In the past two years, in the face of the large-scale invasion of Indian movies, we finally saw the super power of Bollywood's dream machine.
Amir Khan is a pioneer in breaking the gaps in social problems in India. Under the same national conditions with a large population, we have published his two high-quality masterpieces "Wrestle!" "Dad" and "Mystery Superstar" felt the impact of universal emotion.
Salman Khan is also not to be outdone. A "Little Lolita and Uncle Monkey God" is a big one. With the resources already available, the box office has been boosted by its super word of mouth, and it has earned 1.5 billion rupees.
Then came the "Starting Line" , which satirizes the education system , and pierced the sufferings that the Chinese people had suffered in education since childhood, and once again harvested a lot of praise.
Recently, another piece of "Square Love" was released, which reflects the soaring housing prices and the difficulty for young people to buy a house . It aims at you and me who are desperately working in big cities but are unable to get brick by brick.
In summary, Indian realist movies are worthy of the four words "daring and careful" . The themes dare to expose the ugly reality of society, well-made, and full of ambition, which can be said to be the conscience of the industry.
But did you know? In India, all these realist films that have won super high box office in our country have all been stepped on by a war epic blockbuster.
It is the box office champion of Indian film history——
Baahubali 2: The End
Listening to this name, everyone may be a little unfamiliar, but viewers who know a little about theatrical movies may know that the first part of "Baahubali" was once shown in the mainland.
At that time, its performance was not very good, and a large part of the reason was that the story was only half told, and the audience was in the cloud.
The introduction of "Baahubali 2: The End" as usual on May 4 this year made up for this vacancy.
In the plot, it continues the first grand world view called "Lord of the Rings of India" .
The story takes place in the ancient Ganges River basin. One day, the residents by the river discovered a stiff hand in the middle of the river, holding a baby straightly.
The village leaders have no children under their knees. They think this is a gift from Lord Shiva and are determined to raise the children.
But after more than 20 years, the baby has grown into a strong young man, which also involves his huge and amazing life experience.
His father had Bahuobali this is applied to Moses bottom end (the name of a kingdom) of the Crown Prince, with his brother Bharadwaj when the throne, the sudden enemy invasion of barbarians.
After ruling the king, he decided to decide who could become the king based on their performance on the battlefield.
Baahubali has shown a crushing posture in terms of war strategy and political philosophy .
With fewer cold weapons than Balladwa, he came up with a way to defend against the enemy by burning the curtain, using the wind to set wildfires on a prairie, efficient and thorough.
When the barbarians used the old and sick as a shield in an attempt to ease the pace of Moses Shimodi’s offensive, Baladeva chose to run over with a chariot, and killed the people indiscriminately regardless of the safety of the people.
But Baahubali chose to try to get the people to squat down, and then attack the enemy in a range.
A benevolent, a violent, these actions were all seen in the eyes of the aunt as the queen mother.
Although it was Balladeva who finally cut off the enemy's head, after the war, his biological mother chose her cousin Baahubali as the king on the spot and sealed it on the good day.
However, the struggle for the throne in the past has always been perilous. His brother Baradwa was obviously not convinced. Assassinating his brother Baahubali became his only choice to reverse the situation.
"Baahubali 2: The End" tells the story of how Baahubali was framed to death, how he and Baahubali, the son of the princess of the small country, challenged his uncle Baladwa and avenged his father. .
In fact, there was an introduction plan for the film last year, but it was a full year late to make this war epic blockbuster full of mystery.
This introduction announced the top 5 films in Indian film history, all of which have been introduced to China.
In India, eight of the top ten films in film history are occupied by the "Three Khan", and it is the "Bahubali King" series that won the top two positions and became the insulator of the Three Khan.
Please pay attention to the exaggerated order of magnitude of the box office of "Baahubali 2: The End"↓↓↓
Even more exaggerated is the overseas results of "Baahubali 2: The End". The global box office exceeded 16 billion rupees (approximately US$284 million). The main contributing areas are North America, the United Kingdom, the Middle East and other places, and "Wrestle!" The 15 billion rupees of "Papa", the ticket warehouse is mainly China.
Unbelievably, the duration of each part of "Baahubali" is more than 2 and a half hours (141 minutes for the domestic release). If you watch the two parts in succession , you will have to reserve 5 hours for watching the movie. Space, this is undoubtedly a bit anti-market.
Since there is no blessing from big-name celebrities and the duration is exaggerated, why can we achieve such outstanding results?
In the final analysis, it is the five big characters of national identity .
Different from the realist film revolution in India in the new era, this is an Indian film of true bloodliness.
Here, Mr. Basai will take everyone to look through the history textbook.
Ancient India (remember! Don't score without adding ancient characters), one of the four ancient civilizations, existed from 2500 BC to 1500 BC.
There are two major epic works in India, one is "Ramayan ", and the other is "Mahabharata" . The story of "Baahubali" was born out of the latter.
The book depicts the various struggles between the two descendants of the Bharata tribe to fight for the succession to the throne. This story is well known to the Indians, and the video adaptation is naturally welcomed by the audience. (Just like our "Journey to the West", no matter how many remakes, people still watch it)
The highlight of the film is the high-quality presentation of the myth and epic.
In the film, we saw the various styles of ancient India.
The magnificent and magnificent palaces show their dignity, and the independent white castles are in their own way.
Coupled with the magnificent scenery of the Indus River and Ganges River Basin, the panoramic view is breathtaking.
Whether it is the main character or the little girl, the costumes have a typical Indian style .
Men's headscarves and women's saris, brows a little red, a bun between the forehead, and a large string of gold and silver jewelry on the chest of the royal family, showing grace and luxury.
Naturally, traditional customs should be preserved intact.
On the day of sealing, the royal family members must walk to the depths of the jungle with a coal basin on their heads in order to eliminate the curse imposed on the kingdom in exchange for peace in the world.
When the warrior surrendered to the golden elephant, one of the symbols of India, he unarmed the god Ganesha, the god of obstacle-breaking in ancient Indian mythology .
To this day, it is still one of the five main gods of Hinduism, and it is worshipped by everyone.
These sacred rituals and details all add the solemn and solemn color of ancient Indian tradition to the film.
Of course, our impression of the understanding of Indian traditional culture is only one-sidedly on singing and dancing. Looking at the realistic Indian movies nowadays, singing and dancing are becoming less and less.
Is singing and dancing less and less attractive? "Baahubali 2: The End" will conquer your eyes with the most orthodox and most spectacular singing and dancing scenes.
From props, sets, costumes to ostentation, all Indian commercial films are of the highest level. Arrangement and scheduling also assume the function of advancing narrative and expressing emotions, which can be worthy of the four big words of film epic level.
Song and dance is a traditional feature of India. "Baahubali 2: The End" does not deliberately enlarge it, but condenses its essence in a limited space. Therefore, the quality of each song and dance is very high, and it looks very enjoy.
So when we are discussing "Wrestling!" When the Indian film headed by "Papa" really stung our lives, the "Baahubali" series used it to show the ultimate expression of thousands of years of tradition, formally wrestling with films from various countries, and conquered the world at the box office.
This is the real glory of Indian cinema.
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