Daana Veera Soora Karna (దాన వీర శూర కర్ణ) is a 1977 Telugu Hindu movie produced and directed by N. T. Rama Rao. He played three pivotal roles Karna, Duryodhana, and Krishna !!!
One of his sons, Balakrishna played a short role of Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna.One of the other sons,Hari Krishna, played the role of Arjuna !!!
The film was completed in 23 working days which was record, given that each of the three characters of NTR took at least three hours to put the makeup and two hours to remove it !!!
The film can be claimed to be the one of the lengthiest films in Telugu film industry and even in the Indian film industry on the whole! It's running time is 4 hrs 17 minutes. Out of this, NTR can be seen on the screen for nearly four hours, which is also a record !!!
Dialogues of the film became very popular. Particular scenes such as the first meeting of Karna and Suyodhana, Sakuni's encouragement to Suyodhana to go to the raajasUya yaagam, the Mayasabha scene and the subsequent mental upset of Suyodhana, the scene that precedes Draupadi's vastraapaharaNam, and the raayabaaram scene are all famous for their lengthy and complicated dialogues !!!
The film had a 100-day run in 9 centres !!!
The film had a 250 day run in Hyderabad !!!
The film collected huge amounts in its time and even in repeat runs !!!
It was the first Telugu film to collect more than Rs.10 Crores in those days with second and third release !!!
It is unlikely that any movie ever made will sell as many tickets as DVS Karna did an un-imaginable 15 Crore tickets !!!
Johar NTR !!! NTR Amarahe !!!
One of his sons, Balakrishna played a short role of Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna.One of the other sons,Hari Krishna, played the role of Arjuna !!!
The film was completed in 23 working days which was record, given that each of the three characters of NTR took at least three hours to put the makeup and two hours to remove it !!!
The film can be claimed to be the one of the lengthiest films in Telugu film industry and even in the Indian film industry on the whole! It's running time is 4 hrs 17 minutes. Out of this, NTR can be seen on the screen for nearly four hours, which is also a record !!!
Dialogues of the film became very popular. Particular scenes such as the first meeting of Karna and Suyodhana, Sakuni's encouragement to Suyodhana to go to the raajasUya yaagam, the Mayasabha scene and the subsequent mental upset of Suyodhana, the scene that precedes Draupadi's vastraapaharaNam, and the raayabaaram scene are all famous for their lengthy and complicated dialogues !!!
The film had a 100-day run in 9 centres !!!
The film had a 250 day run in Hyderabad !!!
The film collected huge amounts in its time and even in repeat runs !!!
It was the first Telugu film to collect more than Rs.10 Crores in those days with second and third release !!!
It is unlikely that any movie ever made will sell as many tickets as DVS Karna did an un-imaginable 15 Crore tickets !!!
Johar NTR !!! NTR Amarahe !!!
