(theme music)
(eerie music)
-(wolfmask army howling) -(both panting)
(panting continues)
-The wolves! The wolves! -(howling continues)
(footsteps)
-(boy) We can't escape! -(both panting)
You are right.
We make a stand here.
Get behind me, boy.
Nowhere to run, spy.
You are children, not wolves.
Who have mistaken the battlefield for a playground.
Unaware...
Once you have blood on your hands,
it is your soul that gets stained.
Stains that can never be washed away.
(crickets chirping)
(Baahubali) There is still time.
Save your childhood. Do not sacrifice your innocence
for the Demon Lord's dark designs.
(Baahubali) Put down your weapons, boys. Come with me.
Your parents miss you.
They are waiting for you in Mahishmati.
We could see our parents.
Don't be pathetic.
We're all the family you need.
But, Bhairav, this is--
Enough!
Don't you see he's trying to trick you?
This is no trick. Come with me.
There is only death here. That is your home.
Wolves, attack!
We're not afraid of you.
How about him?
(lion growls)
-(growls) -You are in his territory.
He does not like that.
(roars loudly)
You may be wolves,
but he is the lion, the true king of the jungle.
(fast-paced footsteps)
(footsteps fading)
-Those poor children. -(lion grunts)
Thank you, my friend.
We need to get back to Mahishmati.
Hmm.
(crickets chirping)
Do you think they are here?
Yes.
(chirping continues)
I tried hard to forget them.
Is that evil of me?
You did what you had to do to survive.
But your heart remembered. It always does, sooner or later.
(gasps) The Prince? At this time?
He has someone, a boy.
Get out of my way! Let me see!
(footsteps approaching)
(crickets chirping)
Well, well, well.
You're alive! What about my parents? Where…
-Where are they? -See for yourself.
(lady gasps)
Is this a dream? Please, God, let it be real. (gasps)
(boy whimpering)
(lady sobbing)
You have given us our life back!
Forgive me for doubting you, Prince.
(footsteps approaching)
There is nothing to forgive.
I should thank you. You reminded me
a prince's first duty is to his people.
But his other duty is to protect the kingdom
from its enemies.
-(uplifting music) -My brother will need me.
You think I need you?
You know it is more fun when I am here.
I am not here to have fun.
(Bhallaladeva) I am here to kill my enemies.
(intense music)
(wind gusting)
There are children over there, brother.
I see low-born scum that threaten our kingdom, our people.
If you are not certain of your duty, brother,
then perhaps this is not the place for you.
Go home if you are unwilling to fight them.
There is no place for mercy on the battlefield.
There is no better place.
You were so different once. Do you not remember?
(intense music)
(footsteps approaching)
Bhalla? What is wrong, brother?
(cries) They beat me. Then they stood around and laughed.
(sobs)
Who? The other boys?
Yes! All of them!
I hate this place, Baahu.
(grunts) I hate fighting! Why do we do it, Baahu?
What good is it?
We have to protect our kingdom, Bhalla.
One day we will have to lead our armies against our enemies.
But fighting makes people your enemy.
I... maybe we might--
Where is he? That snivelling little coward?
Crying again? Get up!
Have you no shame, boy?
What did I do to the gods to curse me
with such a weakling of a son?
Please, Daddy! You're hurting me!
Hurting you? I have not even started!
Let him go!
-This is none of your business! -(thud)
Katappa can teach you the skill,
but he cannot give you the passion for battle.
That is a father's duty.
On the battlefield, you need a body of stone.
In life, a heart of stone.
The sooner you learn that, the better, Bhalla.
Today I will turn your body and heart into stone.
Please don't hurt him!
Don't hurt my brother!
He took you away.
I waited all week, worried where you both were.
Then you came back, and you were... different.
No longer a weak, snivelling wretch, you mean?
My father taught me a valuable lesson, brother.
The world is made up of wolves and sheep.
Princes and lesser-born men.
Predator and prey.
And protectors.
Wherever there are sheep, there are shepherds.
Shepherds? For once, can you think like a prince?
(tense music)
Do you know the plan?
I will do my part. Make sure you do yours.
The Vajra formation.
(epic music)
(trumpet blows)
(wind gusting)
(dramatic music)
Hmm.
-The Vajra formation. -As you predicted. What now?
Signal both flanks.
I want them to adopt the horns of the ox formation.
We will strike from the sides and push toward the centre.
Crush them, you mean?
(Raktadeva laughs)
(dramatic music)
Prince Bhalla, being strong himself,
assumes his army is as strong as he is.
He will concentrate his best forces in the middle of the wall.
I am assuming we will clash there.
He does not dwell too much on weaknesses,
since, in battle, he personally has none.
And Prince Baahubali?
As strong as his brother, but that is tempered with compassion.
He understands his soldiers' weaknesses and their fears.
