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This article has an unclear citation style. The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation, footnoting, or external linking. (August 2015) Baahubali: The Beginning Baahubali picking up a Shiva linga statue, in front of a waterfall Directed by	S. S. Rajamouli Produced by Prasad Devineni Shobu Yarlagadda Screenplay by	S. S. Rajamouli[1] Story by	V. Vijayendra Prasad Starring Prabhas Rana Daggubati Anushka Shetty Tamannaah Music by	M. M. Keeravani Cinematography	K. K. Senthil Kumar Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao Production company Arka Media Works Distributed by	Telugu: Arka Media Works Tamil: Studio Green UV Creations Hindi: Dharma Productions Malayalam: Global United Media Release dates 10 July 2015 Running time 158 minutes[2] (Telugu) 159 minutes[3] (Tamil) Country	India Language Telugu Tamil Budget	₹250 crore (US$38 million)(2 parts)[4][5][6][7] Box office	₹577 crore (US$88 million)[8] Baahubali: The Beginning, also presented as Bāhubali: The Beginning (English: Exceedingly powerful) is a 2015 Indian bilingual epic historical fiction film directed by S. S. Rajamouli.[9][10] Produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni, it is the first of two cinematic parts.[11] The film was simultaneously made in Telugu and Tamil and dubbed into Hindi, Malayalam and French languages. Baahubali: The Beginning features an ensemble cast of Prabhas,[12] Rana, Tamannaah and Anushka Shetty in lead roles. Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj, Nassar, Adivi Sesh, Tanikella Bharani and Sudeep appear in supporting roles.[13]

Baahubali: The Beginning was released worldwide on 10 July 2015 to positive reviews from critics, and it recorded the highest-grossing opening for an Indian film at the box-office with over ₹50 crore (US$7.7 million). Baahubali became the first non-Hindi film to net. gross over ₹104 crore (US$16 million) in dubbed Hindi version in India.[14] Currently it is the third highest grossing Indian film of all time worldwide and the highest grossing Indian film of all time based on gross revenues from India alone.[15][16][17][18][19] It is also the first Telugu, South Indian and first non-Hindi film to gross over ₹500 crore (US$77 million) worldwide.[19][20][21]

Baahubali: The Beginning is the most expensive production in the history of Indian cinema to date.[22] The film was shot using Arri Alexa XT camera, marking Rajamouli's first film to use digital cameras; the principal photography began at Rock Gardens in Kurnool on 6 July 2013. Sabu Cyril was the production designer for the film, the soundtrack and background score for the film was composed by M. M. Keeravani, and V. Srinivas Mohan was the visual effects supervisor.

Contents [hide] 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Music 5 Release 5.1 Marketing 5.2 Distribution 6 Critical reception 7 Box office 7.1 India 7.2 Overseas 8 Controversy 9 Sequel 10 See also 11 References 12 External links Plot In the ancient Kingdom of Mahishmati in India, Sivagami (Ramya Krishnan), carrying a baby in her arms, emerges from a cave directly next to a waterfall. She is being chased by soldiers. She kills the soldiers but falls into the river nearby. Knowing that she can't be saved, she makes the ultimate sacrifice, her own life, to save the baby. She holds her hand and the child above water, while she drowns herself. Local villagers spot the stranded child and save the infant while Sivagami dies with her finger pointing to the top of the waterfall. Sanga (Rohini) and her husband name the infant Shivudu and raise him as their own son. To prevent anyone from coming for the baby, they seal the cave with a large rock.

Shivudu (Prabhas) grows up aspiring to climb the waterfall which irks his mother as she does not want to lose her son. He attempts again and again to climb the massive waterfall but fails. Seeing that his son isn't going to stop climbing she asks Swamiji (Tanikella Bharani) for a solution. He tells her that she has to pour water on Shivling 116 times and only then will Lord Shiva answer her prayers. When Shivudu finds out about it, he picks Shivling on his shoulders and puts it below the waterfall. From the top of the falls, a mask falls in to the lap of Shivudu. After pressing the mask into the dirt, he creates an imprint of the person whom the mask belongs to, a beautiful girl. He tries again to climb the waterfall and seeing visions of the girl whom the mask belongs to, succeeds.

On top of the waterfall, Shivudu, now called Shiva, discovers that the mask belongs to Avanthika (Tamannaah), a rebellious warrior whose group has indulged in a guerrilla warfare against king Bhallala Deva / Palvaalthevan (Rana Daggubati) of Mahishmati Kingdom. The group intends to rescue former queen Devasena (Anushka Shetty) who is the real mother of Shiva and she has been imprisoned by the king for the past 25 years.

While Avanthika initially doubts Shiva's intentions, later she falls in love with him after she finds out that he has climbed the waterfall for her. Shiva pledges to help her in her mission and sneaks into Mahishmati to rescue Devasena. Meanwhile, the king's Royal Guard Kattappa (Sathyaraj), known for his warrior abilities, is making arrangements to erect a large statue of the King. Impressed by Katappa's skills, a warrior (Sudeep) from a Kingdom in the Eastern region, offers his friendship to Kattappa (this scene takes place earlier). On the other hand, Kattappa and his group, attack Shiva upon the order of the King. After Shiva beheads Bhadra (Bhallala Deva's son), Kattappa drops his weapons on realizing that Shiva is Mahendra Baahubali, the son of late king Amarendra Baahubali. Shiva's adoptive family travel through the cave to join the others and witness his ascension.

