Baahuballi 2 (The Conclusion, 2017; Telugu)
My friend was understandably excited when the news of its release and its phenomenal smashing of records of sorts for a Tollywood production. He was over the moon as the news had made it to the desktops of the BBC World Service TV.
After making quite an impression with the first instalment, I felt that this film is quite a letdown. The awe factor seems missing. There is only so much of long shots one can take of the set to impress us on gargantuan portions of the wealth and power of Sivagami and her Mahishmati kingdom. We totally get it. The wide angle aerial shots of CGI-enhanced castles, beasts and savage battle scenes are too many by far. They are only so many flying tackles one can stomach. There is a limit to human imagination. Ok, this is a fantasy film set in medieval India when they were the richest nation on the planet with the intellect beyond yonder and military prowess to match, but stringing three arrows fro a bow and aiming them simultaneously at three targets? And that too by a member of the fairer sex? Hey, this only shows that Bharat was far ahead of its times in gender equality and women empowerment. In BB2, a Queen (Sivagami, Ramya Krishnan) is the ruling monarch of the kingdom in hot pursuit. The bride to the Prince is also no pushover!
Movies like Baahuballi seem to be sending the right vibes to the citizens of the country at the most opportune time. With the euphoria of a confident and PR friendly Prime Minister who appears to be doing all the right things to stimulate the economy, with a past President who was part of the mega-space project which made space travel much like Airasia - economical and feasible, with neighbours who have fallen into failed state status and no longer posing a security risk, this feel-good movie would only invoke the memories of a once Great India and the zest the blow the ember of making India great again!
Baahuballi has its own charm just like 'Tom and Jerry' and 'The Road Runner' have their strong points. It has its own plus point. Many humanistic values practised by early dwellers of the Indus Valley on power management, stratification of society, the impermanence of human life are illustrated here. Life is a struggle between doing the right thing and the moral thing. Just following orders may not be the correct thing after all. History, as we know it, is a sanitised version of events that were paved with blood, gore, tears, carnage, blackmail, deceit and death as scribed by the victors.
My friend was understandably excited when the news of its release and its phenomenal smashing of records of sorts for a Tollywood production. He was over the moon as the news had made it to the desktops of the BBC World Service TV.After making quite an impression with the first instalment, I felt that this film is quite a letdown. The awe factor seems missing. There is only so much of long shots one can take of the set to impress us on gargantuan portions of the wealth and power of Sivagami and her Mahishmati kingdom. We totally get it. The wide angle aerial shots of CGI-enhanced castles, beasts and savage battle scenes are too many by far. They are only so many flying tackles one can stomach. There is a limit to human imagination. Ok, this is a fantasy film set in medieval India when they were the richest nation on the planet with the intellect beyond yonder and military prowess to match, but stringing three arrows fro a bow and aiming them simultaneously at three targets? And that too by a member of the fairer sex? Hey, this only shows that Bharat was far ahead of its times in gender equality and women empowerment. In BB2, a Queen (Sivagami, Ramya Krishnan) is the ruling monarch of the kingdom in hot pursuit. The bride to the Prince is also no pushover!
Movies like Baahuballi seem to be sending the right vibes to the citizens of the country at the most opportune time. With the euphoria of a confident and PR friendly Prime Minister who appears to be doing all the right things to stimulate the economy, with a past President who was part of the mega-space project which made space travel much like Airasia - economical and feasible, with neighbours who have fallen into failed state status and no longer posing a security risk, this feel-good movie would only invoke the memories of a once Great India and the zest the blow the ember of making India great again!
Baahuballi has its own charm just like 'Tom and Jerry' and 'The Road Runner' have their strong points. It has its own plus point. Many humanistic values practised by early dwellers of the Indus Valley on power management, stratification of society, the impermanence of human life are illustrated here. Life is a struggle between doing the right thing and the moral thing. Just following orders may not be the correct thing after all. History, as we know it, is a sanitised version of events that were paved with blood, gore, tears, carnage, blackmail, deceit and death as scribed by the victors.
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