Tollywood release
Bāhubali: The Beginning
95Standing
3rd of 443 in Tollywood
- Out-grossed 99% of Tollywood releases with reported figures ($97M).
- Returned 3.7× its budget, against an industry median of 1.5×.
- Momentum in the 91st percentile.
- Audience rating 7.6 from 969 votes, the 100th percentile.
- Cost
- $26M
- Took
- $97M
Blockbuster3.7× its cost
Against a Tollywood median of 1.5×, so this one returned 2.5 times what a typical release there does.
The money says blockbuster. What do you say?
The picture
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.
- Released
- 10 July 2015
- Runtime
- 2h 39m
- Language
- Telugu
- Industry
- Tollywood
Top billedAll 22 credits
- PrabhasMahendra 'Sivudu' Bāhubali / Amarendra Bāhubali
- Rana DaggubatiBhallaladeva
- Tamannaah BhatiaAvanthika
- Anushka ShettyDevasena
- Ramya KrishnanSivagami
- NassarBijjaladeva
Made by
- Director
- S. S. Rajamouli
- Screenplay
- S. S. Rajamouli
- Original Music Composer
- M.M. Keeravaani
- Director of Photography
- K.K. Senthil Kumar
- Producer
- Prasad Devineni, Iliya Sotirov, Shobu Yarlagadda
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