'' Karnan '' was released on 14 January 1964 , during the festival occasion of Thai Pongal . The film ran for over 100 days in theatres , and later won the Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film at the 11th National Film Awards . A digitised version of '' Karnan '' was released in March 2012 to critical and commercial success , eventually establishing a trend of re-releasing digitised versions of old films in Tamil cinema
11th National Film Awards
11th National Film Awards
Karnan (film)