Producer Shobu Yarlagadda says that the team faced many challenges while making re-incarnation drama, Magadheera. The producer is of the opinion that these issues helped the team when they began work on Baahubali.
Speaking at the Melbourne film festival, Yarlagadda said:
“The problem was the length – it couldn’t fit into three hours. We weren’t sure to let go of the story.That’s why we thought to do it as a two-part film. Rajamouli wanted to go back and try to accommodate it in a three-hour single film, but we stopped him from doing so.”
The project faced a lot of issues before its release. “I had confidence in Rajamouli. The challenge was timeline and to stick to the budget. But we did surpass our deadline and budget. It started as a Rs 120 crore project and then it went further. We always knew the film had to be pan-India. It did get a North Indian release but it wasn’t justified I believe,” he said.
Yarlagadda took all this into account when they began Baahubali. The makers decided to plan the film’s Hindi release right from the beginning, so as to avoid issues later on.
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“But for Baahubali, we started working on the Hindi release right from the first day and knew we had to do more to make it work pan India. We realised when the script was ready that there is so much from Baahubali that can be told and not everything could be put into the film. So we started exploring options and putting things in place from when we started,” he said.
The Baahubali franchise is India’s biggest thus far, earning over Rs 900 crore all over the world.
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