Critical Review of Movie
"Baahubali-The Conclusion"
I received a call from my younger sister that the tickets
had been booked and the family would be watching the movie “Baahubali-The Conclusion” in Telugu
language on April 29th, 2017 at Eros Theater in New Delhi. As usual,
I was excited and assured her that I will be reaching the theater directly
after my working hours or I would take the permission to join them at the
theater. However, it was decided that I must reach home and accompany them.
Each one of us was excited. However, my sister, who was at the driver’s seat,
was proud to announce that she has seen the movie in the Hindi language on
April 28th, 2017. She was hyper about it as though it was a great
achievement for her. Moreover, she wanted to compare the movie in both
languages. She promised me that she will not share the story with me.
The theater was jam packed and everyone wanted to watch the
movie without losing a single scene. Each one of the individual arrived in time
and took the possession of their sets. I wish we were so punctual in our
classes too! Children demanded their parents for the large pack of popcorn and
soft drinks. How could I miss them? I wanted to do two things together-watch
and munch! Thanks the movie began on time.
According to the Central Board of Film Certification, the
name of the movie was “Baahubali-The
Conclusion”. It was in Telugu language. It was colored and was
cinemascope one . The date of release was April 24th, 2017 and under the
Universal category (that is meant for both adults and children). However, it
was clearly mentioned that the movie must be watched under parental guidance.
The name of the applicant to sign was Shri
Y.N.Sobhandari for M/s Arka Media Works Entertainment LLP, Hyderabad and
other signee was Shri Pahlaj Nihalani,
Chairperson, CBFC, Mumbai. The
duration of the movie was for 167 minutes and 30 seconds.
Wow! I liked the titles of the movie for following reasons:
a.
Computer graphics and dummies were used for
various kinds of animals shown in the movie like horse, elephant, parrot, pig,
oxen, birds, ducks, bison, boar, falcon, swan, etc.
b.
The team thanked agencies, digital cinema, travel
partners, currency exchange office in Hyderabad, health care partner, social
media channels, accommodation partner ,chocolate and confectionery partner, nutrition,
mobile, communication, Reliance Fresh to get various goods, multiplex and Jewelry
partner, location and experience
partner, stationary, messaging partner "hi", agency partner ,beauty
partner to "Lux", fitness partner, Make a Wish Campaign,
merchandising and licensing through ICICI Bank, Simba, etc., insurance
providers, their bankers were IDBI and Kotak Bank, Hyderabad, their financers, media
and radio partners, etc. They did not forget the contribution and participation
of single person also. That’s something to be appreciated for the success of
the movie.
c.
Very elaborative and distinctive background was
shown in the titles. This is must for capturing the attention and focus of the
audience. Kudos for their thinking powers.
d.
The movie was a combination of both real shots
and multimedia graphical frameworks. Thus, attention of the children was at its
maximum level.
e.
Titles were providing, associating and linking
the connectivity between Baahubali
Part 1 and Baahubali-The Conclusion.
The short story of the part One of the movie was showcased in the Titles of the
movie (one must have perceived the audience in the theater-I perceived that all
of them were dumbstruck and not even a single person was blinking their eyes-I
thought movies indeed play a major role in learning and educating ourselves, and
there is no need to work hard with the individuals. This will do wonders in the
classes of Law, Literature, History, Sociology and Journalism and Mass Media.).
The movie was presented by K.Raghavendra Rao, production of an Arka Mediaworks and creative film by S.S.Rajamouli. The lyrics and dialogues were written by Manoj Muntashir. The music was by M.M.Keeravani. The cinematography by K.K.Senthil Kumar. Vivid colored
sketches were introduced at the beginning of the movie with the song at the
background. The producers of the movie were Shobu
Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni. The screenplay and Direction was by S.S.Raja Mouli. The main star cast was Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Sathyaraj,
Ramya Krishna, Nassar and Tamannaah.It was distributed by Arka Media Works
for Telugu version, K.Productions for Tamil version, Global United Media for
Malayalam version and Dharma Productions for Hindi version. It was released in
4K high Definition format.
Once the titles are over, the story begins for us. Our hero-Amarendra Baahubali- achieves his
victory in the battlefield. The Queen Mother is proud of this achievement and
declares that he will be crowned as the future king of Maahishmati. Her words turned out to be the festival moments for
the people in the kingdom. However, her own and real son Bhallaladeva and husband are against her wishes. Her husband starts
instigating Bhallaladeva against her.
This is the turning point in the movie.
