Baahubali: The Beginning (English: The one with strong arms) is a 2015 Indian high fantasy film that is directed by S.S Rajamouli and produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devieni. The film is one of the two cinematic parts that are shot in Telugu and Tamil. It was released on July 10,2016.
Plot
In the ancient kingdom of Mahismati, Queen Sivagami comes out of a cave that's adjoined to a waterfall, holding a baby. She kills the soldiers who were following her and sacrifices herself to save the baby saying, "Mahendra Baahubali must live!". The local tribe finds the queen holding the baby and the tribe saves the baby. The queen's corpse flows away after pointing towards the mountain above the waterfall. Sanga and her husband adopt the baby and name the baby Shivdu. They seal the cave so, no one will come for the child.
Shivdu grows up to be a young and adventurous man who hopes to climb the waterfall but, makes many unsuccessful times. After carrying the Shivalinga to the waterfalls, he finds a mask which falls from the waterfalls. Driven out to find out the identity of the owner, Shivdu climbs the waterfall successfully.
On top of the waterfall, Shivdu discovers that the mask belongs to Avanthika, a rebellious warrior whose group has indulged in guerrilla warfare against King Bhallala Deva. The group is led by Devasena's brother, intends to rescue Devasena, who has been chained in the kingdom for the past 25 years. Avanthika is given an opportunity to save Devasena during Bhalla Deva's birthday festival.
Shivdu approaches Avanthika when she was on her way to rescue Devasena. Stubborn at first, Avanthika falls in love with Shivdu after she learns that he climbed a waterfall for her. Avanthika gets injured and Shivdu pledges to help her with her mission. Shivdu sneaks into the Mahishmati kingdom.
At the festival, a 100 foot, gold statue of King Bhalla Deva is made out of the gold snatched from the citizens. When the statue was getting erected, the statue fell and was about to crush 100 workers to death. Shivdu, with his face hidden, lifts the statue before it crushes the workers to death. He accidentally shows his face to one of the slaves and the slave recognized him as Baahubali. Everyone starts chanting "Baahubali" which enrages the king.
Shivdu shows his face and rescues the queen, unaware that she is his mother. Shivdu and Devasena are chased down by Prince Bhadra, Bhalla Deva's only son and Kattappa, who is a skilled fighter and a slave. After Shivdu beheads Bhadra, Kattappa realizes that Shivdu is Mahendra Baahubali, the son of late King Amarendra Baahubali and Devasena. Kattappa begins to narrate the story from 50 years ago.
Amarendra Baahubali's father, Vikramadeva was elected to be king, much to his elder brother, Bijjaladeva's disappiontment. Bijjaladeva