Tuesday, May 2, 2017

FILM REVIEW: BAAHUBALI - II



Mohammad Arsalan
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The nation was indeed curious to seek the galvanizing question or a surprise may by “Why did Kattappa kill Baahubali?” The answer was simple, the launch of its second part Baahubali-2. Despite the fact that part two was the initial story and the stuff behind the curtain, it was successful in maintaining the suspense.

S S Rajamouli has given his best to the reverse chronological story but somewhere there is requirement of a better articulation. The typical Indian family melodrama undertakes the hindsight and conspiracy game takes the turn.

Baahubali (Prabhas) falls in love with Devasena (Anushka Shetty) and the two is set to get married. Meanwhile, Bhallala (Rana Dagubatti) plays his conspiracy card and asks the regal queen Shivagami (Ramya) for his marriage to Devasena. Queen Shivagami gives her consent and a marriage proposal is sent to Devasena to which there is a rejection.

After Baahubali returns to the kingdom with his phianse and stands by the side of his to-be-bride and openly declares their love nexus, annoys the mother and she gives him two options, either to be the king or marry Devasena. Bhaubalu chooses the later. From here the story takes turn from contretemps to confrontation, and meanwhile hostile arguments clears apart mother-son relationship.

Later, to reinforce the hegemony on kingdom and to break down Baahubali’s partisanship among people, a conspiracy to defame Baahubali is laid down by Bhallala, accusing Baahubali of orchestrating his killing. The case is taken to the mother Shivagami where she is outraged by the heinous act. She commands Kattappa (Sathyaraj), a stalwart of the kingdom to go and kill Baahubali, being stated that it’s a state order and is his sacred duty to follow. Likewise, the suspense gets unveiled and Baahubali is set off for the heavenly abode.

Further, the epilogue of the movie continues, where son of Baahubali comes after 25 years of his father’s death and Coup d'état the incumbent cruel king Bhallala by killing him and rescuing his mother; all after triumphant of a battle.

Movie is tedious that is quite unusual in this hectic era, fiction has been used in a serious genre to a great extent. The acting deserves a flattering response. As far as culture is concerned, South-Indian movies robustly uphold their legacy. The film doesn’t have vulgar scenes which has become a common manifestation in modern film making.  Overall, the film has achieved its bid and is all set to break the block office records.

                                                 
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