Welcome back to Movie Recap. Today I'm gonna show you a 2015 Indian epic action film called,
Baahubali: The Beginning. Spoiler’s ahead. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the video.
The movie begins with a woman struggling to run while carrying a baby while two men are chasing
her. As the water is drifting her, she asks Lord Shiva and bargains to take her life in exchange;
the child must live to ascend the throne of Mahishmati.
Later on, people saw her still holding the child up. As the man gets the boy,
she points her finger up and lets herself submerge in the water.
Nearby, they see the dead bodies of those men who chased her and concluded what happened.
Then, they see a cave that links to the top of the mountain for the first time. The man
assumes that it must be her sign to bring the baby there. Sang, who carries the baby, gets angry,
claims that the boy is sent to her by the river Goddess, and orders to close the cave immediately.
Years later, the boy wonders about the top of the mountain and gets interested in going up there,
so she scares him about it to avoid him from going up there. As Shiva gets older,
he persists in climbing up to reach the top of the mountain, for hundreds or thousands try.
Meanwhile, his mother follows Sage's advice to do the ritual by collecting water from
the waterfalls and pouring it repeatedly to make Lord Shiva answer her prayer,
mainly to stop his son from climbing up. To his annoyance, he confronts the Sage
and smashes the Lord Shiva's stone representation that shocks everyone.
He carries the stone all the way to the waterfalls, and the people follow him
with astonishment. After they rejoice, he finds a wooden mask that fell from above.
Then, his mother Sang, is delighted and grateful to the Sage that her prayers
are answered. However, his attention is now diverted to the wooden mask.
Shiva is too curious about the wooden mask and its purpose. Unexpectedly, he created
a face on the sand using the wooden mask, and he continues to complete the image of a woman.
Then he runs towards the waterfalls, where a gorgeous woman awaits him.
He then follows her and faces various obstacles, where the woman shows and vanishes simultaneously.
He continuously follows her, which tests his determination and perseverance.
Unexpectedly, as he follows the woman, he finally reaches the top of the mountain.
Meanwhile, he sees a woman named, Avanthika being chased by men. He then follows them; he hides and
sees them getting killed one by one. Avanthika sees a remarkable necklace worn by one of them.
He hides and follows Avanthika and other men to their hiding place. Then, she reports to
their chief about the necklace's owner as he has attained martyrdom. It angers their chief
when one of their men tries to shed tears. He reminds them of their oath and that their
Queen Devasana is being imprisoned. Then they wear their wooden mask and recite their pledge.
After that, Avanthika wonders if they can ask for Kattappa's help since he is a good man,
but the chief thinks that Kattappa is a slave to the throne of Mahishmati
and will not be able to help them.
Meanwhile, a man named Slam is endorsing a sword which Kattappa
refuses. That triggers Slam and challenges him to test the sword instead for a duel.
He is amazed by Kattappa and is surprised to know that he is enslaved.
He offers to buy his freedom instead, but Kattappa is a loyal servant and believes
that their words live on even his ancestors who took that pledge to serve the throne.
That night, as the woman put her hand in the water, THE SON draws on it with
a spot of ink without being noticed, then Avanthika hurries to the meeting.
The chief appoints Avanthika to the plan of rescuing the Queen. However, the chief notices
the drawing on his hand that indicates her focus on beauty. He is about to reject her when she
uses her tears to symbolize her extreme desire and worthiness and make the chief feel her sincerity.
The scene shows the kingdom where men or warriors are torturing the people.
Then there is the King named Bhalladeva. The bull suddenly slips away from being tied and
runs towards Bhalladeva. He fights with the bull to prove his power; however, as he exits the area,
the bull is about to attack again when Kattappa runs towards it and puts his life on the line.
Still, Bhalladeva succeeds and overpowers the bull, while Kattappa is injured. Bhalladeva
praises him for his loyalty. In return, he lets him ask for anything he wants. So,
Kattappa wishes to release Queen Devasana, who has been held captive for 25 years.
He accepted his wish; however, he needed to kill her as a form of liberation.
Otherwise, she will be kept there until she dies.
Devasena is shackled, the King, Bhalladeva, despises her. He expresses his hatred towards what
the Queen did in the past. For choosing another man over him, who cannot even help her right now,
pronounces that Mahishmati has forgotten that man. After that, they leave her feeling devastated.