A flashback reveals the animosity between cousins Amarendra Baahubali and Bhallala Deva / Palvaalthevan, whose father is Bijjala Deva / Pingaladevan (Nassar). They are both trained in all areas including warfare but both of them have different approach towards kingship. Amarendra Baahubali is liberal to everyone and loves his public and so the public love him but Bhallala Deva has tendency to achieve his goals with any means possible. When a war is waged by another Kingdom, they both are guided by Shivagami that whoever brings the head of the enemy Ruler will be rewarded as the New King.

While Amarendra Baahubali uses his skill, cunning and ability to crush the enemy by motivating his troops against the stronger Army, on the other side Bhallala Deva uses all the resources of the Army, killing innocent people as well as the enemy, to win the war. In the end, when Baahubali is on the verge of killing the Enemy Chief, Bhallala Deva kills the Enemy Chief with his ranged weapon, thus taking all the credit of winning the war.

But Shivagami, who is wise, announces Amarendra Baahubali as the new king because of his nobility and leadership in the war. Kattappa and the others worship him as the king. After the flashback, when Shiva asks Kattappa who killed his father, Kattappa reveals himself as the killer.

Cast Prabhas as Shivudu alias Mahendra Baahubali and Amarendra Baahubali Rana Daggubati as Bhallala Deva (Paalvalthevan in the Tamil version) Anushka Shetty as Maharani Devasena Tamannaah as Avanthika Ramya Krishnan as Sivagami Sathyaraj as Karikal Katappa Nadar alias Katappa Nassar as Bijjaladeva (Pingaladevan in the Tamil version) Rohini as Sanga Tanikella Bharani as Swamiji Adivi Sesh as Bhadra Prabhakar as Kalakeya king Sudeep (cameo) as Aslam Khan S. S. Rajamouli (cameo) as spirit seller Nora Fatehi (cameo) as dancer in Green blouse[23][23][24] Scarlett Mellish Wilson (cameo) as dancer in Orange blouse[25][26] Gabriela Bertante (cameo) as dancer in Grey blouse Rakesh Varre as Bhallaladeva's friend Teja Kakumanu as Sakethudu Charandeep Surneni as Kalakeya King Brother Production Main article: Production of Baahubali Baahubali: The Beginning was produced in "Tollywood," the center of Telugu language films in India, which is based in the city of Hyderabad. It is touted to be the most expensive film in India till date.[27][28][29][30] In February 2011, S. S. Rajamouli announced that his next film would star Prabhas.[31] In January 2013, he announced that the working title was Baahubali.[13]

The screen writer, K. V. Vijayendra Prasad, also wrote the concurrent Bollywood release Bajrangi Bhaijaan.[32][33][34] The film was shot using Arri Alexa XT camera marking Rajamouli's first film using digital camera and the principal photography began at Rock Gardens in Kurnool on 6 July 2013.[35][36] Sabu Cyril is the production designer, while V. Srinivas Mohan is the visual effects supervisor.[37][38]

Music Main article: Baahubali: The Beginning (soundtrack) Rajamouli's cousin M. M. Keeravani composed the music for this film.[39]

Release The film released on 10 July 2015 in 4,000 screens worldwide in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam languages. A premier show was also held on 9 July.[40] In Kerala, only a few theatres screened the film on the opening day amidst a close down by a section of theatres over the piracy issue of Malayalm film Premam.[41] The film will have a special international cut version by Vincent Tabaillon before being screened in numerous international festivals, shown to sales agents and distributors and a wider global release. According to the film's producers the cut will differ from the original film. The cut should be ready by the end of August 2015.[42] The Telugu version is presented by K. Raghavendra Rao, while K.E. Gnanavel Raja and UV Creations present the Tamil theatrical version, Karan Johar is presenting the Hindi theatrical version and Global United Media is presenting the Malayalam theatrical version. Baahubali was also criticized by few for being sexist in the pre-love making scene between Avanthika(Tamannaah) and Baahubali(Prabhas).[43][44][45][clarification needed]

Marketing A number of short promotional "making of" videos have been released.[46][47][48][49] For releasing all those videos, Arka Media Works had its own channel on YouTube and the team unveiled first look posters and videos featuring the film's lead stars on the occasions of their birthdays.[50] The film used an augmented reality application to play the trailer on smart phones and tablets.[51] The crown used by the character of Baahubali in the film was exhibited at Comic Con, Hyderabad as a part of the film's promotion. A cosplay event was held in which chosen winners were given a chance to visit the sets of the film.[52] The film's unit also launched a WhatsApp messenger to give regular updates about the film to the subscribers.[53] On 22 July 2015, Guinness World Records approved the poster created during the audio launch of Baahubali in Kochi on 27 June 2015 as the world's largest poster.[54][55] The poster has an area of 4,793.65 m² (51,598.21 ft²) and it was achieved by Global United Media Company Pvt Ltd.[56]

It is also one of the films featured in BBC's documentary on 100 Years of Indian cinema directed by Sanjeev Bhaskar.[57][58][59]

Distribution In early July 2014, the film first part's Karnataka and Ceded (Rayalaseema) region distribution rights were sold to a prominent distributor for ₹23 crore (US$3.5 million) out of which the Ceded region, which included Kadapa, Kurnool, Anantapur, Chittoor and Bellary areas, the rights alone fetched ₹14 crore (US$2.1 million)[60][61] At the same time, the film's Nizam region theatrical distribution rights were purchased by Dil Raju for an amount of ₹25 crore (US$3.8 million). only for the first part.[62][63] Though he did not confirm the price, Dil Raju said in an interview to Deccan Chronicle that he purchased the first part's Nizam region rights and added that he would acquire the rights of the second part also for this region.[64] BlueSky Cinemas, Inc. acquired the theatrical screening and distribution rights in overseas.[65][66][67]