REVIEW : BAAHUBALI (BAHUBALI) - APHERALD
S S Rajamouli’s movies are always overweening. Monstrously rattling that it will make your jaw drop for a dozen times in every movie. But coming to the core of Baahubali is basic Troy, Hercules story with Prince of Persia. Everything else is essentially background noise. Written by S S Rajamouli, it’s such a shame that the supposedly based on a mythology-inspired story instead resembles Croods, Magadheera, Karan Arjun, Prince of Persia and Exodus more than anything – if you recall lad was free spirited – tries to cross the mountains – Finds his real image – Gets to know about his family – Where two young prince try to win over each other for the crown – one wins the battle and crowned as the new king. The most dominant elements were from Game of Thrones. We also pick up similarities with Hercules, Lord of the Rings, Mulan and Conan the Barbarian especially with regards to the battle scenes. Due to which as a movie Baahubali will bore you as, it doesn’t have enough original scenes and soul to carry the momentum forward. Rajamouli is slowly transforming in to a director who is selling off soul for the luxury.
For the most part of Baahubali has a snail paced narrative. It moves really slow, with each scene taking whatever happened before it two steps backward, elevating just how idiotic things have become. Its does start to drag completely as the film cuts in to the main action as it’s about to hit the climax. Dialogues by Ch. Vijay Kumar & G. Ajay Kumar are very routine and there are no powerful dialogues to elevate main characters. Its always hard to convert Rajamouli’s vision into reality, but without a doubt the strongest thing about this movie is the visual effects (Supervision by Srinivas Mohan). Almost every shot of this movie is simply beautiful to look at (thanks to Firefly Creative Studios, Makuta VFX Studio and Prasad EFX). The Waterfall sequence (by Makuta VFX Studio), Gaur Fight (by Tau Films) and Mahimathi Kingdom shots are simply awesome. The usage of Lidar Scanning, Animatronics make CGI look real and the digital enhancement has added colorful and bright look to the effects. Music by MM Keeravani is mediocre and the songs are wasted by klutzy placement and repetition. The cinematography by K K Senthil Kumar is technically good. Art work by Sabu Cyril is fantastic, regarding how much Rajamouli has relied on miniature art and sets. The costumes by Rama Rajamouli & Prashanti Tripirneni are appropriate. Editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao is poor, movie could have easily trimmed down by 10-15 min. Fight Choreography by Peter Heins is completely inspired by the Western films and wanna know what made him inspire from so many films for a single war episode. Production values of Arka Media are grand.
While the world sits up in anticipation of S S Rajamouli’s ambitious, 160 odd crore period — drama, it's got to be said that Baahubali is a film of queer contradictions. Technically, it blasts open the hypotheses of cinema and goes where few have attained earlier. There is enough here that will excite and beatify fans. But there's also a lot in it that exacerbates normal crowd. For a visually game-changing film, Rajamouli opts for a folklore and love story that are way too common and at times, even moth-eaten. There's an overall lack of feelings in Baahubali. With that said, maybe a duology is just too much to ask of “Baahubali”, and hopefully Baahubali – the conclusion will be more superior to the part one.
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Tollywood Celebrities to attend Baahubali Special Screenings
Forget about common audience, even Tollywood biggies and celebrities are eagerly counting down hours to watch the movie on big screens as its releases tomorrow. Film celebrities are flooded with requests for tickets from their friends, family and relatives and even with all their connections in the industry, had struggled to manage the tickets for the movie.
Some of the small heroes are likely to watch the movie in benefit shows. The first benefit show in Hyderabad will be screened by Shreyas Media at 12:30 AM on 10th July at Shiva Parvathi theatre. It is said that Hero Sundeep Kishan, Rahul Ravindran, Director Maruthi will be attending this benefit show. Many other celebrities have booked their tickets at Prasads Multiplex for the first shows and will be watching the movie along with their families.
Several films being shot in Hyderabad have undeclared holiday tomorrow as the cast and crew are likely to watch the movie bunking work. Baahubali directed by Tollywood's Most Successful director, Rajamouli is releasing in 4000+ screens across the globe in four languages. There is an unprecedented hype on the movie in all quarters and it is expected to smash all the existing records left right and center.
About Baahubali (Bahubali):
About 3 years of hard work had gone in to Baahubali making out of which, one year is dedicated for Pre-production itself. Baahubali is also the costliest film ever in the Indian film history. Baahubali is being made in two parts and both of them together will cost about 250 Crore for the makers. Baahubali Producers have taken good care to make sure the movie gets good promotion and release in all the languages.
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Baahubali (Bahubali) Movie Highlights:
1. Baahubali (Bahubali) is the costliest film ever made in Indian film industry. Baahubali is made in two parts, both the parts put together will cost 250 Crore.
2. Baahubali (Bahubali) has never before seen CG work in the movie. 17 VFX studios with 600 artists have worked for Baahubali's CG work on double shifts.
