Bāhubali: The Beginning
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Short description
Bāhubali: The Beginning is an Indian action, adventure, drama and fantasy film. It centres on Shivudu, a foundling raised in a small village, who grows into a young man of unusual strength. After finding a wooden mask that fell from the cliffs above his home, he scales the waterfall at the village's edge to seek its owner and discovers a hidden world ruled from the kingdom of Mahishmati. There he meets the warrior Avanthika, and is drawn into her people's struggle against the tyrant Bhallaladeva, who holds the captive queen Devasena. The search to free her leads Shivudu toward the truth about where he came from.
S. S. Rajamouli directed and wrote the screenplay, working after Sye, Maryada Ramanna and Eega. Prabhas plays Shivudu, with Rana Daggubati as Bhallaladeva, Tamannaah Bhatia as Avanthika, Anushka Shetty as Devasena, and Ramya Krishnan and Nassar in supporting roles; twenty-five cast members are credited in total.
Made for a reported 28 million US dollars and produced by Arka Media Works, the film returned around 101 million dollars worldwide, a substantial multiple of its cost. Audiences rated it 8 out of 10 on IMDb from roughly 153,000 votes and 7.6 out of 10 on TMDB, while its critics' rating stands at 7.1 out of 10 from 22 reviews, meaning viewers have generally been more enthusiastic than reviewers. A sequel, Bāhubali 2: The Conclusion, followed in 2017.
What's left behind the scenes
- At the time of its release, this was the most ambitious project not only for Tollywood (Telugu cinema) but for Indian cinema as a whole, and it was released in the largest number of countries worldwide.
- This is the first Indian film where the creators used AMD processors in the work on special effects and animation.
- The first Indian film for which special effects were created in five countries.
- 20,000 units of weaponry were specifically created for the film.
- Over 5,000 actors were involved in filming the battle scene with the wild tribes, and work on it lasted more than 200 days.
- The Kalakeya tribe speaks a language specifically invented for the film. It contains 748 words and 40 grammatical rules.
- The waterfall scene was filmed at Athirappilly Falls. Its magnificence was enhanced using special technologies.
- To prepare for the role of the antagonist, Rana Daggubati gained 33 kilograms.
- The role of Queen Shivagami was initially offered to actress Sridevi, but she requested 60 million Indian rupees as her fee. The producers decided this was too much and turned to Ramya Krishnan.
- Prabhas, the lead actor, had to first build up muscle mass, as scenes with Amarendra were filmed first, and then shed it to portray the image of Shivudu on screen.
- Bahubali is a character in Jain mythology. He is the personification of ahimsa (non-violence) and asceticism. The name translates to "possessor of mighty arms".
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