In the evening, Devasena makes herself busy picking up the tree branches on the ground.
Then Kattappa comes, persuading her to accept it to be freed. But she refuses as she believes that
her son will go and be the one to set her free. They all think that her son is has died, but she
is determined. Unexpectedly, Kattappa triggers her about her picking twigs like a madwoman.
To his surprise, she reveals that it is a funeral pyre for Bhallaladeva.
Meanwhile, Avanthika went back to the river to catch who tattooed her hand that night.
They planned to look for him. Avanthika is positioned in the tree without
knowing that Bhalla is behind him. Then he releases a snake to stop her
from moving while he tattoos her on her shoulder without being noticed.
Afterward, the woman notices her shoulder, which provokes her to look for the culprit.
While Shiva is sitting in front of a bonfire pretending to talk
to Avanthika through the wooden mask. Suddenly, Avanthikas comes attacking her.
She caught him and asked him about who he was. She finds it unbelievable that he could
climb the mountain as it is impossible. Shiva uses flowery words that capture him,
but they continue the chase. While she wants to hurt him, Shiva intends to reveal her other self,
to see who is behind the mask. Later on, she is moved by Shiva
as she discovers his purpose of going there: to find her and bring the wooden mask she had lost.
Musical plays for a while; they indulge in the momentum, making love and appreciating themselves.
Then back to reality. Avanthika picks up a flower and makes Shiva unconscious, then leaves him.
Unfortunately, while walking, some men capture her and hurt her. When another man is about
to cut her with a knife, Shiva comes to rescue her. While fighting with the men,
one of them recognizes him, calling him Lord and begging for forgiveness.
When he notices that many men are coming, they quickly run and chase them.
Shiva throws a huge rock that causes an avalanche of snow where some of those men fall off,
and he takes some part of the tree trunk to slide down safely.
The sun rises, Avanthika asks for forgiveness for what she did which
Shiva accepts immediately and pronounces their union as lovers, sharing obligations
and all. He promises to rescue Devasana even without knowing her, as Avanthika's goal is.
As promised, Shiva rushed to the kingdom where Devasana was taken captive.
They are having an event of lifting the King's golden statue.
Devasana can sense her son's presence even without seeing him yet.
As they raise the statue, the enslaved people are already weak and cannot hold it anymore.
The figure is about to stumble upon the workers when Shiva grabs the rope in a flash.
Once again, his strength astonished the people. He takes the lead and pulls the rope to lift the
statue again. The wind blows and exposes his face for a second. One of the enslaved people
recognizes him and utters, "Bali," Then the rest follow and shout his name while pulling the rope.
The King and others get enraged and curious about the name they are cheering.
At the same time, Devasana feels delighted as people continue to rejoice in his son's
name while lifting the statue, which triggers the King, Bhallaladeva.
Meanwhile, SANG and the people are looking for Shiva. She worries about
his disappearance after lifting Lord Shiva's idol.
Avanthika persuades the chief to trust her and Shiva in rescuing Queen Devasana.
The King, Bhallaladeva, was still bothered about what the people did earlier as if it
was the statue of Bali. So, they wonder what urged people to do it.
Meanwhile, Shiva disguises himself as one of the warriors. The King asks them who was the
first to utter the name of Bali. When no one admits it, Shiva presents himself, but
he pretends to accidentally stumble and put the place on fire as he moves forward. As he leaves,
the King slightly recognizes him and orders them to catch him.
Devasana feels glad to see his son running towards her. He is being attacked by tons of warriors,
but he is focused on his goal to rescue the Queen. He uses the chariot to escape. It is
almost a success. Unfortunately, a trap is waiting for them, catching them again.
It was the dawn; they were being held captive. He sees his mother, Devasana, being tortured,
which infuriates him. It causes her to fight back and release his rage. He is close to killing
the Prince when Kattappa comes to rescue him. They fight each other continuously,
then Avanthika and the warriors come to see Devasena happily. At the same time, the warriors
from the other side come to get Devasena, so they rush towards each other, coming from side to side.
While in the middle, Sang and their people come out simultaneously, shocked by what they witness.
As the Prince tries to escape, he grabs Mahasena's sword that is supposed to be for
Kattappa and cuts the Prince's head. All of the people are in shock.
