S. S. Rajamouli: Baahubali: The Beginning & Baahubali: The Conclusion (featuring Thanmye Lagudu)

Long live Deep Cut! The DC Trio welcomes back distinguished guest and friend Thanmye Lagudu to launch a discussion on the legendary Masala blockbuster director S. S. Rajamouli (of this year’s international hit, RRR). There’s no better a popular pick than the renowned historical fantasy duology, Baahubali: The Beginning and Baahubali: The Conclusion, based on the Sanskrit epic poem Mahabharata. In their epic conversation, Thanmye shares his deep connection to the movies of Rajamouli, Wilson breaks down what makes the action so spectacular, Ben notes the benefits of non-photorealistic CGI, and Eli explains how Rajamouli writes truly smart characters. Ultimately, Thanmye hopes for a new path forward in cinephilia that fully respects the depth and goals of Indian popular cinema.

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The Baahubali Duology Crew:

Director: S.S. Rajamouli

Producers: Prasad Devineni, Shobu Yarlagadda, Iliya Sotirov, K Raghavendra Rao

Writers: S.S. Rajamouli, Vijayendra Prasad, Rahul Koda

Editor: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao

Cinematography: K.K. Senthil Kumar

Production Design: Sabu Cyril

Art Direction: Manu Jagadh, Sagar Mali

Visual Effects: V. Srinivas Mohan

Composer: M.M. Keeravaani

Sound: Justin Jose, P. M. Satheesh, Manoj M. Goswami

Costumes: Rama Rajamouli, Prashanti Tipirneni

The Baahubali Duology Cast:

Prabhas: Shivudu / Amarendra Baahubali / Mahendra Baahubali

Rana Daggubati:  Bhallaladeva

Anushka Shetty: Devasena

Tamannaah Bhatia: Avanthika

Sathyaraj: Kattappa

Ramya Krishnan: Sivagami

Nassar: Bijjaladeva

Sudeep: Aslaam Khan

Prabhakar: Kalakeya War Lord Inkoshi

Rajsekhar Aningi: Bhalladeva Samantha Raju

Tanikella Bharani:  Swamiji

John Kokken: Kalki Brothers

Rohini: Sanga

Adivi Sesh: Bhadra

Preity Üpala: Tapsi Awhan

Subbaraju: Kumara Varma

Meka Rama Krishna: King of Kunthala