Baahubali (English: The One With Strong Arms) is an upcoming two part Indian film, written and directed by S. S. Rajamouli. Produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni, the film is simultaneously being made in Telugu and Tamil languages. There will be dubbed versions in Hindi and Malayalam. Baahubali features an ensemble cast of Prabhas, Rana, Tamannaah and Anushka Shetty in the lead roles, and Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj, Nassar, Adivi Sesh, Tanikella Bharani and Sudeep in crucial roles.

The film is presented by K. Raghavendra Rao, while K.E. Gnanavel Raja and UV Creations presenting the Tamil theatrical version, Karan Johar is presenting the Hindi theatrical version, and Global United Media is presenting the Malayalam theatrical version. The soundtrack and background score for the film is composed by National Award winner M. M. Keeravani, National Award winner Sabu Cyril designed art for the film. while National Award winner V. Srinivas Mohan is the Visual effects supervisor.

The project is touted to be the most expensive production in the history of Indian cinema. Baahubali also one of the few films featured in BBC's documentary on 100 Years of Indian cinema directed by Sanjeev Bhaskar. 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. Before the film proceed to its audio release, a small 20 second teaser of the movie has been released on 30 May 2015. The first part of film is scheduled to release worldwide on 10 July 2015. The world's largest film poster ever made was unveiled in Kochi for the film Baahubali which broke the guinness world record. The film has been described as India's version of Troy, 300 or Hercules.

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Cast

Prabhas as Amarendra Baahubali and Shivudu
Rana Daggubati as Bhallala Deva in Telugu and Palvaalthevan in Tamil
Tamannaah as Avantika
Anushka Shetty as Devasena
Sathyaraj as Kattappa
Nassar as Bijjala Deva in Telugu and Pingala Devan in Tamil
Ramya Krishnan as Sivagami
Sudeep as Aslam Khan in cameo
Adivi Sesh as Bhadrudu
Tanikella Bharani
Rohini
Prabhakar as Kalakeya
Rakesh Varre
Charandeep
Meka Ramakrishna

Release

The film is scheduled to be released on July 10, 2015 also hitting 4000+ Screens. Telugu and Hindi trailers crossed 1 million views each within 24 hours, and on Facebook the trailer crossed 1.5 million views, 300,000-plus likes and 200,000-plus shares in 24 hours.

Baahubali' Benefit Shows: Ticket Price Ranges from ₹4,000 to ₹8,000

The makers of "Baahubali - The Beginning", which is set to release on 10 July, have planned to hold benefit shows in various places and the ticket price for these will reportedly range between ₹4,000 and ₹8,000.

Some reports state that the first benefit show of "Baahubali - The Beginning" will be held in Hyderabad, early on Friday. The ticket prices are between ₹4,000 and ₹8,000 for this show. The makers have also planned benefit shows in other parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

"Baahubali - The Beginning" has been creating positive buzz in the media ever since Rajamouli announced it. Its promos have garnered a lot of attention from the viewers, who are eagerly waiting for its release.

Many viewers want to catch the first day first show of this epic drama. The high prices of the benefit show tickets did not affect the decision of some viewers, who went on to purchase the tickets for the special shows.

Directed by SS Rajamouli, "Baahubali - The Beginning" features Prabhas Raju, Rana Daggubati, Tamannaah and Anushka Shetty in the lead roles. Besides Telugu, the film will simultaneously release in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi languages on the same date.

The audience from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra are all excited to watch "Baahubali - The Beginning". The producers are likely to hold the benefit show of the movie in these areas. The money collected from these shows will be donated to charity.

"Baahubali - The Beginning" is releasing in over 4,000 screens across the globe and this is the maximum screen count for any south Indian film till date. The makers have already made advance bookings available for the audience and the tickets are selling like hotcakes.

Fans are waiting to watch "Baahubali - The Beginning" and many theatres across the globe sold out all the tickets for the first weekend within a day of the opening of the advance bookings. Trade experts say that the movie will become the biggest opener (Indian film) and highest grosser in the opening weekend in 2015.

Baahubali huge screening at USA

Rajamouli's Magnum Opus Baahubali is just left with 8 days for its release and every one is so interested to watch the movie on first day. Accordingly Makers have planned their much to compete with Audience thus they have got 130 screens of huge release in USA for Telugu version alone.

Also the versions of Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam will be having much screens for this venture. This kind of Huge release for a Telugu infect Indian film in USA is so big and grand to rule out for.

Starring Prabhas, Rana, Anushka and Tamanna in the lead Characters movie is getting ready for grand release on July 10th.

Bahubali, India's Most Expensive Movie Ever

India's most expensive film ever, Bahubali, has been described as India's version of Troy, 300 or Hercules, but makers of the $40 million warrior epic insist the movie's heart is all Indian.

