Film and Television
A film adaptation of the story of Karna in the Mahābhārata was made in 1963; the movie Karnan, an epic Tamil movie depicting the life of Karna and his friendship with Duryodhana, starring Shivaji Ganesan and N.T. Rama Rao. Other, similar movies soon followed, in Telugu and Hindi.
In 1977, the Telugu movie Daana Veera Soora Karna again starred the Indian film actor, director and producer N.T Rama Rao, who played three characters – Karna, Duryodhana and Krishna. In 2010, Prakash Jha directed the Bollywood film Raajneeti, a fictional adaptation of the Mahābhārata, set within a backdrop of Indian Politics and starring the actor Ajay Devgan, who played Suraj, a character based on Karna. One of the songs from the 1991 Indian movie Thalapathi, based upon the friendship between Karna and Duryodhana, has been voted number 4 in the BBC's 'World's Top Ten Revealed' worldwide music poll.
Karna was portrayed by Pankaj Dheer in 1988, in the television series Mahabharat
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