Baahubali 2: The Conclusion

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Baahubali 2: The Conclusion is a 2017 Indian action film and the sequel to the 2015 film Baahubali: The Beginning. Within six days of its release, it became the highest-grossing Indian film worldwide. In 2019, clips of the film's action scenes went viral in America due to their choreography, which some Americans found cartoonish.

History

On July 10th, 2015, the film Baahubali: The Beginning was released in India (trailer below, left). The film soon became one of India's highest-grossing films, spawning a series of books, video games and a TV series.

Two years later, on April 28th, 2017, a sequel, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion was released in India (trailer below, right). The film became another box office success, soon becoming India's highest-grossing film.^[1]

Reception

The film received mostly positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes ^[2] calculated a score of 88% fresh (based on 17 reviews). Writing for RogerEbert.com,^[3] film critic Simon Abrams gave the film four stars, writing, "The action choreography is exciting, the operatic plot is compelling, and a genuine sense of optimism undercuts the geysers of blood and thunderous sound effects that accompany the film's stirring set pieces."

The film was also major box office success. Within six days of release, the film became India's highest-grossing film ever, grossing more than ₹8 billion worldwide ($111 million).

Twitter Revival

On August 5th, 2019, Twitter user @ChuckEChaves tweeted a clip of the film with the caption, "I mean WHAT THE HELL Bollywood." Within four days, the tweet received more than 900,000 views, 32,000 likes and 9,300 retweets (shown below).

Later that day, they posted a longer clip of the scene and included the sound. The post received more than 2.3 million views, 51,000 likes and 16,000 retweets in four days (shown below).

Several media outlets covered the tweet, including Uproxx,^[4] IndieWire,^[5] Mashable ^[6] and more.

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