Bāhubali: The Beginning (2015)

Powerful

Please don't spend money on this.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Baahubali Baahubali - The Beginning is a film co-written and directed by S S Rajamouli. As I remember watching the trailer about 3 years ago, I could go on praising the grandeur of the film. And I watched the film back then and couldn't stop praising it. Watching it again after a long time, made me feel nostalgic.Plot: Shivudu's life changes after he meets AvanthikaStory and direction: I still don't think that there is nothing that is quite great with the story. It is a mishmash of Ramayana and Mahabharata. Anyone watching it will know what I am talking about. But the way S S Rajamouli has taken what we know and incorporated into the world of Mahismati is incredible. The story also doesn't provide you all the information at once. It keeps the mystery so that the audience stay intrigued and interested. You can see the hard work that has gone into the making of this magnum-opus. I can go on praising the Mahismati kingdom. The characters are also varied and interesting. You can care for each character that is in the film. The stunt sequences are also great and look very much real (quite rare in South Indian cinema). But everything has faults and so does this one. I felt the romantic track was added just to bring the audience to the theatres. It just added to the runtime and nothing substantial was there in that. Also the VFX was OK. In some scenes, you can just guess that green/blue screen was used. Also the editing is not crisp. Characters happen to just pop up at some places. Some scenes also never made sense.Performances: Prabhas stole the show. His dual roles as Babhubali and Shivudu were impressive. Rana Daggubati was great too. The stern and angered looks were nicely carried by him. Sathyaraj was impressive as Katappa. Nassar looked cruel as Bijjalaeva. Ramya Krishnan was beyond praise as Sivagami. Tamannah Bhatia was eye-candy for me. Anushka Shetty was also good in the role provided.Music: Very rarely I do love South Indian music. M M Keeravani delivers some great songs and an impressive background score. Although I liked each and every song of the film, 'Dheevera' was the one that impressed me the most.Favorite Scene: The scene just before the interval where Shivudu helps in the installation of the golden statue of Bhallaladeva. When one person happens to see Shivudu and says 'Baahubali' and everyone just repeat the same, the energy they get helps in the installation of the statue. The sheer grandness and respect for Baahubali the people have inspired me a lot.Verdict: Even with its faults and some stupidity, Baahubali is an enjoyable experience. I was never bored even for a milli-second. I am going with an 8/10.

Maybe it really appeals to Indian people but, for a western audience, it's just a really cheesy movie; bad acted, with a basic script, and a mustache wielding hero.I gave it a chance. Just don't bother. It's really far away from the score that IMDb is currently (8.2) showing for it.

Good films like FAN, Raees, Don2, My Name Is Khan, CDI, Swades, ASOKA, Dilse, Hey Ram, Anjaam, Phir bhi dil hai hindustani not making any records. Instead of grieving for that, hypocritical Indians celebrate overrated Bahubali2, Pk,Dangal. The first part was really great. It deserves mention and all the praise it got. Bahubali 2 is regressive chutiya south Indian masala bullshit and you bastard call that a success? And if you didn't realize, the plot is ripped off, copied from a Bollywood historical fiction film ASOKA, Jodha Akbar, Krrish.HERE'S HOW: * prince goes undercover(Asoka, Jodha Akbar) *He meets a buffoon character( Virat in Asoka played by Danny) *The buffoon character becomes loyal to the prince *The prince hides his true identity *The prince does not want princess of local kingdom to know about his superpowers(Krrish) *The waterfall CGI in the first part is equivalent to the natural waterfall in Asoka. *The prince saves princess from local gundaas. (kalaripayatu(Indian martial art form) in Asoka) *We see a dream sequence where prince dreams about a fantasy with the princess(Raat ka Nashaa from Asoka) *prince helps the local people *prince's buffoon turned loyal character kills prince's brother(tries to kill in Bahubali2) *Warring brothers for the throne *Attempts to kill the prince by the warring brother(Ajith Kumar in Asoka) *Final war where prince destroys everything-Except that the visuals in Santosh Sivan's picture are totally original and natural while for Bahubali's visuals, we have seen all that in Zack Synder's films like 300, Watchmen, Man Of Steel, Batman Vs Superman and also LOTR, Game of Thrones, Antman.-What happened to strong woman Avantika from the first part? No dialogues or involvement in story? Seriously? Is that a joke? Was she there for Bahubali to lose his virginity? Kaurwaki is a better and stronger female character in Indian cinema.-What's with the constipated faces in the first half by Bahubali, Katappa and that buffoon guy?-Whats with the naval groping and hypocrisy regarding touching women against their wishes? Bahubali does it, its love, others do it, its lust. Nice logic.-ASOKA and Jodha Akbar and Krrish have better picturised songs than the Disney cartoon in Bahubali 2.The movie is a overblown, overrated, over-hyped loud mess compared to the great first part. Does that mean we should be happy if the world celebrates an India movie, but a chutiya Indian movie?-That coconut Angry Birds tree scene.-People touching Bahubali the hero? Isn't that same scene used in Batman Vs Superman?-About VFX, great VFX is always the one which blends with reality, one which cannot be distinguished. FAN, Ra.one, Paheli, Main Hoon Na, Don by Red Chillies have better VFX than whatever American studios they used for I, BAHUBALI2, ENTHIRAAN.

Not being all that familiar with Indian cinema or pop culture, I really didn't know what to expect when I added this to my Netflix queue, just that it looked colorful and might be entertaining. Being not all that fond of musicals, I almost bugged out of the movie about fifteen or twenty minutes in.But something made me stick with it, and I'm glad I did.Take one part "Machiste" muscleman sword-and-sandal flick, one part "Lord of the Rings", add a liberal dose of Shakespearean tragedy, and season the result a bit too heavily (for my taste, anyway) with lavish musical numbers (Okay, I did like the Mahishmati anthem: It's a stirring and very catchy composition.) Garnish with some jaw-dropping wackiness -- from a Western perspective, anyway -- and you've got "Baahubali".I have to admit I found the second movie somewhat better than the first, but by the end of "Baahubali: The Beginning" I was captivated by its larger-than-life characters and epic storytelling. This and its sequel are well worth watching, even if like me you're not a big fan of Bollywood films.