Karnaa

Karnaa is a 1995 Indian Tamil language action film directed by Selva. The film stars Arjun, Ranjitha and Vineetha. It was released on 14 April 1995 and was declared a super hit at the box office.[1][2][3]

This article is about the 1995 Tamil film. For the character from the Hindu epic Mahābhārata, see Karna. For other uses, see Karna (disambiguation).

Karnaa
Poster
Directed bySelva
Written byJ. Ramesh (dialogues)
Screenplay bySelva
Story byArjun
Produced byV. Ramesh
StarringArjun
Ranjitha
Vineetha
CinematographyK. S. Selvaraj
Edited byP. Venkateswara Rao
Music byVidyasagar
Production
company
Vijaya Madhavi Combines
Release date
  • 14 April 1995 (1995-04-14)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Vijay (Arjun), a carefree and frolicsome youth, is sent by his father Deenadayalan (Ravichandran) in Ooty to work and becoming a responsible businessman. There, he falls in love with the college student Anjali (Vineetha). Her brothers (Mohan Raj and Vimalraj) are dangerous criminals and they are against their love from the fact that Vijay's father is a police officer. Thereafter, Devaraj is sent to jail so his brother appoints the lawyer Karnaa (Arjun), who is disabled and very sensitive.

Later, Karnaa falls in love with the schoolteacher Amudha (Ranjitha), after few quarrels among them. One day, Deenadayalan sees Karnaa at the court who is identical to his son Vijay. In the past, Deenadayalan had twin boys but abandoned one of the twin babies because he was disabled. Karnaa is upset when he learns the truth and is now determined to win the case in front of his father. He ultimately wins the case and Devaraj is eventually released. Thereafter, Deenadayalan discloses the truth to his wife Lakshmi, who wants to bring back her son Karnaa at any cost.

Meanwhile, Vijay is arrested by the police because of Devaraj's conspiracy. Karnaa rejects his parents' pleas and finds it outrageous to abandon a baby due to his handicap. Then, Karnaa promises to help Vijay, but he advises Vijay to escape from the jail. In the meantime, Devaraj shows his secret illegal business to Karnaa and Vijay takes some photos of his factory. Afterwards, Devaraj's goons kidnap their parents, Karnaa's adopted mother and Amudha. Vijay and Karnaa finally save them and send Devaraj to jail.

Cast

Production

While filming the climactic action sequence, stuntman Sahul wanted to try out a bike stunt in a manner inspired by Jackie Chan. Though the producer was hesitant, Arjun was convinced. Sahul ultimately "pulled off the sequence in a single take".[4]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar, with lyrics written by Vairamuthu.[5] The song "Malare Mounama" is set in Darbari Kanada raga.[6][7] "Aai Shabba" is based on the song "Chebba" by Algerian singer Khaled.[8]

Tamil[9]
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Kannile Kannile"Mano, Sindhu4:06
2."Aye Shabba"Mano, Swarnalatha4:27
3."Malare"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki5:05
4."Aala Maram"Vidyasagar1:15
5."Putham Puthu"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki5:30
6."Hello Chellamma"Arjun, Ouseppachan, Swarnalatha, Goundamani5:17
Total length:25:41

All lyrics are written by Vennelakanti.

Telugu[10]
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Palike Mounama"Mano, S. Janaki4:56
2."Kannula Vennela"Mano, Sindhu3:57
3."Aye Shebba"Mano, Swarnalatha4:18
4."Kommalenno"Vidyasagar1:06
5."Mude Kore Mohama"Mano, S. Janaki5:19
6."Hello Chinnamma"Chetan, Swarnalatha, Anuradha Sriram5:17
Total length:24:47

Reception

New Straits Times wrote, "Karna turns out to be a neat package of sentiment, love, action and songs".[11]

References
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  2. "Karna ( 1995 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  3. Sitaraman, Sandya (9 January 1996). "Tamil Movie News--1995 Review". Google Groups. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  4. S, Srivatsan (15 June 2019). "When Sivaji Ganesan said 'MGR does better stunts'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. "Karna (1995)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2001. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  6. Mani, Charulatha (8 June 2012). "A Raga's Journey – Dynamic Durbarikaanada". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  7. Parthasarathy, Dhanya (18 December 2004). "The walking Google of Tamil film songs". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  8. Srinivasan, Karthik. "Tamil [Other Composers]". ItwoFS. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  9. "Karna (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Spotify. 20 February 1995. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  10. "Karna (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Spotify. 12 March 1994. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  11. Vijiyin, K. (13 May 1995). "Familiar theme given a new twist by Selva". New Straits Times. p. 24. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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