Bahubali 2 : The Conclusion - (3/5)

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Bahubali 2 : The Conclusion - Power Of Vengeance

Bahubali 2 is the sequel of Bahubali: The Beginning taking place before and after the events of its first film. The movie set in the fictional historical era where Kattappa (Sathyaraj) continues to narrate how he ended up killing Amrendra Bahubali (Prabhas). After defeating Kalakeyas, Amrendra was declared a king and have been gone to tour a kingdom with Kattappa before his official coronation ceremony. While he was touring his kingdom he meets Devasena (Anushka Shetty), Princess of Kuntala Kingdom and falls in love with her. Bhallaladeva learns about this new development and smartly plans the conspiracy where Amrendra has to choose between Mahishmati kingdom and Devesena. Amrendra follows the dharma taught by her godmother Rajamatha Sivagami (Ramya) and leaves the crown and choose to become army chief of Mahishmati. Bijjaladeva (Nassar) & Bhallaladeva are jealous of Bahubali's popularity among people and they further plot conspiracy to banish Baahubali & Devasena from the royal palace. Amrendra still manages to rule the heart of people which makes Bhallaladeva conspire a plot and creates the false story to convince Shivagami to instruct Kattappa to kill Bahubali. 

The story of his father murder evokes the emotion of vengeance in Mahendra Bahubali and prepares an army to attack Bhalladeva to avenge his father's murder.

Well, it is certainly larger than life movie especially after it's prequel which raised the standard of movie-making of Indian film industry. Bahubali is grand with flawless special effects, awesome cinematography, thrilling sound effects & great action sequences. The only place I feel movie lacks its pace is in its plot and storyline. Bahubali: The beginning was making us curious and something to look for in its story and kept us on the edge where as the sequel looked predictable and also sometimes over the board and too much of liberty on storytelling. The performance was also over dramatic which steal the soul of the movie. The highlight of the movie was it's action sequence however during climax it was too tiring to see and at one point I was feeling like- just get over with it.

I am giving it a rating of 3 out of 5, maybe because I was expecting way too much based on what it presented in its first part. Having said that Baahubali shows our artistic caliber to deliver such grand quality movie making from India. I really proud of Rajamouli to make India arrive in such quality movie making with this blockbuster.

       

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Bahubali : The Beginning - [ Action / Drama ] - (4/5)

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Bahubali: The Beginning - The Power Of Gene

Bahubali, The Beginning is a first part of Telugu movie series Bahubali, a bilingual epic historical fiction film written and directed by S.S. Rajamouli.  With a budget of $42 million (250 crore) Bahubali is most expensive movie from India.

The movie is setup in history of time around kingdom of Mahismati. Movie starts showing wounded woman Sivagami (Ramya Krishnan) also a Queen of Mahismati carrying a baby and chased by royal soldiers. She gets drowned in a river while holding a baby above water which was saved by some tribal villagers. A baby grows up among villagers as a Shiva (Prabhas) who since his childhood aspires to climb above the giant waterfall (towards direction of Mahismati kingdom). As a human Shiva grows up with god like power and valor carried on from his gene. After numerous attempts Shiva manages to climb the waterfall where he meets Avantika (Tammanah) and instantly falls in love. Avantika, who is part of rebel army is in mission to rescue their captured Queen Devasena (Anoushka Shetty) who is a prisoner of Bhallala Deva (Rana Daggubatti), a cruel king of Mahismati who is torturing Devasena since 25 years. Devasena is waiting for his son to rescue him and kill entire clan of Bhallala Deva. Shiva makes Avantika's mission as his own mission and goes to Mahismati Palace to rescue Devasena. He fights with hundreds of soldiers, kills Bhallala's son and manages to rescue the queen after long fight with king's loyal guard Kattappa (Sathyaraj). After noticing strength and looks of  Shiva; Kattappa, Rebel Army and Devasena recognises Shiva as Bahubali which makes Shiva curious about his real identity. Kattappa explain the story of his father Amrendra Bahubali who was a king of Mahismati and an exceptional warriors as well as loved by all people from kingdom. He also tells him about war which makes his father king of Mahismati and finally gets killed with betrayal & politics to make Bhallala the king of Mahismati empire.

This movie is larger than life and from production technology point of view it tells the world that India has arrived in movie making. The cinematography, action sequences, background music and performance of all characters is first class without a doubt. The only flaw of the movie is little bit of drama and romantic angle in stretched first half however you will forget about it post interval when they show war sequence in grand manner. The war sequence shown in the movie can make this movie of standards of likes of Lord Of The Rings and 300 kind of movies. The climax is done smartly to keep us interested and looking forward for its sequel which is announced to be released in 2016.

It's a proud moment for Indian cinema and no doubt it is on US & UK top 10 and doing great worldwide. Go for it, I am sure you will love it.

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