Baahubali 2: AR Rahman watched SS Rajamouli film and set a new box office target for it

Rahman was at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival to promote his upcoming mega-budget project Sangamithra and his directorial debut Le Musk. He was accompanied by the main cast and crew of Sangamithra, including director Sundar C, art director Sabu Cyril, actors Shruti Haasan, Jayam Ravi and Arya. The team was flooded with questions regarding the tremendous successes of Baahubali 2 worldwide and what it means for the Indian film industry.

The Sangamithra team acknowledged that Baahubali has created a momentum in Indian cinema prompting other filmmakers to push the envelope in storytelling and presentation. “Baahubali took south Indian cinema to the national level. Sanghamitra will take it to the global league. That is what we are aiming at and that is why we are in Cannes to launch the film,” Sundar said.

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Rahman, however, pointed out that the filmmakers in India have been trying to do a film like Baahubali for a few years now but, only Rajamouli and team succeeded at it. “…Kochadaiyaan could have been the Baahubali, but the animation and CG went wrong. So, it is not like Baahubali was the first one, there were many attempts, but they were failed attempts. It shows that the belief was right, but the steps were wrong,” Rahman told the media at Cannes. Rahman has also said that he is a fan of Rajamouli films and he really liked the special effects of Magadheera.

Rahman is also working on his first directorial debut Le Musk, which is the world’s first virtual-reality multi-sensory episodic feature film.