Baahubali 2 Movie Review

Movie: Baahubali 2

Cast: Prabhas, Anushka, Rana, Tamannah, Ramya Krishna, Nassar, Subbaraj, Satyaraj and others

Directed and Screenplay by SS Rajamouli

Story and Dialogues: Vijayendra Prasad

Producer: Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni

Music: Keeravani

Cinematographer: K.K. Senthil Kumar

Editor: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao

Banner: Arka Media

Censor Certificate: UA

Runtime : 170 minutes

Release date: April 28th, 2017

Watched Premiere show at PVR Cinemas, Inorbit Mall, Hyd

Behind the Screens:

After the Historic Victory of Baahubali – The Beginning. All eyes on Baahubali -The Conclusion to know the answer, Why Kattappa Killed Baahubali?? and experience the visual feast on screen. The movie which has seen never before attention from the audience of all the industries. First Part set new box-office records along National Film Awards. And now question is Will Baahubali2 cross 1000 crore gross?? Lets find out whether Rajamouli succedded or not?

Story-line:

Baahubali – The Conclusion begins where the first part(Baahubali – The Beginning) ends. It reveals the suspense about Why Kattappa, a loyalist to the Crown pierced a dagger into Amarendra Baahubali’s (Prabhas) spine. And then the other part of the film is all about how Mahendra Baahubali (Prabhas) takes revenge for the insult of his mother (Devasana) and get back the throne from the crooked Bhallaladeva (Rana Daggubati).

Performances:

Baahubali series is the sweat and blood of Prabhas. Prabahs is extremely good as Amarendra Baahubali and it can be clearly seen from his effortless transformation in different roles in the movie. He gave 4.5 years of his time to this movie and he gave his best. His royality looks awesome. Sivudu portion is less. After Prabhas, Anushka as Deva sena got screen presence in the movie. She played a gutsy old woman role in the first part is seen as a warrior princess.  She pulled it off effortlessly. She is terrific in her characterization. Her body perfectly fits for this role. Anushka looks stunning. Rana is ferocious. He has shown his capacity in the climax shots. And his screen presence is less when compares to first part. Tamannah has little space in this part. Ramya Krishna as Sivagami has limited space here. Sathyaraj shown various emotions in his role. Nassar is excellent in his role as cunning father. The comedy touch to Subbaraju’s role did not work out.

Analysis:

Story telling by SS Rajamouli is top notch and he combined it with his extraordinary vision and made it a spellbinding saga. In this part he concentrates more on emotions rather than visual treat and etc. His directorial brilliance can be easily felt with the way he revealed the Kattappa Secret by taking it forward through an unexpected character. Rajamouli mark elevation scenes – Prabhas Introductio, Kuntala Kingdom fight in the first half, The Interval Block, The scene leading to Dandalayya song and the war episodes starting from the Pre-Climax worked big time.The Second half is filled with emotions and particularly towards the Climax is all about the war sequences. With high expectations, you would get a feel that the climax is a bit stretched.

Technical Values:

Expect VFX supervisor, same team of 'Baahubali- The Beginning' has worked for 'Baahubali- The Conclusion'. For this type of movies, technical team will plays major role. MM Keeravani’s background music enhanced the range of the film. First part songs expereience is better than this movie. Two songs are very well shot. Sound design is good. Senthil’s Camera work is too good. He got much command in handling this type of movies. Frankly it is very difficult to work on something which is a lot imaginary and involves VFX done later on. But he succedded in this with his camera work. Sabu Cyril’s art direction, Rama Rajamouli and Prashanti’s costumes are in sync with the film’s setting. Action sequences are of international standards. But climax action sequence is lenghty. Dialogues are good. The CG Work is good as expected but then it is not on par at some places like in the case of climax. Some parts of visual effects are good. Editing should be sharp. Editor Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao had a chance to trim few cuts especially romantic track between Prabhas and Anushka in the first half. The Production Values of Arka Media are the best in Indian Cinema.

Thumbs Up:

- Interval bang

- Emotional content

- Technical work

- Grandeur look

Thumbs Down:

- Comedy

- Lenghty climax

- Parts of scenes

Final Verdict:

First Part Baahubali -The Beginning is all about grandeur, Baahubali- The Conclusion is all about emotions and elevations. Baahubali-2 is visual extravaganza with more focus on emotions. 

SS Rajamouli gives you a feel that he is sitting along with you in the theater and is narrating a story and hold your attention for the next two and half hours

If you ignore some slow pace scenes and lengthy climax you can watch one time. 

Box-Office Prediction: With this huge expectations and wide release in india and USA, Baahubali-2 may cross 1000 crore gross. 

Review by Manikick

Rating: 3.25/5