Bahubali features superstars Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty and Tamannaah. The first installment of the two-part epic hits the screens in India on July 10, and the industry will closely watch its performance. Previously, 2011 release Ra.One, co-produced by and starring actor Shah Rukh Khan, was considered India's most expensive film, with an estimated budget of about $27.4 million.

The movie is directed by S.S. Rajamouli, who helmed the blockbusters Magadheera and Eega. The film's creators say that any similarities to Hollywood movie 300  are purely coincidental.

"The idea is to go for an international audience, outside the Indian diaspora. It is always nice to see your movie do well outside your comfort zone, for as many people as possible to see it," producer Shobu Yarlagadda tells THR. He's enlisted big names at events like the Cannes Film Festival to encourage this result, such as Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, a former shooter who took a silver medal at the Olympics in 2004.

Bahubali translates as "The One With Strong Arms," and it tells of two warring brothers battling for control of an ancient Indian kingdom.

"The appeal is not just because of the big-budget battle scenes, it's because the emotions are very basic and hard-hitting, so it will appeal to everyone," says Rajamouli.

Bahubali will be released in the Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam languages and was shot in Ramoji studios in Hyderabad. The two-part Bahubali, costing still a fraction of the budgets of Hollywood blockbusters, was made in the Telugu and Tamil languages for the Tollywood and Kollywood markets. But producers have been aggressively marketing the movie as one that will work in other language markets within India as well.

Southern India’s film industries are not as well known as their northern counterparts and are often overshadowed by the country’s much-better-known Hindi-language Bollywood films. But Bahubali is breaking the mold. Telugu and Hindi trailers crossed 1 million views each within 24 hours, and on Facebook the trailer surpassed 1.5 million views, 300,000 likes and 200,000 shares in 24 hours.

Shobu says the original plan was to launch the trailer in front of 30,000 fans in a sports stadium in Hyderabad, but the sheer scale of demand meant the police ordered the event closed.

"We wanted to give a large-screen experience to our fans and so we had a special free half-hour screening between 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m on June 1 across 300 screens in the two Telugu-speaking states in India.  Fans turned up in large numbers to watch the trailer, and most of the shows across the 300 screens were full. In fact the theaters had to turn away many fans as they were full," says Shobu.

Indian cinema produces films in 39 languages and dialects. Last year, 216 Hindi or Bollywood movies were released, fewer than the 287 in Tamil and 255 Telugu. Bollywood — centered around the western city of Mumbai — is India’s biggest-grossing movie industry, accounting for $565 million in box-office revenue in 2013. But Tollywood and Kollywood were not far behind, bringing in a total of $468 million combined.


Baahubali Story:

It is shocking to know that Baahubali story is being circulated online. Though we are not sure how far the story is true, we would want to remind you that the leaked stories we have reported earlier for Temper, Son Of Satyamurthy and many more have come out to be true.

So, this might be a spoiler. It is understood that Baahubali is about the epic creation more than the story and Rajamouli's visionary is one of its main attractions, so here we give you a gist of Baahubali story that is going viral.

King of Mahishmati, Amarendra Baahubali (Prabhas) and his wife Devasena (Anushka) ruled the kingdom, where people were montblanc replica watches living at peace and prosperity, until the cruel minister (Nasser) pair up with an evil king, Bhallaladeva, brother of Baahubali and captures the kingdom by killing the king in a great war.

Since the kingdom now belongs to Bhallaladeva, he officially establishes a huge statue of his within the kingdom and made the people his slaves. He also tries to kill the son of the king but baby Baahubali is protected by his mother (Anushka), who carries the baby and travels across the ocean. The evil army captures Devasena and puts her in prison for years but they wouldn't be able to find the baby Baahubali.

The baby Baahubali is taken care by the villagers of an island and name him as Shivudu. Baby grows to become Prabhas. The island where he grew is a beautiful village and one day Avanthika (Tamannaah), daughter of Bhallaladeva, visits the island and the duo falls in love.

Avanthika returns back to her kingdom and when Shivudu tries to go in search of her, he will be rolex replica watches uk told about his past. He decides to fight the evil army to help the people of his father's kingdom and win his love interest Avanthika. He uses his tribal army to attack the kingdom and take over it which is now ruled by Old Bhallaladeva.

The rest is how Shivudu makes free Mahishmathi kingdom from Bhallaladeva and finds her mother Devasena. But then the flashback parts and the great war will not be shown in the Omega Replica Ladymatic part one and the entire part would only be about how Shivudu finds out his past and about his parents.

Baahubali: A tribute to epic Mahabharat

Filmmaker S S Rajamouli, whose highly anticipated magnum opus "Baahubali" - which he calls his tribute to Indian epic Mahabharat - releases in cinemas on Friday, says the creative success of his film is more important than its box office prospects. “I’m usually not motivated by money. When my films succeed creatively, that’s my biggest achievement.

