Fastforward July 2016 and I am browsing stations on a boring TV Saturday and I stopped at Sony Max; Bahubali was on and I decided to watch... I didn't believe that I would be sitting right there glued to the screen. It was amazing!!!
Therefore, today's #FridayShot will be on Bahubali - The beginning...
Bahubali is a 2015 Indian epic historical fiction film directed by S. S. Rajamouli. It stars Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Tamannaah and Anushka Shetty in lead roles while Sathyaraj, Ramya Krishnan, Nassar, Adivi Sesh, Tanikella Bharani and Sudeep appear in supporting roles.
THE PLOT
In the ancient Kingdom of Mahishmati in India, a queen named Sivagami,emerges from a cave adjoining a big waterfall, carrying a baby. She kills the soldiers pursuing her and sacrifices herself to save the baby. Local villagers spot the baby held aloft in the drowning queen's hand and rescue the infant. The queen drowns after pointing towards the mountain above the waterfall. Sanga and her husband name the infant Shiva and raise him as their own son.
Shiva grows up to be a strong young man aspiring to hike the mountain and makes many unsuccessful attempts at it. He then finds the mask of a girl which falls from the waterfall. Driven to find out the identity of the girl, he climbs the mountain again and succeeds this time.
On top of the waterfall, Shiva discovers that the mask belongs to Avanthika, a rebellious warrior whose group has indulged in a guerilla warfare against king Bhallala Deva of the Mahishmati Kingdom. The group intends to rescue their former queen Devasena who has been chained in the kingdom for the past 25 years. Avanthika is given the opportunity to rescue the queen.
Avanthika falls in love with Shiva 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. Shiva rescues her and flees along with her but is chased down by the king's royal slave, Kattappa, known for his great warrior abilities. After Shiva beheads Bhadra, Bhallala Deva's son, Kattappa drops his weapons on realising that Shiva is Mahendra Baahubali, the son of late king Amarendra Baahubali.
A flashback reveals Amarendra Bahubali's past. Amarendra's mother died while giving him birth, while his father had died much before that. Sivagami takes charge of running the kingdom with Kattapa's assistance until a new king is elected. Amarendra Bahubali and Bhallala Deva are brought up together, trained in all areas including arts, science, disguise, politics and warfare, but both of them have different approaches towards kingship. Amarendra Baahubali is liberal to everyone but Bhallala Deva is violent and achieves his goals with any means possible, even trying to kill Bahubali.
When a war is forced upon Mahishmati by the Kalakeyas, Sivagami promises that the new king will be the one who beheads the Kalakeya king and orders that the war resources be distributed equally between the two cousins. Bijjala Deva, Bhallala Deva's father, uses his cunningness to make sure Bhallala deva gets the maximum resources. This did not deter Amarendra Bahubali as he uses his wisdom to design his ammunition from the tent material.
During the war and at the point when it seemed that Mahishmati would end up being defeated, Amarendra inspires his soldiers to fight to the death and they end up crushing the enemy. Despite Bhallala Deva being the one to kill the Kalakeya king, Sivagami announces Amarendra Bahubali as the new emperor because of his nobility and leadership in the war.
After the flashback, when asked about Amarendra's current whereabouts, a tearful Katappa reveals that the King is dead, and that Katappa himself is the one responsible for his death.
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OK... So there are a lot of amazing and spine chilling scenes that have not been told in the above plot from wikipedia like how wisely Amarendra Bahubali dealt with the situation where the Kalakeyas had used the citizens of Mahishmati as human shields as against how Bhallala Deva just killed them regardless.
I also loved how Amarendra Bahubali's cloth-like ammunition was revealed. The look of defeat on the face of Bijjala Deva and his son was epic!
Another amazing scene was when they revealed the look of Devasena. The way the wind blew her hair away from her face and the look in her eyes was just - wow!
Also, how Bahubali had mercilessly beaten the leader of the Kalakeya but didn't intend to kill him per the instruction of the queen but that stupid Bhallala Deva just killed him because he wanted to be king.
There was also the scene where they were strategising and planning how to protect the kingdom of Mahishmati. It wasn't like anything I had seen before, I tell you!
Oh yes, that part where some slaves were trying to mount a huge statue and Shiva saved the day was mind blowing.
That final scene where Katappa killed Amarendra Bahubali was heartbreaking. The producers have beautifully put us in suspense and longing to see the conclusion which is scheduled for release this year. I definitely want to know why Katappa did that...
If you haven't seen this movie, please do! You won't regret it...
Wink!
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