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2015 Indian film
Baahubali: The Beginning
File:Baahubali poster.jpgFilm poster
Directed byS.S Rajamouli
Screenplay by
  • Madhan Karky
  • Rahul Koda
  • V. Vijayendra Prasad
  • S. S. Rajamouli
Story byV. Vijayendra Prasad
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyK. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music byM. M. Keeravani
Production
company		Arka Media Works
Distributed byTelugu:
Arka Media Works
Tamil:
Studio Green
UV Creations
Hindi:
Dharma Productions
Malayalam:
Global United Media
Release date
  • 10 July 2015 (2015-07-10)
Running time
  • 158 minutes (Telugu)
  • 159 minutes (Tamil)
CountryIndia
Languages
Budget₹250 crore (US$29 million)
Box office₹356 crore (US$42 million)
(11 days)

Baahubali: The Beginning, also presented as Bāhubali: The Beginning (English: The One With Strong Arms) is a 2015 Indian bilingual epic historical fiction film directed by S. S. Rajamouli. Produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni, it is the first of two cinematic parts. The film was simultaneously made in Telugu and Tamil and dubbed into Hindi, Malayalam and French languages. Baahubali: The Beginning features an ensemble cast of Prabhas, Rana, Tamannaah and Anushka Shetty in lead roles. Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj, Nassar, Adivi Sesh, Tanikella Bharani and Sudeep appear in supporting roles.

Baahubali: The Beginning is the most expensive production in the history of Indian cinema to date. The film was shot using Arri Alexa XT camera, marking Rajamouli's first film to use digital cameras; the principal photography began at Rock Gardens in Kurnool on 6 July 2013. Sabu Cyril was the production designer for the film, the soundtrack and background score for the film was composed by M. M. Keeravani, and V. Srinivas Mohan was the visual effects supervisor.

Baahubali: The Beginning was released worldwide on the 10th of July 2015 to positive reviews from critics, and it recorded the highest-grossing opening for an Indian film at the box-office. As of 20 July 2015, it is the 8th highest grossing Indian film of all time. The final part is scheduled for release in 2016.

Plot

In the ancient Kingdom of Mahishmati in India, Sivagami (Ramya Krishnan), carrying a baby in her arms, emerges from a cave directly next to a waterfall. She is being chased by soldiers. She kills the soldiers with a sword but falls into the river nearby. Knowing that she can't be saved, she makes the ultimate sacrifice, her own life, to save the baby. She holds her hand and the child above water, while she drowns herself. Local villagers spot the stranded child and save the infant while Sivagami dies with her finger pointing to the top of the waterfall. Sanga (Rohini) and her husband name the infant Shivudu and raise him as their own son. To prevent anyone from coming for the baby, they seal the cave with a large rock.

Shivudu (Prabhas) grows up aspiring to climb the waterfall which irks his mother as she does not want to lose her son. He attempts again and again to climb the massive waterfall but fails. Seeing that his son isn't going to stop climbing she asks Swamiji (Tanikella Bharani) for a solution. He tells her that she has to pour water on Shivling 116 times then only Lord Shiva will answer her prayers. When Shivudu finds out about it, he picks Shivling on his shoulders and puts it below the waterfall. After that incident, a mask falls in to the lap of Shivudu. After pressing the mask into the dirt, he creates an imprint of the person whom the mask belongs to, a beautiful girl. He tries again to climb the waterfall and seeing visions of the girl whom the mask belongs to, succeeds.

On top of the waterfall, he discovers that the mask belongs to Avanthika (Tamannaah), a rebellious warrior whose group has indulged in a guerrilla warfare against king Bhallala Deva / Palvaalthevan (Rana Daggubati) of Mahishmati Kingdom. The group intends to rescue former queen Devasena (Anushka Shetty) who is the real mother of Shiva and she has been imprisoned by the king for the past 25 years.

While Avanthika initially doubts Shiva's intentions, later she falls in love with him after she finds out that he has climbed the waterfall for her. Shiva pledges to help her in her mission and sneaks into Mahishmati to rescue Devasena. Meanwhile, the king's Royal Guard Kattappa (Sathyaraj), known for his warrior abilities, is making arrangements to erect a large statue of the King. Impressed by Katappa's skills, a warrior (Sudeep) from a Kingdom in the Eastern region, offers his friendship to Kattappa (this scene takes place earlier). On the other hand, Kattappa and his group, attack Shiva upon the order of the King. However, Kattappa drops his weapons on realizing that Shiva is Mahendra Bahubali, the son of late king Amarendra Bahubali.

A flashback reveals the animosity between cousins Amarendra Bahubali and Bhallala Deva / Palvaalthevan, whose father is Bijjala Deva / Pingaladevan (Nassar). They are both trained in all areas including warfare but both of them have different approach towards kingship. Amarendra Bahubali is liberal to everyone and loves his public and so the public love him but Bhallala Deva has tendency to achieve his goals with any means possible. When a war is waged by another Kingdom, they both are guided by Shivagami that whoever brings the head of the enemy Ruler will be rewarded as the New King.

While Amarendra Baahubali uses his skill and ability to crush the enemy by motivating his troops against the stronger Army, on the other side Bhallala Deva uses all the resources of the Army, killing innocent people as well as the enemy, to win the war. In the end, when Baahubali was at the verge of killing the Enemy king, Bhallala Deva killed the Enemy King with his ranged weapon thus taking all the credit of winning the war.

But Shivagami who is an unbiased lady announces Amarendra Baabhubali as the new king because of his nobility and leadership in the war. After the flashback, when Shiva asks Kattappa who killed his father, Kattappa reveals himself as the killer.