3. Baahubali (Bahubali) was simultaneously made in Telugu and Tamil while it is being dubbed in to Hindi and Malayalam. Baahubali is having simultaneous release in all the languages.
4. Baahubali (Bahubali) has got never before seen hype in trade circles as well as the audience. Baahubali is releasing in more than 4000 screens across the globe in all the languages put together.
5. 3 years of hard work had gone in to the making of Baahubali. Out of which, the preproduction work alone took one year.
There is a huge demand for the movie tickets in the advance booking opened so far. Baahubali tickets are being sold out like hot cakes in seconds. Benefit show tickets are going for as high as 3000 rupees per ticket but the demand is not going down.
Baahubali (Bahubali) Anti Piracy Press Meet:
SS Rajamouli's magnum opus film, Baahubali is all set for a grand release this Friday in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam. Trade experts expect a earth shattering opening on the release day and it is expected to topple all the existing records in Telugu Cinema. While every thing is set, the makers are worried about the piracy which may damage the movie prospects at the box office.
The movie unit along with the film chamber had setup a special monitoring cell to keep a check on piracy. All the movie prints of Baahubali will have an inbuilt watermark facility. Whenever some one records Baahubali with cam from a theater, the print will have an invisible watermark with theater name, time and date of the recording with which the theater aiding Baahubali piracy can be pinned down.
Baahubali Movie Tickets Booking
The Advance Booking of Baahubali had opened in few theaters across Hyderabad. The tickets were sold like hot cakes as soon as the booking is opened. The major online ticketing sites are experiencing major technical issues due to the huge amount of the traffic these websites are drawing. On the other side, Baahubali benefit show tickets in Hyderabad are priced at abnormal rates of 3000 and 2000 at many places and even then Prabhas are not taking back.
Even in abroad, Baahubali Premieres are planned in record number of theaters. Ticket Prices of Baahubali are like never before even there and the demand for Baahubali tickets is as huge as back in India. Baahubali is expected to release in more than 4000 theaters worldwide.
A team of 900 members toiled hard for about 3 years to make Baahubali. The Pre-production itself had taken one year.Baahubali is also the costliest film ever made in the Indian film history. Due to the run time problems, Baahubali is being made in two parts and both of them together will cost about 250 Crore for the makers. Baahubali Producers made sure that the movie is in safe hands in all the languages and is prompted well with huge release in all the languages.
Baahubali Audio Review:
SS Rajamouli had once again teamed up with his usual music composer, MM Keeravani for his magnum opus film, Baahubali. The audio release of the movie took place recently and here is the audio review of Baahubali:
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Celebrities and Fans Tweets on Baahubali
My best wishes to team #baahubali .. My sincere prayers for this film to become a huge hit. All the best @ssrajamouli sir 4 tom's release— Dhanush (@dhanushkraja) July 9, 2015Anybody who watches #Baahubali through piracy is SCUM. PERIOD. Go see in the theatres. #SAYNOTOPIRACY— Lakshmi Manchu (@LakshmiManchu) July 10, 2015Today will be Remebered as the Day TELUGU CINEMA MADE A BREAKTHROUGH INTERNATIONALLY... Ppl will sit up nd Notice us.. Thank u #BAAHUBALI— Nikhil Siddhartha (@actor_Nikhil) July 10, 2015Baahubali movie review: Prabhas shines like a diamond in SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus! https://t.co/gsBuhlwIam— BollywoodLife (@bollywood_life) July 9, 2015I feel like I've produced the movie #Baahubali. What an amazing buzz. This is what cinema is supposed to be. Bow down to @ssrajamouli— Lakshmi Manchu (@LakshmiManchu) July 10, 2015#Baahubali - S S Rajamouli’s first M-I-S-F-I-R-E!!
Review Link: https://t.co/ms2S0kNOQF pic.twitter.com/tbCv7ESvRP— Survi (@PavanSurvi) July 10, 2015
Will India's costliest film #Baahubali recover its costs?
https://t.co/nJiOcoG7I2 pic.twitter.com/inS645GxdS— Bollywood Hungama (@Bollyhungama) July 10, 2015
Expect for 1-2 scenes in 2nd Half #Baahubali is Big let Down...Avg stuff
Magadheer>>> #Baahubali in every sense— Akhil (@TeamAkhil4u) July 10, 2015
Wishing not just my best friend, my brother and the most hardworking person I've seen all the best @ssk1122! He lived #Baahubali for 3 years— Akhil Akkineni (@AkhilAkkineni8) July 9, 2015Thank you so much @shankarshanmugh sir.... :) #Baahubali.. https://t.co/tLcqF9Uf4x— Baahubali (@BaahubaliMovie) July 9, 2015And the phenomenon called #Baahubali
The world shall wake up to 'The Beginning'— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) July 9, 2015
Hope all the STARS also will bless the SUPER STARS of BAAHUBALI 2/2— Jaggu Bhai (@IamJagguBhai) July 9, 2015Prabhas,Anushka Shetty,S.S. Rajamouli,Prasad DevineniPride of Telugus
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