Visual delight offered by Rajamouli starts the moment his trailer opens to a 3D visualised kingdom of Mahismathi from a bird's eye view. "Baahubali", the most expensive flick ever, say 150 crore budget for the two parts, surely boasts a lot of larger than life imagery. After watching such richness in movies like Lord Of The Rings and others, every Indian cinema lover feels proud for this local product.
That lush green misty world, mighty waterfalls, ancient architecture and weapons push our senses back to some 13th century. Though there are heavy references of the movie "300" and "Troy" in battle scenes, we need to appreciate the handwork that went into indianising then. The actors, their muscles, the heroines, their glamour and what not, everything looks bigger than any normal cinema.
In fact, Hollywood's productions like 300 costed nearly 400 crores way back in 2006 itself. If adjusted for inflation, that costs 620+ crores now. But Bahubali is 1/5 of that budget and still giving a bigger cinematic feel. With recoveries proving tough in general, language barrier major hurdle to release the flick across India, Bahubali made an exuberant effort to take the film to all the corners of the country and that should be appreciated.
Celebrate cinema, celebrate Baahubali.
