Baahubali: The Beginning is a 2015 Indian bilingual epic historical fiction movie directed by S. S. Rajamouli. Produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni, it is the first of two cinematic parts. The film was simultaneously made in Telugu and Tamil and dubbed into Hindi, Malayalam and French languages. A fictional story of two warring brothers fighting for control of an ancient Indian kingdom, it stars Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Tamannaah and Anushka Shetty in lead roles. Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj, Nassar, Adivi Sesh, Tanikella Bharani and Sudeep appear in supporting roles. The Soundtrack and background score were composed by M. M. Keeravani while the cinematography, editing, art direction and visual effects supervision were done by K. K. Senthil Kumar, Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao, Sabu Cyril and V. Srinivas Mohan respectively.
The film made on a budget of 120 crore (US$18 million) released worldwide on 10 July 2015 to positive reviews from critics, and became the highest grossing Indian film within India and third highest grossing Indian film globally. It became the first south Indian film to gross over 600 crore (US$90 million) worldwide and the first non-Hindi film to gross over 100 crore (US$15 million) in dubbed Hindi version in India. It is also the highest grossing Telugu film of all time.
Directed by S. S. Rajamouli
Produced by Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni
Screenplay by S. S. Rajamouli
Story by K. V. Vijayendra Prasad
Starring Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah
Music by M. M. Keeravani
Cinematography K. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Vincent Tabaillon (International Version)
Production Arka Media Works
Distributed by Telugu: Arka Media Works
Tamil: Studio Green
Hindi: Dharma Productions, AA Films
Malayalam: Global United Media
Release dates 10 July 2015
Running time 158 minutes (Telugu)
159 minutes (Tamil)
Country India
Language Telugu
Tamil
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