Tomorrow is the big day for the Indian cinema and biggest day ever for the Telugu cinema .. Come what may, hats off to the entire team of BAHUBALI , starting from Rajamouli to Gutsy, cool producers to MMk Sir to everyone associated with this penance called Bahubali.
All bigger landmarks, Milestones happen only because of divine design and divine intervention. The people who are most deserving will be chosen by the almighty to make big events happen in life. Rajamouli thought big, aspired greatest, and literally breathed every aspect of this movie. So this marvel has to come to him. Prasad and Shobu stepping in to make this passion take a shape again will have many real stories on how it all happened. May be they will share all that in days to come which will be learning to all of us on movies and life per se.
More than anything the entire team will rejoice the entire process of making this movie so wonderful. To start with the movie has already got 6 out of 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 . Whether it crosses, 7, 8, 9 or absolute ten is to be seen. For me the thought, the efforts, the completion and seeing what one set to make is most crucial and the crew has achieved despite humongous struggle is most creditable.
Forget about the hype and expectations, people have already accepted this as the greatest movie ever before the release. In my 4 decades of movie watching experience, this is the 3rd closest which has happened like this. the first one was SHOLAY in 1976, and all theaters had police platoons placed across country and there was no mass media except radio and no social media network to get this hype . The second one was SHAHENSHAH in 1987 which also witnessed people planning to buy tickets for more than a month. But BAHUBALI has surpassed both of these by miles and miles and the festivity is more than most cricket matches and elections.
Every theatre in the 2 states has witnessed serpentine queues and many organizations have blocked more than 100 tickets to watch together. Every street corner and almost every other call people have been talking only about the movie and its release. Never before i had this experience . Millions of calls and messages talking on this movie last 10 days , resulted in business for cell phones operators as never before it seems , like new year hungama.
The makers have done their job and fulfilled their basic dream. Success and volume of success has many parameters and yardstick. Money recovery may be over and collections will surpass all time high and probably will occupy a place which cannot be beaten for a decade for sure. But ultimate happiness, perhaps, is when people acknowledge universally the best ever.
But what can we say about peoples expectations? are they expecting a miracle ? something that they have never seen before ? How can the expectations of such nature be there ? i feel its unfair . these days thanks to technology , people in rural areas also have access to most greatest Hollywood flicks and in local languages . So is it fair to compare this work to those ?
Movies are not made based on the expectations and hype. They are the dream of a film maker. How big and successful it becomes, have hazaar factors and reasons. So just watch like any other movie , not with expectations but with excitement . Do not be in a hurry to tweet minute to minute and upload on Facebook or whats app. Enjoying the movie experience is an ideal endeavor.
Bahubali release to me looks close to India Pakistan world cup cricket finals .. The expectations are unfair, too far and unwarranted . With that comes rumors. keep aside all the rumors, expectations and have a festival of viewing the greatest cinematic experience of life time . Rajamouli never failed in the narration and he will not fail also. technology, subject, making will be additional treats to the movie.
Finally its almost close to life death for many working in the film, and not at all for the audience who in the worst case might get disappointed basing on their expectations.. Just chill and don't talk loose about the movie before watching , is the request from an average, ordinary , Indian movie buff... Like i said movie has already scored 6 out of 10... how big , will be known in less than 24 hours. All comparison to I, shankar, 9th movie is too silly and ridiculous and meaningless to say the least.
Have a blast all of you.. thanks Rajamouli, prasad, Shobu and team for this great work.. all the best .
