Deccan Chronicle

Baahubali - 2

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Finally, the second part, Baahubali: The Conclusion, has hit the screens and the question that has kept everyone in suspense for two years — ‘Why did Kattappa kill Baahubali’ — has been answered. The first part created enough waves at the box-office and took Telugu cinema internatio­nal, but the second part has got unpreceden­ted attention and sales are expected to be massive.

The film picks up from where the first part ended, where Kattappa (Satya Raj) is revealing the flashback of Amarendra Baah-ubali. After he won the battle over Kalakeya, Rajam-ata Sivagami (Ramya Krishna) announced that Amarendra Baahubali (Prabhas) is the king of the Mahishmath­i Empire. Before the oath-taking, Sivagami asked Amarendra Baahubali to tour the country to know about the people’s problems.

Amarendra Baahubali and Kattappa go on a tour like ordinary people and reach Kuntala’s kingdom and see the warrior princess Devasena (Anushka). Baahubali loses his heart to Devasena but doesn't reveal his identity. In the meantime, Bhallala Deva (Rana Daggubati) and his father Bijjala (Nasser) make plans to get the King’s chair. There are some dramatic events in the Kuntala and Mahishmath­i kingdoms. Devasena marries Amarendra, but Sivagami orders the couple to leave the palace and makes Bahhala Deva the king. Though Bhallala is crowned King, he is not satisfied as he wants to see the end of Amarendra.

He and his father feed wrong informatio­n to Siva-gami about Amarendra. Why the Rajamatha CAST: Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka, Ramya Krishna, Nasser, Subba Raju and others DIRECTOR: RATING: S.S. Rajamouli asks Amarendra to leave, what prompts Kattappa to kill Amarendra Baahubali, and how Amarendra’s son Sivudu takes revenge on Bhallala is what the rest of the film is about.

Director Rajamouli made everyone wait for the answers to the many questions asked in the first part. Interestin­gly, he maintains the tempo in the second part till the second half. Compared to the first part, the director added more drama and emotional scenes in this concluding film.

As in the first part, Rajamouli depends on graphics; the entire film is dominated by visual graphics. In some scenes you can clearly identify the graphics and such scenes are not believable.

Rajamouli’s strong point is his vision and the narration of the story. Though it's a known and predictabl­e story, the director projects it in a strong manner and some of the scenes give you goose bumps. Especially the scenes between Devasena and Rajamatha which are really exciting, and the scene where Amarendra Baahubali questions the court’s decision and beheads the person who heads the military. When it comes to the climax, Rajamouli makes the same mistake a s many

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