Karnan

Karnan is a 1964 Tamil mythological epic film written by Sakthi T. K. Krishnasamy and directed by B. Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu. The film is based on the story of Karna, a character from the Indian Hindu epic Mahabharata, who is born to an unwed mother, Kunti, and is therefore set afloat in the Ganges. He is later discovered and adopted by a kind charioteer and his wife, but upon discovering that they are not related when he is older, Karnan makes a decisions not to follow in his foster father`s footsteps and becomes a warrior instead. He then befriends Duryodhan, thus setting the initial grounds of the Kurukshetra war - where he will join Duryodhan to battle the Pandavas - none other than Kunti`s sons.