Bottom Line:Pride of Telugus
Story
Right from the word go Rajamouli takes you into
a world where Swords & Violence are no strangers to its
inhabitants. The story centers on a group of tribes living around
Mahismathi. Rohini, the head, is very over protective of her people and
believes that her way of living in shadows is the only right survive.
Shivudu (Prabhas), a free-spirit who wants to explore the world behind
the mountain and disobey the rules. In spite of everything, a passionate
love story stems from within the different kins. From the first sight
Shivudu (Prabhas) and Avanthika (Tamannaah) strike such an intense bond
that they aren’t sure when love began. Immersed in a storm of
consequences, with Devasena (Anushka Shetty) being its backdrop, from
here blooms a fervent emotion like no other. What follows leaves you
continuously questioning if Shivudu - Avanthika love for one another,
can triumph over kin politics and family honors.
Star Performance
The trailers always looked as if Bhallala Deva and
Sivagami characters had been written for Rana Daggubati and Ramya
Krishna and in fact, these are the leads that steal the show. With such
expectations, Rana Daggubati outshines himself as he covers a full
intricate range of charismas – from being Powerful, cunning to
intellectual, and heartbroken. Ramya Krishna is an epitome of feminine
grace as the strong and powerful leader. Her expressive big eyes are
able to showcase her histrionics in a very interesting manner. “Darling”
Prabhas dedication shows up in every scene (as Shivudu and Baahubali)
in the movie. He was not completely possessed with his
characterizations. Satyaraj is similar to Magadheera / Jorah Mormont,
who go to any standard to save the pride of their kingdom. Tamannaah
Batia looks impressive despite a rather limited role. Adivi Sesh as son
of Rana Daggubati chosen for his wild looks. That doesn’t help at all
and he needs to work on histrionics. Prabhakar terrifying look as
Kalakeya is good. Nasser, Rohini, Tanikella Bharini, Meka Ramakrishna
and Rakesh Varre are okay in their small characters. Scarlett Wilson,
Gabriela Bertante and Nora Fatehi are red-hot in the item number.
Baahubali
is an upcoming movie released in all languages like Telugu, Tamil,
Malayalam, & Hindi. Baahubali movie directed by S.S.Rajamouli and
produced by K. Raghavendra Rao (Presenter), Shobu Yarlagadda &
Prasad Devineni under the banner Arka Media Works while Karan Johar is
presenting the Hindi theatrical version. Prabhas, Rana Daggubati,
Anushka Shetty and Tamannaah in the lead roles and Ramya Krishnan,
Sathyaraj, Nassar, Adivi Sesh, Tanikella Bharani and Sudeep in crucial
roles.The soundtrack for the film is composed by M. M. Keeravani.. K. K.
Senthil Kumar and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao handled the cinematography
and editing respectively.
Techinical Team
S S Rajamouli’s movies are always overweening.
Monstrously rattling that it will make your jaw drop for a dozen times
in every movie. But coming to the core of Baahubali is basic Troy,
Hercules story with Prince of Persia. Everything else is essentially
background noise. Written by S S Rajamouli, it’s such a shame that the
supposedly based on a mythology-inspired story instead resembles Croods,
Magadheera, Karan Arjun, Prince of Persia and Exodus more than anything
– if you recall lad was free spirited – tries to cross the mountains –
Finds his real image – Gets to know about his family – Where two young
prince try to win over each other for the crown – one wins the battle
and crowned as the new king. The most dominant elements were from Game
of Thrones. We also pick up similarities with Hercules, Lord of the
Rings, Mulan and Conan the Barbarian especially with regards to the
battle scenes. Due to which as a movie Baahubali will bore you as, it
doesn’t have enough original scenes and soul to carry the momentum
forward. Rajamouli is slowly transforming in to a director who is
selling off soul for the luxury.
For the most part of
Baahubali has a snail paced narrative. It moves really slow, with each
scene taking whatever happened before it two steps backward, elevating
just how idiotic things have become. Its does start to drag completely
as the film cuts in to the main action as it’s about to hit the climax.
Dialogues by Ch. Vijay Kumar & G. Ajay Kumar are very routine and
there are no powerful dialogues to elevate main characters. Its always
hard to convert Rajamouli’s vision into reality, but without a doubt the
strongest thing about this movie is the visual effects (Supervision by
Srinivas Mohan). Almost every shot of this movie is simply beautiful to
look at (thanks to Firefly Creative Studios, Makuta VFX Studio and
Prasad EFX). The Waterfall sequence (by Makuta VFX Studio), Gaur Fight
(by Tau Films) and Mahimathi Kingdom shots are simply awesome. The
usage of Lidar Scanning, Animatronics make CGI look real and the digital
enhancement has added colorful and bright look to the effects. Music by
MM Keeravani is mediocre and the songs are wasted by klutzy placement
and repetition. The cinematography by K K Senthil Kumar is technically
good. Art work by Sabu Cyril is fantastic, regarding how much Rajamouli
has relied on miniature art and sets. The costumes by Rama Rajamouli
& Prashanti Tripirneni are appropriate. Editing by Kotagiri
Venkateswara Rao is poor, movie could have easily trimmed down by 10-15
min. Fight Choreography by Peter Heins is completely inspired by the
Western films and wanna know what made him inspire from so many films
for a single war episode. Production values of Arka Media are grand.
Analysis
While the world sits up in anticipation of S S Rajamouli’s ambitious, 160 odd crore period
—
drama, it's got to be said that Baahubali is a film of queer
contradictions. Technically, it blasts open the hypotheses of cinema and
goes where few have attained earlier. There is enough here that will
excite and beatify fans. But there's also a lot in it that exacerbates
normal crowd. For a visually game-changing film, Rajamouli opts for a
folklore and love story that are way too common and at times, even
moth-eaten. There's an overall lack of feelings in Baahubali. With that
said, maybe a duology is just too much to ask of “Baahubali”, and
hopefully Baahubali – the conclusion will be more superior to the part
one.
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