Bahubali: The Beginning



Bahubali (strong arms)

This movie is truly what blockbusters are made of, Bahubali: The Beginning, is a visually stunning and gripping first part of a two-part series, which is India's most expensive production to date, released worldwide on 10 July 2015, and recieving positive reviews from critics, this movie is also the highest-grossing opening for an Indian film at the box-office. 'Bahubali' which translates into English as 'strong arms' is an epic historical, action, adventure, directed by S. S. Rajamouli, and tells the tale of  a clash for the control of a kingdom. In the opening scene the movie wastes no time in keeping you on the egde of your seat with suspense as it leads to the epic scene of the hand reaching out the rushing river whiles cradling a baby. The singing and dancing that Bollywood is known for is kept to a minimum in this movie, in order to keep it more serious no doubt, because lets be honest, it would'nt be practical to break into a song and dance during a battle, which this movie is essentially about, but they did make the singing and dancing work well in the more sensual scenes without over doing it, which brings me to mentioning that the use of slow motion in this movie was also well thought out, during the sensual scenes to the battle sequenses, which are also magnificent. The second part of the two-part series, Bahubali: The Conclusion will be released in 2016.


Synopsis and trailer

 After king 'Amarendra Bahubali', of a kingdom known as Mahishmati is slayed and his queen 'Devasena' is thrown into captivitity, his son is helped to escape a terrible fate. Saved from the brink of death as a baby, the prince was named by his adoptive parents as 'Shivadu' and grows up amongst a tribe on a hill, not knowing of his royal bloodline. On deciding to help his beautiful love interest and rebel fighter 'Avanthika' on a rescue mission, he discovers that he's heir to the throne. 

CAST

PRABHAS as SHIVUDU & BAHUBALI
            RANA DAGGUBATI  as BHALLALADEVA
            ANUSHKA SHETTY  as DEVASENA
            TAMANNAAH BHATIA as AVANTHIKA
         with
         RAMYA KRISHNAN
        as
        SIVAGAMI

Avanthika, lead female role and love interest

of Bahubali.

Directed by: S. S. Rajamouli
Produced by: Prasad Devineni
Shobu Yarlagadda

Screenplay by: S. S. Rajamouli
Story by: V. Vijayendra Prasad Music by: M. M. Keeravani
Cinematography: K. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited by: Kotagiri Venkateswara RaoProduction company: Arka Media Work

Running time: 2hr 39mins

Release dates: 10 July 2015