{"id":536,"date":"2017-04-28T17:57:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T12:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.telugucm.com\/?p=536"},"modified":"2017-04-28T17:57:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T12:27:06","slug":"baahubali-2-conclusion-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.telugucm.com\/english\/baahubali-2-conclusion-review\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Baahubali 2: The Conclusion\u2019 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Director<\/strong>: S S Rajamouli
\nStarring:<\/strong> Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tammannah Bhatia, Sathyaraj, Ramya Krishnan;
\nStory:\u00a0<\/strong> V Vijayendra Prasad
\nMusic:<\/strong> M M Keeravan
\nCinematography:<\/strong> K K Senthil Kumar
\nProduction Design:<\/strong>\u00a0 Sabu Cyril
\nEditor:<\/strong>\u00a0 Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao
\nVFX Supervision:<\/strong> Kamal Kannan
\nProducers:<\/strong>\u00a0 Prasad Devineni, Shobu Yarlagadda
\nBy the time the enrapturing narrative actually arrived at the key plot point \u2014 why did Kattapa kill Baahubali \u2014 I had forgotten that this question had haunted the nation for two years. There is much more to the second and tragically, conclusive and concluding segment of the Baahubali saga than the Kattapa query.
\nSo much glory, grandeur, and above all such spectral wisdom. By the time we finish watching \u201cBaahubali 2: The Conclusion\u201d we are far better informed about human nature and its tendency to betray those whom we love the most.
\nYes, \u201cBaahubali 2\u201d is much bigger than the first film in every sense. It is far deeper and dreamy,drawing us into its magic and magnificence with a seamless swoosh that sucks us in. We fall into the ravine of ravishing courtly machinations with no desire to pull ourselves out of the hypnotic spell that Rajamouli casts on us.
\nBefore we know it we have entered Rajamouli\u2019s enchanting kingdom of Maheshmati where intrigue, treachery , passion and redemption straddle in a tight embrace riding together in a chariot of ire that hurls across cinematic vistas never explored before. The episodes come together in unexpected ways, generating through the drama a repertoire never-experienced splendour and spectacle.
\nThe swirl of colours on the sets and in the costumes is like Moulin Rouge on a Devdas trip. But the treatment vision and the characters\u2019 karmic quirks are all peculiar to Rajamouli. He courts the epic without drawing attention to the enormity of the scale that his vision dares to climb.
\nThat Rajamouli is an extraordinarily skilful storyteller goes without saying. He wastes no time in introducing the characters. Even if there are some viewers out there who haven\u2019t seen the first Baahubali film, the plot uncovers in sweeps and streams of majestic arrogance that accommodates our ignorance of the characters\u2019 background and our unconditional awe for the film\u2019s visual spectacle in the same range of vision.
\nThe second instalment of the great Baahubali franchise is so lush, luscious and luminous, it\u2019s like being transported repeatedly to a paradisaical peak, not once not twice but over and over again. Rajamouli spins an enchanting web of images that seem straight out of the Indian mythological tales mainly the Mahabharat. But he gives it his own splendid spin.Let\u2019s put it this way. Rajamouli\u2019s characters think Ramayan but act Mahabharat.
\nThis work of exquisite mythological art is easily the acme of cinematic achievement, a landmark to beat all landmarks, including Rajamouli\u2019s first Baahubali film which in hindsight seems more like a blueprint for the main event that is the second part of the franchise. True, at a few minutes less than three hours,this is a lengthy epic. But an epic in the truest sense where the dramatic conflicts and battlefield confrontations merge into a fulfilling magical journey into Neverland where anything and everything can happen .
\nThe film\u2019s twists and turns are so coherently and tautly worked out that not for a moment do we feel we are watching a drama that has no bearing to contemporary reality. True, the performances leave much to be desired. Barring Anushka Shetty who is elegant, regal and tragic, and Ramya Krishnan who exudes a blend of matriarchal pride and feminine intuition (the confrontation between the two actresses is among the highest points in the storytelling), the male cast is hellbent on hamming all the way.
\nWhile Rana Daggubatti wears the same expression of disdainful scorn throughout, Prabhas seems confused every time he has to speak a line that has more than three words. Both actors come into their own the minute they galvanises into action.
\nRajamouli\u2019s period drama flaunts characters who are confounded by a fate far larger than their fighting abilities. The war sequences, fearsome and awe-inspiring beyond anything we\u2019ve seen in Indian cinema and shot by cinematographer K K Senthil Kumar with a penchant for lavishness that goes well with the film\u2019s deliciously ripened feel flavour fervour, show not just the characters valour and heroism but also expose them to be vulnerable mortals who, for all their deified posturings, are susceptible to the rules of mortality much in the same way that we ordinary mortals are.
\nPortraying a world of larger-than-life, mythologised and anointed by a destiny that disperses drama, Rajamouli takes us on a journey so grand, epic, enchanting and unforgettable that it would be impossible for us to look at any other costume drama with respect, let alone awe.
\nWho would want to live in a cardboard kingdom after entering Rajamouli\u2019s world of marbled marvels whose floors and exteriors glisten with pride and passion?
\nIs the Baahubali saga really over? Truly the end of an era!!
\nForget Kattapa. Rajamouli kills it.
\nRating: 3.75\/5\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Director: S S Rajamouli Starring: Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tammannah Bhatia, Sathyaraj, Ramya Krishnan; Story:\u00a0 V Vijayendra Prasad Music: M M Keeravan Cinematography: K K Senthil Kumar Production Design:\u00a0 Sabu Cyril Editor:\u00a0 Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao VFX Supervision: Kamal Kannan Producers:\u00a0 Prasad Devineni, Shobu Yarlagadda By the time the enrapturing narrative actually arrived at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[171,224,225,234,952,1162,1225,1473,1597],"class_list":{"0":"post-536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews","8":"tag-anushka-shetty","9":"tag-baahubali-2","10":"tag-baahubali-2-review-rating","11":"tag-baahubali-movie-rating","12":"tag-mm-keeravani","13":"tag-prabhas","14":"tag-rajamouli","15":"tag-shobu-yarlagadda","16":"tag-tamannaah"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.telugucm.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.telugucm.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.telugucm.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.telugucm.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.telugucm.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.telugucm.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.telugucm.com\/english\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.telugucm.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.telugucm.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.telugucm.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}