Bāhubali: The Beginning

The young Shivudu is left as a foundling in a small village by his mother. By the time he’s grown up, it has become apparent that he possesses exceptional gifts. He meets the beautiful warrior princess Avanthika and learns that her queen has been held captive for the last 25 years. Shividu sets off to rescue her, discovering his own origins in the process.

Cast

Prabhas

as Mahendra "Sivudu" Bāhubali / Amarendra Bāhubali

Rana Daggubati

as Bhallaladeva

Tamannaah Bhatia

as Avanthika

Anushka Shetty

as Devasena

Ramya Krishnan

as Sivagami

Nasaar

as Bijjaladeva

Sathyaraj

as Karikala Kattappa Nadar

Prabhakar

as King Kalakeya

Adivi Sesh

as Bhadra

Sudeep

as Aslam Khan

Reviews

timesofindia

While his films since Magadheera have become ambitious in terms of scale and narrative, SS Rajamouli is at heart a masala filmmaker and arguably, the best one we have in our country right now. You just have to look at how he gives every major character in Baahubali its own heroic introduction to rea...

badelf

This review applies to the set of two films: The Beginning and The Conclusion. As narratives go, there is some great storytelling in this film. That is perhaps what makes this such an awesome film. The action and feats are wicked fun, of course, but they're not devoid of context as so many actio...

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