கர்ணன் (1964)

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Karnan is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language epic Hindu mythological film produced and directed by B. R. Panthulu. It stars Sivaji Ganesan leading an ensemble cast consisting of N. T. Rama Rao, S. A. Ashokan, R. Muthuraman, Savitri, Devika and M. V. Rajamma. The film is based on the story of Karna, a character from the Hindu epic Mahabharata.

Production

The screenwriter A. S. Nagarajan wrote a story Arthajamam with the intention of making it a film and presented it to director-producer B. R. Panthulu of Padmini Pictures, who liked the story and paid Nagarajan an advance. Both planned to cast Sivaji Ganesan as the lead actor, but after hearing the story, he was unwilling to "take a risk" and asked Panthulu to instead make a film version of the novel Paavai Vilakku.

K. V. Srinivasan played a minor role as the sage who christens the lead character as Karnan. He also dubbed for the voice of N. T. Rama Rao, who portrays Krishnan, after Ganesan's insistence with Panthulu. Shanmugasundaram said he was recommended by Ganesan to Panthulu for the role of the charioteer Shallian. He believed Panthulu accepted him as he had the required physique for the role. V. S.

Karnan was filmed with an estimated budget of ₹4 million (valued at about US$840 000.84 in 1964). The high cost of the film was attributed to the transportation costs incurred to move chariots from Chennai to Kurukshetra, where the war sequences were filmed.

According to Panthulu's son Ravishankar, a 2-minute sequence took as many as four days to shoot, because of the large number of personnel involved. After the release of Karnan, all the chariots made for the war sequences in Kurukshetra, were donated to the Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur. The film was processed at Filmcenter in Bombay, and was the first Tamil film to be colourised using Eastmancolor. Its final length was 4,876 metres (15,997 ft).

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