S.S. Rajamouli's - Baahubali - The Beginning

     First of all I saw this film for the Guy - S.S. Rajamouli. He is the director of this film. Do you know S.S. Rajamouli? Well, maybe not personally but we are for sure aware of his works. The dubbed films that are shown on SetMax, like - "Hukumat ki Jung", "Aar-paar - the Judgement day" and "Yamraj Ek Faulaad", are his films originally in Telugu. Plus Prabhudeva's Rowdy Rathore and Ajay Devgan's Son of Sardar are the remakes of S.S.'s Telugu films. And the film that won the National Award and the one that too many festivals awarded, invited and screened  - Makkhi (Eega), which was a surprise entertainer, is made by him.

     And then he brings us the Epic - Baahubali. It is a historic period drama and the film is an epical fantasy. But then, what he has given to India is an epic in itself by making such a magnificent and majestically over the top film for today.

     There is no point telling anything about the story coz the story is not completed in 'Baahubali - the beginning', you have to wait till 2016 for it to complete itself.

     Characters - Baahubali (Prabhas), Bhallala (Rana Daggubati), Devasena (Anushka Shetty), Avanthika (Tamannah Bhatiya) and Kattappa (Satyaraj) with Bijjaladeva (Naseer) are made with a lot of passion and drama in them.

     The whole film has extensive level of Drama and actors have dramatised it even more.

     The cinematography by Senthil Kumar is mature. Music by M.M. Keeravani is very good... few pieces are extremely good. Production Design by Sabu Cyril is top notch. And the 100-200 people who worked on the VFX have my standing ovation.

The screenplay is well crafted but the rest of the things are just happening just like that.

'Anything can happen' is what you have to keep in mind before entering the theaters - However, HOW 'S.S. Rajamouli' has directed that ANYTHING in this film is what you have to see this film for. That is the best part.

     The Hero of the film is Hero. He has everything a man would want to have and a woman would always dream of. He is the perfect person, with perfect etiquettes (well it's like some 100-200 A.D, so whatever would be marked as 'etiquettes', the hero has them all). The Villain is the Villain, he is ruthless and heartless and somewhere more benefited and powerful than the Hero. Well that's all.

And yeah there is a Heroine who fights a couple of people and has a couple of songs to dance and show some skin.

Now...

The VFX...
     The Grandeur of the kingdom is exceptionally amazing. You will forget everything, the Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Troy... everything! I am sure it will be a little tough to believe that it is an Indian film that we are watching.

Yes, an avalanche scene, lacks somewhere but then... that's just the 3% of VFX in all. As the film proceeds you will be awed and surprised and...might feel like it is actually there.

The ACTION...

     That is what you watch a South Indian film for. Amazing action sequences designed and executed. The plan, the surprise attacks, the display of strengths and the bravery and the strategies to attack and defend, everything is a feast to watch.

Just take your Eyes, Ears and Your feeling of JOY with you to watch this film. Leave back your brains, your mind and your logic.

Verdict -
With my brains - 4/10
Without my brains - 7.5/10.

I recommend you to consider the 2nd verdict.

And yes - Stay tuned for more "S.S. Yallattikar's" reviews of upcoming awaited movies.