Overview
- Rana Daggubati said he has seen the roughly 3-hour-40-minute cut and described revisiting it on the big screen as amazing, noting it has aged beautifully.
- He credited S.S. Rajamouli with setting a benchmark for Indian cinema and called the director’s work the largest influence on his career.
- Baahubali: The Epic combines the 2015 and 2017 films into a single remastered presentation with upgraded picture and sound, launched in cinemas on October 31.
- Rajamouli has detailed edits that brought the runtime to about 3 hours 43 minutes, including removal of songs and Avanthika–Shivudu romance material along with trims to war sequences.
- The re-release features Prabhas in dual roles with Anushka Shetty, Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj, Rana Daggubati, and Nassar in key performances.