Cast

Production

Main article: Production of Baahubali

In February 2011, S. S. Rajamouli announced that his next film would star Prabhas. In January 2013, he announced that the working title was Baahubali. Baahubali: The Beginning is the most expensive production in the history of Indian cinema to date. K. V. Vijayendra Prasad is the screen writer of Baahubali, who is co-incidentally also the writer of another Bollywood super-hit film Bajrangi Bhaijaan. The film was shot using Arri Alexa XT camera marking Rajamouli's first film using digital camera and the principal photography began at Rock Gardens in Kurnool on 6 July 2013. Sabu Cyril is the production designer, while V. Srinivas Mohan is the visual effects supervisor.

Music

Main article: Baahubali: The Beginning (soundtrack)

Rajamouli's cousin M. M. Keeravani composed the music for this film.

Release

The film released worldwide on July 10, 2015, with a premier show on July 9. The film will have a special international cut version by Vincent Tabaillon before being screened in numerous international festivals, shown to sales agents and distributors and a wider global release. According to the film's producers the cut will differ from the original film. The cut should be ready by the end of August 2015. The Telugu version is presented by K. Raghavendra Rao, while K.E. Gnanavel Raja and UV Creations present the Tamil theatrical version, Karan Johar is presenting the Hindi theatrical version and Global United Media is presenting the Malayalam theatrical version.

Marketing

A number of short promotional "making of" videos have been released. For releasing all those videos, Arka Media Works had its own channel on YouTube and the team unveiled first look posters and videos featuring the film's lead stars on the occasions of their birthdays. The film used an augmented reality application to play the trailer on smart phones and tablets. The crown used by the character of Baahubali in the film was exhibited at Comic Con, Hyderabad as a part of the film's promotion. A cosplay event was held in which chosen winners were given a chance to visit the sets of the film. The film's unit also launched a WhatsApp messenger to give regular updates about the film to the subscribers.

It is also one of the films featured in BBC's documentary on 100 Years of Indian cinema directed by Sanjeev Bhaskar.

Distribution

In early July 2014, the film first part's Karnataka and Ceded (Rayalaseema) region distribution rights were sold to a prominent distributor for ₹23 crore (US$2.7 million) out of which the Ceded region, which included Kadapa, Kurnool, Anantapur, Chittoor and Bellary areas, the rights alone fetched ₹14 crore (US$1.6 million) At the same time, the film's Nizam region theatrical distribution rights were purchased by Dil Raju for an amount of ₹25 crore (US$2.9 million). only for the first part. Though he did not confirm the price, Dil Raju said in an interview to Deccan Chronicle that he purchased the first part's Nizam region rights and added that he would acquire the rights of the second part also for this region. BlueSky Cinemas, Inc. acquired the theatrical screening and distribution rights in overseas.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Bollywood Hungama
NDTV
Times of India
Hindustan Times
India Today
Rediff
CNN-IBN
Idlebrain
123telugu
International Business Times
DNA India
India Glitz
Glam Sham
The Guardian

Critical reception

Upon release, the film received highly positive reviews for its visual effects, production design, narration and background score. Firstpost commented on the film, "SS Rajamouli's fantasy film with great battle scenes and hunky heroes is just epic". Hindustan Times stated, "This SS Rajamouli film is all sound and spectacle". Indian Express stated that "Baahubali is simply spectacular". Rajeev Masand of IBN Live gave Baahubali 4 out of 5 stars, praising its visual spectacle.

The Times of India gave 3.5 stars to the film stating "this highly anticipated part one of the two-part period epic, manages to enthrall you with its sheer scale and grandeur". Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3.5 stars. The Hindu described the film as "A triumph of imagination". Deccan Chronicle awarded the film 4 stars.

Box office

Baahubali: The Beginning collected around ₹162 crore (US$19 million) worldwide on its first weekend from all its versions, the fourth List of highest-grossing Indian films biggest ever for an Indian film. The film grossed around ₹255 crore (US$30 million) in the first week of it's release, setting the lifetime record for a Indian film. Baahubali grossed ₹303 crore (US$35 million) worldwide in first 9 days. becoming the first South Indian film to cross the ₹300 crore (US$35 million) mark worldwide. Baahubali: The Beginning is the first south Indian Movie to enter ₹300 crore club and broke the earlier record of Enthiran.

India

Baahubali: The Beginning had a huge opening with 100 percent occupancy in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and close to 70 per cent occupancy in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka. It grossed around ₹50 crore (US$5.9 million) nett. on its first day of release in India from all four versions (Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi). The Hindi version earned around ₹4.25 crore (US$500,000) nett which was the second highest opening for any film dubbed into Hindi. The Hindi version grossed around ₹19.50 crore (US$2.3 million) nett in the first weekend.

The Telugu version alone earned around ₹65 crore (US$7.6 million) nett in first weekend in India. The film, from all its versions, earned almost ₹100 crore (US$12 million) nett in its first weekend. It had the fourth biggest opening weekend ever in India. The Hindi version grossed ₹5.75 crore (US$670,000) nett. on its first Monday and ₹5.25 crore (US$610,000) nett. on its first Tuesday. It collected around ₹40 crore (US$4.7 million) nett. on it's first week. Baahubali grossed ₹50 crore (US$5.9 million) in Hindi version.

Overseas

The film collected around ₹20 crore (US$2.3 million) in its first day from the international markets. In the United States and Canada, it earned US$1.2 million in its opening day from 236 theaters (170 of which were shown in Telugu). Baahubali grossed around US$6.4 million(Rs 41 crore) at the North American box-office towards its second weekend.

The film opened on the ninth spot for its weekend, collecting around US$3.5 million with a per-screen average of $15,148. The film debuted in the ninth position for the US and Canadian box office collecting $4,630,000 for three days and $3,250,000 for the weekend of July 10–12, 2015

Followup

The second part, Baahubali: The Conclusion will be released in 2016.

See also

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