It cannot get bigger than this. Finally, Telugu hitmaker S.S. Rajamouli’s big-budget period action extravaganza Baahubali is releasing worldwide this Friday (July 10), in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam in nearly 4,000 screens worldwide.

The film features top south Indian artistes such as Prabhas, Rana, Anushka, Tamannaah, Sathyaraj, Nassar and Ramya Krishnan in key roles. Baahubali is said to be India’s answer to Hollywood period spectacles such as Ben-Hur, Troy, Gladiator and 300.

Rajamouli has spent more on production than on any artiste in the film — a rare feat in Indian commercial cinema. He had roped in the best of technicians and National Award winners like production designer Sabu Cyril, music director Keeravani and visual effects supervisor V. Srinivas Mohan.

Rajamouli, in an interview, said: “I have lavished on production within our limited budget. It will be an achievement if Indian cinema can produce Hollywood-quality content within our budget as they are ahead of us in writing and execution.”

Baahubali is going to be a landmark movie in Indian cinema; at least as far as marketing goes.

-PTI