The creative satisfaction I get from my films matters to me the most than box office numbers,” says Rajamouli. Although he admits film economics is important, he says that’s not what drives him to make films.“Baahubali”, which is touted as one of India’s most expensive films at Rs 250 crore (nearly $40 million), is Rajamouli’s “tribute to Indian epic Mahabharat.”

“One of the biggest inspirations behind ‘Baahubali’ is ‘Mahabharat’. The epic war drama between the Pandavas and Kauravas has always fascinated me,” he said, adding that the Amar Chitra Katha comics too helped him envision the world of “Baahubali”. The film, originally made in Telugu and Tamil, will alsorelease in Hindi and Malayalam in dubbed versions.

Asked why he chose to release the film in multiple languages, he said: “Given the budget of the film, it’s impossible to recover the cost involved if we release in one language. Right from the start, the plan was to make it as a Tamil-Telugu bilingual. Hence, we cast actors who are popular in both the industries.

“Following the success of ‘Eega’ (‘Makkhi’ in Hindi), we had planned to release ‘Baahubali’ in Hindi as well.” When the team was looking for someone to release the film in the northern belt, filmmaker Karan Johar came on board. The film is all set to release in a record number of 4,000 screens worldwide. It took the team nearly three years to complete the first part of the film. With another 120 days of shoot left on the second part, it’s expected to hit the screens next year.

Rajamouli says it wasn’t easy to stay motivated throughout. “We struggled towards the end, especially to complete the last 20 percent of the film, as most actors by then had almost given up having shot for over a year. But I always believe the team draws its motivation from the director, so I had to push myself and others without losing my cool,” he said.

Despite the long wait, the buzz around “Baahubali” was always alive. It’s perhaps the best marketed south Indian film ever. “A lot of planning went into all this. Over the last one year, we’ve been very active on social media platforms. We needed to create the buzz, make audiences – irrespective of the region – curious about our film. And the only way to do it was through marketing,” he said. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan too has heaped praise on Rajamouli’s creation and even wished to be part of it.

Asked if he plans to rope in Big B in the second part of the movie, he said: “I’d love to work with all the stars, provided I have a suitable script for them. I can’t approach them just because I want to work with them. For ‘Baahubali’, I had decided long back that Prabhas was my hero. I let my script choose my actor and not vice versa.

“It was nice of Bachchan sir to say lovely things about our film.”The film is about the story of two warring brothers for an ancient kingdom. It features Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty and Tamannah Bhatia in the lead roles.

100 Shows in Bhimavaram, 700 Shows in Hyderabad

Bhimavaram

In a town where majority of population belongs to the caste of Varma/Rajus, automatically there will be lavish spending on a film ticket where in hero belongs to their caste. An unprecedented phenomenon is witnessed in the royal town of Bhimavaram in West Godavari district with the spectacular release of ‘Bahubali’ on July 10th.

Although, there are no benefit show reports from this Kapu and Raju dominated town, we are informed by our close sources that as good as 100 shows will be screened in Bhimavaram on day one. As if these many numbers of shows are insufficient, there is huge lobbying for tickets and special black ticket prices lying in market are varying from Rs.2000 to Rs.5000. Some say that, official ticket prices are kept at Rs.500 in some theaters.

Off the record, where will ‘Bahubali’ land in first day and first week records of Tollywood if the same craze continues throughout? Well, that’s the craze of a Telugu film. Feel proud that ‘Bahubali’ is a Telugu film from our own Telugu director.

Hyderabad

A special focus will be kept on Nizam business for any movie because of this area’s huge expanse and extreme commercial productivity. Nizam covers entire Telangana State and when ‘Bahubali’ is arriving in nearly 400 locations just in Nizam territory, obviously top most records are to bit the dust.  Generally, Nizam is considered as strong fort for Mega heroes with all top records written on their name.

Arrival of ‘Bahubali’ is creating tremors in Telangana state because almost all the theaters in Hyderabad including multiplexes are going to be occupied with the magnum opus of SS Rajamouli. The film will be screened to record number of shows in multiplexes and there is still a big demand for tickets. As per reports, there will be as good as 700 shows of ‘Bahubali’ in Hyderabad alone on day one.  

This could accumulate to a total Nizam gross of nearly Rs.4 Crores and if benefit shows or special shows on July 9th are also added to the tally, collections may rise as high as Rs.5 Crores. That’s the euphoria surrounding this film.  

Baahubali Pre Release Business Report

According to trade sources, below is the pre release closing business of ‘Bahubali’ when it is taken domestic wise. As the film is growing big with each day, many records are ought to be broken in no time. Before making it to top of South Indian Box Office, let us look into the following theatrical and satellite rights of each of the language of ‘Bahubali.’

