Behind The Scenes Of Bahubali The Beginning

Around 5000 VFX shots, 90% of Bahubali the beginning is composed of visual effects and no wondor it was applauded as an Indian filmmakers answer to Hollywood films..

And here is some amazing facts about Bahubali the beginning... 

1. Almost 3 years of hard work

3 years hard work went into the movie making. Rajamouli and his crew worked for almost 3 years for the completion of the movie which will be released in two parts.

2. Baahubali has entered Guinness Book of World Records by making the largest poster ever

The film’s Twitter handle posted a picture of the ‘world record’ movie poster. The poster was unveiled in Kochi. The movie Baahubali has entered Guinness Book of World Records by making the largest poster ever. History had been made through this grand poster of “Bahubali : The Beginning”. The poster has the dimentions of 50,000 sq feet.

3. Prabhas didn’t do any movie in this period of 3 years.

4. Around 800+ Technicians worked on Art, Design and Visual Effects

Bahubali has the highest number of National Award winning technicians working on the project. . Around 800+ Technicians worked on Art, Design and Visual Effects for this magnum opus.

5. Prabhas has gained lots of weight

Prabhas has gained lots of weight for the movie without gaining fat. His hard work can be clearly seen on the screen in the trailer itself.

6. Prabhas  postponed his marriage

Film’s lead actor Prabhas also postponed his marriage for the sake of this film and for director Rajamouli.

7. Body Building equipment costs 1.5 Crore INR.

The makers of the film had gifted Prabhas some major league Body Building equipment imported from overseas. The equipment had cost them a whopping 1.5 Crore INR.

8. Anushka is the only actress worked with Rajamouli for the Second time

Anushka Shetty is the only Heroine to be repeatedly cast in a Rajamouli film. She had earlier done “Vikramarkudu” in Rajamouli direction. Rajamouli has the habit of not picking up heroines from his earlier films, but Anushka by acting second time in his direction broke the jinx this time.

9. Karan Johar joined his hands with Rajamouli

Karan Johar joined his hands with Rajamouli to promote and release the movie in Hindi. Along with that the movie is also dubbed in Tamil, Malayalam and few other languages, is set for release on the same day i.e 10th of July.

10. A massive budget of 250 crores

A massive budget of 250 crore. The highest budget movie ever in the history of Indian Cinema.

11. Biggest motion picture of India

Biggest motion picture of India. The trailer is spendid and that itself says how much hardwork has gone into the movie.

12. 45-foot-high scaled sets which was really amazing

Never ever before seen CG graphics with over 600 people working on the camera graphics.

It took Almost 1 year for Pre-Production work which is highest for any Indian movie till date. The magnificent palaces, impregnable forts, breath-taking water falls were all created for the movie. Usually a 24-foot-high scale set is created, but for this movie the makers decided to go for 45-foot-high scaled sets which was really amazing.

13. No Single flop in his film career – SS Rajamouli

Most importantly the movie is directed by SS Rajamouli who previously applauded for his work in Eega. He didn’t has a single flop in his whole career. That itself speaks about his legendary streak.

14. 4.05 million views on YouTube

The trailer of the film had 4.05 million views on YouTube, Telugu and Hindi trailers crossed 1 million views each within 24 hours.

15. Trailer on Facebook crossed 1.5 million views

On Facebook trailer crossed 1.5 million views, 300,000-plus likes and 200,000-plus shares in 24 hours

16. Around one lakh followers on Twitter

The film has around one lakh followers on Twitter and 1,315, 639 likes on Facebook till this afternoon

17. Advance booking for Baahubali

Baahubali has touched $800k in USA for premieres through advance booking alone

18. 4,000 plus Theatres worldwide

The most expensive films made in the country with a reported budget of about Rs 200 crore, the film would hit 4,000 plus theatres worldwide..

19. Only film that has been featured on BBC documentary

It is the only film that has been featured on BBC documentary on 100 years of Indian cinema even before its release.

20. Around 2000 stuntmen & elephants

21. Shooting of the film started at Rock Gardens in Kurnool from 6 July 2013

22. Rs. 20 crores as remuneration to Prabhas

The makers of ‘Bahubali’ have promised to offer Rs. 20 crores as remuneration to Prabhas making him the highest paid actor in Tollywood.

23. The target for both actors was to consume 2,000-4,000 K. calories per day

Prabhas and Rana have crossed 100-Kg weight for this film.

The actors  Prabhas and Rana had to take 6-8 meals a day and every item had to be strictly non-vegetarian only. The actors had to eat according to their diet plan every 2 hours and rice was not at all added to their menu. The target for both actors was to consume 2,000-4,000 calories per day.

24. Baahubali in different languages

Made in Telugu, Tamil and dubbed in Hindi, Malayalam, English, French, Japanese.

25. Rajamouli’s first full lenght feature film

Arri Alexa XT and this will be Rajamouli’s first full lenght feature film to be shot.

26. Peter Hein Has been training the lead actor for weapon training.

27. Prabhas Consumed 40 boiled egg white everyday.

28. Common between the recent release ‘Jurassic World’ and ‘Bahubali’

There is one thing common between the recent release ‘Jurassic World’ and ‘Bahubali’ – both movies share the same special effects team.

29. The film faced legal trouble regarding title Baahubali

The film faced legal trouble after Jain monks protested against the film’s title Bahubali, revered as a deity in the community. They were worried that makers will show the peace loving God in a violent way.

30. The movie has been shot in 16:9 aspect ratio for bigger and better quality pictures.