. S. Raghavan
- M. V. Rajamma
- S. V. Ramadoss
- Prabhakar Reddy
- Rukmini
- S. A. G. Samy
- Sandhya
- Savithri
- Javar Seetharaman
- Shanmugasundaram
- Stunt Somu
- Master Sridhar
- K. V. Srinivasan
- Master Suresh
- Thangaraj
- Veerasamy