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Let us continue our quest to explore the multilingual TV Series (which we watched in Hindi) – Baahubali: The Lost Legends (Season 2). As the summer vacations are started in India, and there are many states where the temperature goes really high and even the local government bodies issue advisory to not to go out if not necessary. Especially for kids, pregnant women and senior citizens, these precautions are necessary to keep away the adversities.
For the kids, what could be a better option than reading some fantastic books, watching some entertaining yet moral conveying TV Series or movies? So, it is the right time to keep exploring more and more episodes of this TV Series.
| TV Serial | : | Baahubali – The Lost Legends |
| Season | : | Season 2 16 February, 2018 |
| Episode # | : | 5 |
| Episode Title | : | For The Life Of Katappa |
| Originally published | : | 16 February, 2018 |
| Animation Directors | : | Deepak S. Jadhav, Ashwin Pande |
| Creative Director | : | Sanajeev Tamang |
| Based on | : | Bahubali, created by S. S. Rajamouli |
| Executive Producers | : | S. S. Rajamouli, Sharad Devrajan, Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni, Jeevan J. Kang, Narendra Deshpande, Ashwin Pande |
| Co-Producer | : | Arun Roshan Jacob |
| Story by | : | S. S. Rajamouli, Sharad Devrajan, Jeevan J. Kang, Ashwin Pande |
| Screenplay | : | Ashwin Pande |
| Original Music created by | : | Kaala Bhairava | Production companies: | : | Graphic India, Arka Mediaworks |
| Voice Artists | : |
Viraj Adhav (Baahubali), Manoj Pandey (Bhallaladeva), Manini Mishra (Sivagami), Vinod Kulkarni (Pradhan Guru), Sujatha (Pinky Rajput), Ghanshyam Shukla (Vaidya), Rajesh Shukla (Soldier), Ganesh Diwekar (Naagaraajan), Manoj Pandey (Bandit), Vinod Kulkarni (Bandit), Anmay verma (Bandit Leader), and others… |
Let us take a brief look at the plot of the episode with a disclaimer that we will try to not to include any of the spoilers, but some of them may be there :).
Book Plot:
The legendary warrior of Mahishmati who is the protector of the kingdom, city, place and the royal family who is the most trusted confidante of queen Sivagami was poisoned a while ago. You can read more about this tragic incident, you may like to read the following articles:
He is a brave heart with a very strong will power and inner strength and that is the only reason that he is still survived. If there was anyone else in place of him, he/she could have been dead by now. But Katappa was battling against all the odds. His only wish is to expose the traitor who is trying to destroy Mahishmati by all means.
When the hopes of getting Katappa cured are reaching to the bottom and kept even shrinking, there came a good news. From the kingdom of Jwalarajyam, a lady (Sujatha) came with a scripture containing the only possible cure for the poison given to Katappa. After carefully analyzing the list of ingredients and other stuff required, Sivagami and others came to a conclusion that they can collect all the ingredients but the yellow flower. Even Sivagami hadn’t heard about such a specific flower! So, isn’t there any way remain open to save Katappa?
Well, princess Yamagni came to the rescue at the key moment! She announced that the specific yellow flower grows in the middle of a dead volcano situated at the borders of her kingdom. What a relief! Baahubali is ready to go on the quest to find and bring that flower to save the life of Katappa. We know that he can do anything for the life of Katappa, right?
Does Yamagni really know the whereabouts of the flower? Is the quest to obtain that flower prove to be a deadly voyage or a honey trap or a successful trip? Will Katappa gain his consciousness back?
All these questions are better get answered by watching this episode on Amazon Prime. By the way, it is easy to become an Amazon Prime Member, they are also giving a free trial period of 1 month without any obligation. And based on the content available at Amazon Prime Video, it is definitely worth to give a try. Interested in being a prime member? You can follow this link https://www.primevideo.com/.
To understand the context of the story better, it is recommended that you watch the episodes Baahubali – The Lost Legends (first season), if you haven’t already.
For a TV serial episode, or for that matter – for any media, content is the most important attribute. The content of this episode is excellent. It will definitely make you remember stories you’ve heard from your elders where a tough journey to find something very important is accomplished by the protagonist. The story is quite similar here, but it has some twists. It conveys the importance of desire, conviction, courage and bravery.
One must understand that Baahubali could have considered Katappa only a servant, despite of all the sacrifices he had give for the sake of Mahishmati and its royal family, by considering it as Katappa’s duty. But, Baahubali knew that Mahishmati, Sivagami and his own life is much more to Katappa then just a duty. So tried to pay through the same coins. The episode gives the message that generosity must be responded by multiplying the same.
And when you are generous and helpful to other, you can get unplanned helps as well. As Baahubali and his friends stood for Jwalarajyam in tough time, Sujatha came with the only possible cure for Katappa! So, if you do something without expectations to get paid, you will be rewarded with something more than expected!
The way you behave with your peers will determine your character. It will make change of heart among them and eventually you will be benefited in one way or other.
All these moral and ethical messages are conveyed through this episode, making it one of the must watch episodes.
It is an animated TV Serial and that’s why the animation quality always remain under observation. While it is not bad, it is much lesser than what you can expect from anything associated with the Baahubali franchisee. The franchisee of Baahubali is know for the grand scale and visual splendor, and in that aspects the animation quality is not satisfactory. While the representations of locales and some sculptures is good, the characters and their movements leaves you with the desire to see something better on the screen.
The dialogs are simple and effective. Of course, the voice over artists must be given credit to make the animated characters alive by dubbing the dialogs in the effective way. They all are full form and just mentioning one/some of them will be unjust to the others. They are supported brilliantly by the background music.
The makers paid attention to small details in small to large scale elements explored on the screen and it is visible.
Summary:
Overall a nice episode from animated TV Serial which is primarily targeted to the kids but adults could enjoy it in similar way. You definitely will seek for better animation quality.
Watch out for our views for the next episode of the second season.
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