The Queen Mother instructs Amarendra and Katappa to take the tour of their kingdom in order to
gain more knowledge of their subjects and well-being. Amarendra meets Devasena
and is attracted by her charm and skills. They fall in love with each other. Soon
this information reaches to Bhallaladeva
and he makes a plan to create the differences between Shivagami and Amarendra. He tells his mother that he has fallen in
love with Devasena and expresses his
desire to marry her. The proposal is sent to Devasena from the side of Shivagami
and is rejected by Devasena. The
Queen is enraged at this attitude of Devasena
and instructs Amarendra to capture,
bind her as prisoner and present her at the court of Maahishmati.
Amarendra helps
and protects the kingdom of Kuntala
from their enemies called Pindaris.
With his excellent skills, Amarendra
overpowers Pindaris and saves the
kingdom. Devasena was curious to know
about the truth and demands to reveal his identity. She comes to know that Amarendra is the future king of Maahishmati and refuses to be the
prisoner. He promises to protect her modesty and marries her. Both of them
leave for Maahishmati. Shivagami
comes to know about the truth and is not happy about it. At this time, she
feels guilty for not keeping her promise to Bhallaladeva.
This is the first point where the turning point of the story can be observed in
the movie.
. The differences between Shivagami and Amarendra
kick off from this point. Soon Shivagami
asks Amarendra to leave the kingdom
with his pregnant wife. With the help of evil ideas, Bijjaladeva is successful in creating more differences between
them. In one scenario, he declares that Amarendra
is trying to assassinate Bhallaladeva
in order to be the King. She orders Katappa
to kill Amarendra secretly so that
the kingdom is saved from disharmony between the royal family and the subjects.
As a result, Amarendra is stabbed to
death by Katappa, the queen is
informed about the treacherous ideas of Bijjaladeva
and Bhallaladeva and her mistake in
judging her own people. In the meantime, Devasena
gives birth to a baby boy and arrives to the palace after knowing the death of
her husband. Shivagami announces that
the new borne baby is Mahendra Baahubali
and future king of Maahishmati.
Bhallaladeva is
surprised and orders his soldiers to capture the Queen, kill the baby and
imprison Devasena. The Queen escapes
from the palace and dies soon. The baby is rescued by the common people and
called as Shivudu. Soon he comes to
know about his imprisoned mother Devasena
from Katappa and falls in love with Avantika. He fights against the
injustice and is victorious in the end.
Positive points of the movie:
a) No animal
was hurt or exploited in any scene. They get full marks from all animal lovers,
environmentalists and eco-caring philosophers and feminists.
b) This
means that creativity was at its highest level in the media laboratories for
the team members.
Otherwise
they might have missed on the minute details of the particular scene. There is
a need to applaud the entire team.
c) The
Police Commissioner and his team were specially thanked for allowing the film
unit to work on areas of Rachakonda
in Andhra Pradesh for the shooting of some of the scenes in the movie.
d) The
audience were clapping and enjoying the comic scenes present in the movie.
e) Elaborate
efforts were taken to create awesome visual and audio effects in the movie.
.f) Game was
also developed on the release of the movie.
g) Care had
been taken to portray the realities of the historical era9as this was a
historical movie though not filmed on any particular king or queen or kingdom).
h) The
Prince had been trained and educated in all the respective skills required for the
future king in the movie .For example, the Amarendra
Baahubali knew how to take risks, tackle the situations-both intentional
and spontaneous one, presence of the leadership qualities, minute observation
skills (for example when Prince visits the kingdom of Kuntala, he observes that the villagers were using their
strong-built cattle for various purposes and same skill was helpful and used
when there was the need of the hour to fight against the powerful army of Pindaris), being alert and helping the
army of the other kingdom without delegating the work to others, etc.
i)Sensitivity
of the Prince towards his own love, keeping promises, fighting against the
evils, nurturing his own subjects, maintaining various kinds of relationships, sacrificing
his own life for the sake of the kingdom and mother, protecting weak subjects
and women are valuable and learning lessons for all.
j) No
marginalization of the individuals was observed in the movie. This is the need
of the hour in the contemporary society wherein women and children are equally
treated and no partiality in giving or sharing of the knowledge. For example, Amarendra observes that Devasena is eager to learn about a
special skill in archery and he readily teaches her the skill. This helps both
of them to protect and fight against the enemies.
h) The
individuals chosen for the respective characters are excellent and they matched
with their roles.
i) Elephants
were used in the battlefields in the historical times. Out of the 64 branches
of learning in the traditional schools of education, it was mandatory for the
Princes to learn about the treatment and rearing of certain animals like horses
and elephants. This is something observed in the movie and eye-capturing
one(one can compare this with the scene in the movie Jodha-Akbar wherein Akbar
takes the initiative to control the mad elephant and this will be presented in
another article of mine as a comparative study).
j) Medicinal
value of turmeric powder and its remedial usage for the mad elephants is
brilliantly showcased in the movie.
k) The
feelings of the animals especially the elephants are shown in the scenes
wherein the prince is equally sympathetic and cares for the royal elephant.
