For long there have been discussions of making a film like Baahubali in Bollywood. Baahubali & Baahubali 2 have been two great movies of
the south Indian cinema industry that have overpassed all main league
Hindi movies in terms of grandeur & budget. Baahubali 2 is the only
movie to make over Rs. 1000 crore in all languages in the first 10 days
of its release. Will Bollywood ever make a film as grand and successful
as Baahubali?
The question was answered by one of the most
ill-speaking directors of Bollywood, Mr. Ram Gopal Varma. Ramu says not
only the filmmaker but the star in the films are unable to make a film
like Baahubali, “There are two parts to it — one is the scale to have
larger-than-life kind of images and two is to make that kind of money.
Though that may be possible, I doubt if it will have the massy kind of
conviction of an SS Rajamouli. More than the vision, I am not sure how
many Bollywood directors would have that kind of conviction. They won’t
believe it will work.”
He also praised the level of conviction
that Prabhas has shown for this project, “The kind of conviction with
which Prabhas has done Baahubali 1 and 2 is amazing, apart from his
investing two-three years in a film. It takes an enormous conviction to
walk in high-speed level and do the kind of action and drama, which only
some South Indian stars like Prabhas can do. I find that quality
lacking in our Bollywood stars. They have this extraordinary conviction
in commercial masala drama and this coupled with that kind of scale of
imagery is what worked with Baahubali. I have seen both the parts and
loved both.”
Ramu even admits that he will never be able to make a
film like Baahubali himself, “I have neither the patience, the passion
nor the extra-ordinary commitment of what Rajamouli has. I don’t have
even one per cent of what he has.”
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