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Daana Veera Soora Karna | |
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Directed by | N. T. Rama Rao |
Written by | N. T. Rama Rao Kondaveeti Venkatakavi (dialogues) |
Based on | Life of Karna |
Produced by | N. T. Rama Rao |
Starring | N. T. Rama Rao Nandamuri Balakrishna Nandamuri Harikrishna B. Saroja Devi Prabha |
Cinematography | Kannappa |
Edited by | G. D. Joshi |
Music by | Pendyala Nageswara Rao |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Mayuri |
Release date |
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Running time | 226 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Budget | ₹10 lakh[1] |
Box office | est. ₹1.5–2 crore[1][2] |
Daana Veera Soora Karna (transl. Generous, heroic, and valiant Karna) is a 1977 Indian Telugu-language Hindu mythological film co-written, produced and directed by N. T. Rama Rao under his banner, Ramakrishna Cine Studios. Based on the life of Karna from the Mahabharata, it stars Rama Rao in three roles: the title character, Duryodhana, and Krishna. It also stars Rao's sons Nandamuri Harikrishna and Nandamuri Balakrishna, who play the roles of Arjuna and Abhimanyu, respectively. Music for the film was composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao.
Made on a budget of ₹10 lakhs (one million Indian rupees), the film was a commercial success and became the highest-grossing Telugu film at the time collecting a distributor share of ₹1.5–2 crore.[1][2] It is regarded as one of the greatest films of Telugu cinema.[3]