Another point secured from the side of the environmental ethicists and philosophers.
l) The
attitudes, qualities and characteristic features of the royal family have been
very well depicted in the movie.
m) The importance
of the non-communicative language has been very well captured in the movie and
it is part of the human and animal culture. For example, "the warming"
gesture shown by the Prince towards the "calmed down" elephant is
very natural one. Elephants love their masters and other individuals caressing
their trunks with hands. The different feelings exhibited by Devasena towards Amarendra in various scenes are appreciable from my side.
n)
Extraordinary skills and techniques are observed in the movie. For example, while
sitting on the elephant, Prince Amarendra
pulling and shooting the flame carrying spear to burn the effigy of Raavan;
shooting of
three arrows, using natural surroundings to fight against their enemies, etc.
o) Rights of
the women and children are shown in the movie.
p) The world
wide gross collections for the movie is Rs1725 crores.
Negative
points in the movie:
a) Lot of
time must have been spent by the individuals on the detailed working on each
and every frame of the movie shot wherein the animals were used.
b) Children
did not like too much of the fighting scenes in the movie.
c) First of
the movie was the flashback and was interesting to watch. However, the second
half seemed to be slightly artificial with the fighting skills of the army.
d) Why did
not Devasena fight against her
enemies as she herself was trained enough with various skills and possessed the
leadership qualities? It was surprising.
e) The Queen
Mother was very knowledgeable and always took her decisions in an intelligent
manner rather than in an emotional way. However, the turning point of the movie
was understood immediately when she was emotional for her very own son and
unconscious feelings for love of her son soon manifested in the choice of her
daughter-in-law.
f) There are
many questions raised after watching the movie and they are-
1. Can a
husband plot against his own wife in order to become the king?
2. Can a
father instigate his own son to be against his mother?
3. Can royal
male members speak in an abusive language?
g) Audience
is under strong assumption that there will be a third part of the movie.
In the end,
I will like to summarize my review in the following way:
1.
No doubt there are spectacular visual effects
and they indeed mesmerized the audience throughout the movie.
2.
There was breathtaking suspense created in the
movie for the audience. As the movie was running further on, one may feel the
real suspense and uttering of the words” Oh! No”.
3.
The mood was of the audience was spell bound and
atmosphere was amazing one in the theatre.
4.
There were certain poorly placed scenes in the
movie and they were not required at all.
5.
There was no question of unsuccessful attempts
in the movie. Otherwise, there could not have been an earning of an amount of
Rs 1725 crores collected within 6 days of the release of the movie.
6.
The
details of the movie are narrated in a nice and clear manner.
7.
There were exuberant sceneries in the movie.
8.
The overall make up, dresses and Jewellery shown
in the movie is simply irresistible.
9.
There were perfect action and team coordination
in the entire production of the movie.
10.
One cannot tend to forget certain moments shown
in the movie.
11.
The plot was really good and different from the
current movies because of which it has been a big hit with the audience.
12.
This movie has been compared to the other
popular movies like Sholay.
13.
The movie was wonderful with the characters
selected and their presentation in the movie.
14.
There was hilarious momentum created through
some scenes in the movie and enjoyed by the audience.
15.
There were indeed some unexpected plot twists
present in the movie.
16.
There are certain scenes which are unbelievable
and are pure creation of the imagination and hardwork.
17.
It is indeed a phenomenal movie in South India
as well as in North India.
18.
Similar kind of hypes was present in the
mythological movies of N.T.Rama Rao and
Akkineni Nageshwara Rao in the
past in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
19.
The characteristic feature of Raj Mouli’s movies seems to be rotating
around suspense in each and every part. There is an assumption that Part III of
the movie will be more suspensive by nature and this is confirmed by the film
crew members.
20.
The music was not very disappointing one.
21.
There are elements of confusion in the movie.
For example, if Bhallaladeva never married anyone, then how come his son was
present in the story?
22.
One can conclude that there was some kind of
imitation present in the movie (due to the fact that earlier mythological
movies were directed in Andhra Pradesh).
23.
It is a typical South Indian movie.
24.
Prabhas-the main hero of the movie-was a very
moving portrayal of the character and it suited his personality also.
25.
The quality of the film was awesome and I was
impressed by its credible shots and creative ideas in the making of the movie.
26.
This will be one of the classic and captivating
movies for the coming years in the Indian history.
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