Bahubali Theatrical Rights (All Languages) – Rs.125 Crores

Bahubali Telugu Satellite Rights – Rs.14 Crores

Bahubali Tamil Satellite Rights – Rs. 10 Crores

Bahubali Hindi Satellite Rights – Rs.11Crores

Bahubali Malayalam Satellite Rights – Rs. 1 Crore

Bahubali Audio Rights – Rs. 1 Crores

Total – Rs. 162 Crores  

Although these are not the accurate figures, ‘Bahubali’ has broken many pre release records of South cinema industry. Let us wait for few more days to hear such news coming in abundance. Congratulations to Prabhas, Rajamouli and Shobhu Yarlagadda.

Baahubali's first day collection estimate

Rajamouli's visual extravaganza Baahubali is just three days away from hitting the marquee. Trade circles are bringing their calculators out to estimate the gross and share of this epic movie. People are betting big on Baahubali collecting over sixty crores share (only in Telugu) in its first week. What could be Baahubali's first day collection estimate?

As per Trade pundits, Baahubali is likely to collect around fifteen crores share from Telugu states on its first day. Benefit shows share itself would be historical predict trade circles. If Baahubali collects anything close to 15 crore share in Telugu states then overall tally on the first day would easily surpass 20 crore mark as the movie is estimated to collect anywhere between $800K to $1M from US alone.

Karnataka share is also going to be humongous with the exhibitors doubling the ticket price in many theaters depending upon the high demand. The film is going to take never before opening in Telugu for sure. It would be interesting to see how the Hindi and Tamil audience respond to it. Can Baahubali be the first Telugu movie to break records in Tamilnadu and North India?

Baahubali to Smash Records of Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh Babu Records

SS Rajamouli's "Baahubali - The Beginning", which is set to release on 10 July, is expected to shatter the records of recent big ticket Telugu movies such as "Attarintiki Daredi" and "Aagadu".

"Baahubali - The Beginning", which has been produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni, has been made with a whopping budget of ₹250 crore. The much awaited movie has simultaneously been made in Telugu and Tamil, and dubbed in Hindi and Malayalam. It is releasing in all the four languages on the same date.

The promos of "Baahubali - The Beginning" have been giving sleepless nights to the viewers for the last few months. The distributors have shelled out record prices for its theatrical rights of various areas. They have planned a massive release in a bid to recover the production cost and earn profit.

As per the reports, "Baahubali - The Beginning" is releasing in around 1,600 cinema halls in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Trade experts say this is the biggest screen count for any film to release in these areas. The film is set to create new benchmark in the history of Telugu cinema.

"Baahubali - The Beginning" will release in 1,900 cinema halls in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and other parts of North India. The movie will grace a total of 3,500 screens in India and its volume of release is bigger than any big-ticket Bollywood movie released in the country in this year.

The movie, starring Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Tamannaah and Anushka Shetty, will release in over 500 theatres in the international market. "Baahubali - The Beginning" is confirmed to release in 185 screens in the US and it will beat the record of "S/O Satyamurthy", which has been the biggest Tollywood release with a count of 150 theatres in the country.

Pawan Kalyan's "Attarintiki Daredi" and Mahesh Babu's "Aagadu" were released in over 2,000 screens each, the highest screen count for a Telugu movie so far. "Temper" and "S/O Satyamurthy", which released in 1,500 theatres each, are the biggest Tollywood releases of 2015. Now, "Baahubali - The Beginning" is set to become the biggest release of the year.

Baahubali Fever: One km-long line for advance booking in Hyderabad

S.S. Rajamouli‘s ‘Baahubali’ has become one of the most awaited movie of the year and is said to be the most expensive and Indian’s biggest motion picture film.

‘Baahubali’ has been the talk of the town ever since its first poster was released and its trailer had the fans going gaga over it.

The buzz around ‘Baahubali’ is so high that fans have started booking the movie tickets in advance. Director Karan Johar, who is presenting the Hindi version of Baahubali, tweeted a video of fans who have been waiting to get advance tickets.

There is a one-km long line for the advance booking of ‘Baahubali’ in Hyderabad.

Karan Johar is thrilled with the response that the film has got and he wrote on Twitter, “The 1km Line for the advance booking of #Baahubali in Hyderabad …amazing!!!!!” along with a video showing the fans waiting in line.



‘Baahubali’ has also set a benchmark on completion of 500 days of making on July 8, 2015.

‘Baahubali’ is the first film to indulge in 500 days of making the film, investing nearly 180 days in writing the script along with pre-production planning as director S.S. Rajamouli wanted the film to be free of errors. The filming of ‘Baahubali’ lasted for nearly 320 days.

'Baahubali’ crew is extremely excited on its completion of 500 days and hopes the film sets a big box office benchmark on its release. ‘Baahubali’ is all set to release on Friday, July 10.