


Later, he was called as ‘Soodputra’ and later became a ‘Rajputra.' He was no fewer warriors than Arjuna but lost in the Mahabharata battle as Lord Indra asked his ‘Surya Kavach’ to save Arjuna in the battle. Kunti tried her luck and received Karna as her son.īut Kunti had to abandon the child in fear of her not being married still and floated the child Karna within a basket in river Ganges. Kunti gave birth to this son on receiving a boon from Rishi Durvasa, who gave her a mantra through which she could please any God. Karna was the story of a deprived child born from Lord Surya and Kunti. It attracted huge advertisements for Doordarshan then. Sanjay’s ‘Maharathi Karna’ had a total of 104 episodes. It is believed that Sanjay Khan’s company ‘Numero Uno International Limited’ had provided revenue of Rs.200 crore to Doordarshan over his twelve years of association with a small screen.

He made many series such as the “Great Maratha'', “Jai Hanuman” and “The Sword of Tipu Sultan”. Sanjay Khan was the Badshah (king) of television. The time slot was fixed at 9 pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays. But later, they had faith in Sanjay Khan and had finally zeroed on the project, and the telecast of ‘Maharathi Karna’ was made from January 1, 2003. There was a delay in the telecast of the serial due to some problem with the Doordarshan and their early 37 producers. Actor cum director Sanjay Khan had made this TV series ‘ Maharathi Karna’ on a budget of Rs 16 crore.
