Karnan (கர்ணன்) 1964

Published on December 13, 2011 in Cinema

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Banner	Padmini Pictures
Director	B.R. Panthulu
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Producer	B.R. Panthulu
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Orginal music	Viswanathan Ramamoorthy
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Playback Singers	Sirkazhi S. Govindarajan, S. Janaki, Loganathan, T.M. Soundarajan, P. Susheela

Character	Actor / Actress
Karna	Sivaji Ganesan
Bhagwan Shri Krishnan	N.T. Rama Rao
Dhuryodhana	Ashokan
Arjuna	Muthuraman
Bhanumathi	Savitri
Shubhangi	Devika
Kunthi	M.V. Rajamma

Embarrassed by the birth of a son, an unwed Kunthi (M.V. Rajamma) instructs her maid to abandon him in the river Ganga. The child is set afloat and is rescued, adopted, and named Karna (Shivaji Ganesan) by Charioteer Adhiratha and his wife, Radha. After maturing he does not want to follow in his foster father's footsteps and wants to be a warrior. Unable to secure the patronage of any Guru due to his parentage, he is assisted by Suryadev and then by Sage Parshuram, and excels in all forms of warfare especially archery. He then befriends Rajkumar Dhuryodhana (Ashokan), will participate in the humiliation of Draupadi - setting the initial grounds of the battle of Kurukshetra - where he will join Dhuryodhana to battle the Pandavas - none other than Kunthi's sons.