Kattappa is enraged by this and rushes towards Shiva but is greatly surprised as he sees his face
and suddenly praises him by Bali's name, where all people kneeled down in succession.
Kattappa then puts his foot onto his head as respect.
The next day, Kattappa thanks Shiva's foster parents.
Shiva feels something is not correct. He is really curious about himself.
Kattappa then reveals how important he is and recounts the kingdom's history and his ancestry.
Due to physical disability, the elder son of the
Kind was not crowned. The Queen who was pregnant passed away, Mahishmati mourns.
The elder son, Bijjaladeva's wife, Sivagami, took the kingdom. The Queen passed away,
and they were able to save her son. While the kingdom is mourning,
the people plan to revolt to take the throne against Sivagami. Meanwhile,
Sivagami carries the two young boys and pronounces the chance for the both of them to be the King.
As time goes by, they train the boys and witness their capabilities.
They can see who has more potential. Aside from his physical strength,
Prince Bali shows compassion and is down to earth. Yet, they believe they both have equal strength,
making it more difficult for the Queen to decide and face conflicts.
Their trusted Saketa has stolen their military secret.
The two Prince went to find him in their neighboring kingdoms
and found him in a den of thieves, where thieves and murderers gathered together.
Then the other Prince took advantage of the place.
He enjoyed the moment, drowned everyone with booze, and enjoyed the company of women.
They successfully found the man. He tried to jump off instead of being tortured,
so Bali wanted to prevent him, while Bhalla let them fall to kill Bali.
Suddenly, Kattappa and other men came, so he did not go with his plan and saved Bali instead.
They planned to attack the kingdom to which the Saketa had sold their military secrets,
the Kalakeya kingdom, which is brutal. They proceed with their plan to attack
and defend their kingdom against the enemies.
They also took that chance to help them decide who would be the next King, who would
successfully kill the enemies' chief. Kattappa noticed that the distribution of the armies
and the tools was unequal and favored Bhalla. The day of the battle. The armies assembled
in their places and introduced the two Prince by doing the ritual before the war.
Bali displayed his compassion once again by not conforming to offering an innocent animal.
Before the battle started, they confronted the chief of the opposition,
who pronounced his plan if he would not be killed by the Prince, which made the Queen infuriated.
Then, they began the battle. They all assembled their weapons and positioned to attack.
While massive armies of the enemy were running towards, Prince Bhalla signaled
and used their long-ranged weapons and bombed them. Next, Bhalla made his turn
and sent the cloth to cover the enemies and burn them, which lost many of the enemies.
The enemies continued to advance. They went closer, and the two Prince's brawled with enemies.
While Bali uses his strength, sword, and bows to kill the enemies one by one,
Bhalla is given the advantage of using an advanced tool to destroy the many.
They saw their people being used as a barricade as they reached the chief's location.
Bali was able to save them while attacking the enemies, compared to Bhalla,
who continued to attack them, harming their innocent people.
Meanwhile, the enemies attacked their defense and raised their flag.
The enemies made their way and killed a lot of their warriors.
They were almost losing their hope when Bhalla encouraged them with his word of
wisdom. He revitalized their spirit to continue fighting and showed the enemy their wrath.
They continued to attack the enemy and finally reached the chief. Bhalla fell on his chariot as
the chief stroke him, so Bali went back at him. He fought with the chief and threw the people at him.
They continued to duel and almost killed the chief and dragged the chief,
which caused his people to back out. When he was about to kill the chief,
Bhalla took over and stroke him instead to steal the credit for killing the chief.
Right after that, Queen proclaimed his son, Bhalla, as the armed forces commander while
Bali was the King, which flattened the people except for his husband.
It turns out that the decision of the Queen was unprejudiced.
She weighed the considerations clearly which Bali fitted as a righteous man.
Then the flashback ended. After hearing about the story,
Sang and their people were utterly amazed and hoped to see Bali.
However, Kattappa reveals that Bali was stabbed in the back, physically and literally, by himself.
The ending revealed that Shiva is the lost son of the great Baahu/Bali,
the strong and righteous man. Meanwhile, the surprising loyalty of Kattappa to
serve did not rest for their people but even with the traitors of the kingdom,
which made him become one of them, as a servant, by killing King Bali.