The staring goddess is the keeper of Podiyankulam’s memories In addition to this grand, mythical framing, Karnan also has minor, fascinating narratives that add layers of interpretation to what seems to be the usual mythical journey of a hero. Even the blood-thirsty police officer, Kannabiran (Nataraj Subramanian), who is killed by Karnan is reduced to a chalk drawing of the body and a splatter of red for head in the end. There’s a painting of Che Guevara without a face. But it’s also believed to represent a personality without identity. The titles appear over a headless Bodhisattva, it’s head commonly lost due to vandalism. The counterpoint to Karnan’s sword are the several headless figures in the film. She would have judged Karnan above even King Arthur. In Karnan, Draupadi is in love with Karnan and hopes that he would win the sword. In the Mahabharata, Karna is spurned by Draupadi during a competition to choose her suitor on account of his birth. This is not a weapon from heaven, but one that opens it.
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When Karnan bisects the fish and wins the sword, it looks like he’s thrusting it into the clouds and opening a small crack of light.
Superficially modeled on the Anglo-Saxon legend, Karnan is in an inverted image of King Arthur Karnan has no destiny save for the one he chooses.
More importantly, King Arthur needed the right to rule while Karnan’s people needed the right to survive. He won the sword in a competition and there isn’t anything predestined about it. In fact, throughout the film we see him sharing it with others.
Arthur’s Excalibur gives him the right to rule Britain Karnan is merely the custodian of a collective property, the sword doesn’t give any power or right.