Bahubali – The movie

Saw this movie on Tuesday (5^th day of release), late night show in Telugu at Chennai, theater balcony was about 80% full.

Amidst all the reviews and publicity the movie got across the board, tried my best to enjoy the movie without any pre conceived notions.

Presentation of the movie was very up scale, i suppose it need not be compared against Hollywood movies, simply because the scale at which they spend, is just not matchable. The vast canvas makes it a watchable movie.

All the leading stars have put up a very decent performance, to the extent the movie offered them to show their prowess.

Even my friend who watched the movie with me was trying to compare it with another Hollywood movie, i requested him to see the movie as an Indian movie and then enjoy it.

It was meant to be a fantasy movie and so there is no scope for questioning unbelievables, the way the Hero Prabhas climbs the mountain or jumps/falls in the water etc. Many a scene could have been much better in terms of shot taking in particular when smaller actors were being shot. Maybe maximum focus was on the big stars n their performances.

If the movie had collected the monies that have been touted, then it is good news for the industry, single movie released in four Indian languages, simultaneously released across the world and India, i suppose it was for the first time. SS Rajamouli who had the vision to do this, has to be lauded.

We should be proud that we have in our midst someone, who can think so gigantic and execute the same and for him to be an Indian it is a proud moment to all of us.

Make up for Anushka, Nasaar must have been a time consuming thing and they have done their job quite well at it. Tamannah in that somber look was still stunning. Costumes, weapons etc have been well taken care of by those monitoring that division. As Mahesh Babu said the background score was quite good.

I wonder why we are seeing this beyond, as a movie and searching for reasons to criticise. Yes it leaves opportunity to provide us thinking process till the part 2 gets released. Already there are apps that talk about 'Which Bahubali character are you'. Maybe we will soon see some toys with the Bahubali characters and some video games. Today this is all part of the marketing of a movie and for an Indian movie to get all this happening, it is indeed a proud moment.

If you have not seen this movie, don't go with all the hype n mind but just go to watch a fantasy movie, as some one put it “Chandamama story”.

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