Alas! SS Rajamouli finally reveals why Kattapa killed Baahubali

The director talks about making India’s biggest motion pictures, bringing his father’s story to life and everything in between.

SS Rajamouli's magnum opus 'Baahubali' was announced as the prestigious National Award for Best Film for the year 2015. The movie, which released in July last year, went on to script box-office history by becoming the country's biggest box-office success.

In a interesting video released by Dharma Productions, SS Rajamouli talks about his experience of making India’s biggest motion pictures, challenges he faced, bringing his father’s story to life and everything in between.

When asked about his biggest challenge, the director said, “We shot for around 380 days and after 330 days, I could feel that the energy levels going low. So pumping that into the whole team is one of the biggest challenges. I don’t know how it is in the other industries, but as far as our industry, everybody takes the energy from the director. The way the director steps into the unit makes a whole lot of difference to the entire unit for that whole day. I myself was very exhausted but I was acting as if I was full of energy and was pumping it into others was the biggest challenge for the last 50-60 days. ”

Talking about his collaboration with Dharma productions, he said, “Every partnership is the best one when both the parties stand to gain something. I never met Karan ji before and his sensibilities of filmmaking are entirely very different from mine but somehow we knew that we had a good product Baahubali and we just wanted very good presentation for our Hindi speaking audience and I just knew he would be a part of it. When Rana took the product to Karan ji and explained it, he was immediately in without seeing any shots. I met him during the time of promotions and I had a very brief chats with him and I realised that even though we have different sensibilities, our love for cinema stands the same. We forget everything when we talk about films.”

In an interesting turn of events, the director also ends up revealing why Katapa killed Baahubali, a question that has haunted fans ever since the film released.

Watch the video here.