Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) on Netflix
NR20152h 39mActionAdventureDrama
Raised by a tribal family in Amburi, Sivudu scales the waterfall above his village. There he meets Avantika, a rebel warrior whose queen, Devasena, has been imprisoned for 25 years.
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Plot summary
The tribesmen of Amburi pull an infant from the river, and Sanga, wife of the chieftain, raises him as her son, naming him Sivudu. Grown into an exceptionally strong young man, Sivudu is drawn to the towering waterfall above the village, which Sanga forbids him to climb. A wooden mask washes down the falls, and it drives him to scale the cliff. At the top he encounters Avantika, a warrior of a rebel alliance seeking to free Devasena, a former queen held in public captivity for 25 years by Mahishmati's ruler Bhallaladeva. Moved by Avantika, Sivudu takes up the rebels' cause. Meanwhile in Mahishmati, Kattappa, the royal slave-commander bound by an oath to the throne, watches Devasena's suffering, and she refuses to escape.
Cast
- Ramakrishna Mekaas Jaya Varma
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Baahubali: The Beginning (2015)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The language spoken by the Kalakeya tribe, Kiliki (Kilikili), was invented for the film by lyricist Madhan Karky, and is described as the first fictional language created for Indian cinema.
- Kiliki grew out of a language Karky called "Click", which he invented while doing a PhD in Australia and working part-time teaching and baby-sitting children; it had 100 words, with opposites made by reversing them, such as min for me and nim for you.
- Makuta VFX spent nearly two years creating the film's 1500-foot waterfall, working through the fluid dynamics and simulations involved and building Mahishmati's temples and courtyards.
- In July 2015 activists of the Dalit group Puratchi Pulikal Iyakkam threw petrol bombs outside a Madurai multiplex screening the Tamil version, protesting the use of the word "pagadai"; Tamil dialogue writer Madhan Karky apologised.
- Production designer Sabu Cyril created 10,000 kinds of weaponry for the film; swords were made of carbon-fibre instead of steel to keep them light, and 3D printing produced the head of the 100-foot Bhallaladeva statue.
- A year of pre-production produced 15,000 storyboard sketches for the film, described as the highest number for any Indian film as of that date.
- At the 63rd National Film Awards the film won Best Feature Film, becoming the first Telugu film to take that award, and also won Best Special Effects.
- It became the first Indian film nominated for the Saturn Awards, picking up five nominations at the 42nd ceremony, among them Best Fantasy Film and Best Supporting Actress for Tamannaah Bhatia.