He uses all these qualities in concert.
That makes him unpredictable.
(metal clanks)
(metal swishes)
(sword swishes)
Then we are fortunate that Bhallaladeva is the commander.
Let the end of Mahishmati begin, noble Katappa.
Attack!
(army yells)
(yelling continues)
(arrows swish)
(army yells)
-(army screaming) -(thudding)
(flesh squelching)
-(flesh squelches) -(soldiers scream)
Give me room! Give me room!
(footsteps approach)
(swords clash)
(Bhallaladeva screams)
-(thud) -(soldier yelps)
(thud)
(footsteps)
(Bhallaladeva screams)
-(thud) -(soldier screams in pain)
(thudding)
(arrow swishes)
(rousing music)
(metal clanks)
(thud)
My lord, my lord!
Can you not see I am busy? What is it?
The flanks are caving in under the onslaught of the Black Legion!
What do we do?
Then it is down to my brother.
If he fails and I die today,
I will take a hundred of them with me.
(metal clanking)
Hmm. Bhallaladeva's eagerness is his undoing.
He has broken the formation to get into the enemy. Alone.
Then it is time to end this once and for all.
Wait. I do not see Baahubali.
He should be in the thick of battle.
He is up to something.
What difference can he make?
I want Bhallaladeva's head.
No, Raktadeva.
Not until Baahubali reveals himself. This is not--
Enough, Katappa!
Or is this hesitation due to some misguided loyalty
to your old pupils?
Bhallaladeva must die!
It is you who made me General.
I command this army now.
The army, but not me. No man commands...
(intense music)
-Whose signal is that? -Baahubali.
(epic music)
Spread out! Spread out!
(metal clanking)
(Baahubali screams)
(spear swishes)
Turn around! Turn around!
They're attacking from behind us! Turn-- (screams)
-(flesh squelches) -Order in the reserves!
Pile them in! We must break them!
-How interesting. -Interesting?
Our formation is being destroyed!
We must bring in our reserves and finish this. Now!
-Signal the retreat. -(sword swishes)
What treachery is this?
Can you not see? I am saving our army.
-(soldier grunts in pain) -(flesh squelches)
-(dramatic music) -(footsteps)
-(spear swishes) -(flesh squelches)
The ox cannot defend against the bee.
The bee is too small and too agile.
He cannot destroy us but can confound us.
Imagination and foresight. These are the essential qualities of a general.
These qualities Baahubali has in abundance.
He is the most worthy opponent.
Of course, he is. He was taught by the best.
Though today, it appears,
the student has outwitted the teacher.
(swords clashing)
Order the retreat.
Have the missile troops defend the rear.
No. Leave that to my wolves.
They will make sure no one comes after us.
(army marching)
(dark music)
(metal clanks)
They're retreating! They're retreating!
We cannot let them escape.
Katappa will rally his men and come at us again.
We need to finish this here and now.
Come with me.
(footsteps approaching)
Katappa and the Demon Lord have escaped.
These "wolves" stayed behind to stop us.
They did not retreat with the rest.
Just one regret.
I cannot see their fear on their faces as I kill them.
There have been enough deaths today, Bhalla.
Your master has escaped.
You have done your duty.
Take off your masks. Put down your weapons.
Surrender with honour.
(rousing music)
(sword swishes)
(army howls)
I have had enough of this.
-No, brother. -Another volley.
I want none left alive.
(arrows swish)
(army yells)
(arrows swish)
They were just boys.
(commander) My lord?
What do you want done with the prisoners?
We have captured hundreds of them.
Give them food and water.
But... but they're the enemy, my lord.
(stresses) Food and water.
(stutters) Yes, my lord.
-(crickets chirping) -(footsteps approach)
(water pours)
(fire crackling)
I have never been defeated before.
(chuckles) Then perhaps you have never faced a real opponent before.
We have discovered our true enemy.
Baahubali. He has begun to exceed my training.
He innovates, thinks for himself,
and is willing to break away from traditional thought.
-(fire crackles) -Hmm.
To face Baahu, we must retrain and adapt to become more flexible.
It will take time to break old habits and form new ones.
A few months, maybe a year. No more than that.
Months? A year?
I have waited long enough, Katappa. No more!
Find another way.
Hmm.
Then we must unleash the full might of the Black Forge.
All of Baahubali's tricks will be for nothing
when faced with such weaponry.
Let me advise your blacksmiths on how best to create more effective weapons.
Do you think such weapons merely grow on fields?
The forging of the black armour
and weapons take tremendous work, tremendous power.
No simple blacksmith's forge could hope to provide the necessary heat.
That heat can only come from the bubbling heart of...
The Black Forge is my concern, Katappa.
You say Baahubali's strength is his imagination.
So we must apply ours and find a way into Mahishmati
without the full might of the Black Forge.
You are still Baahubali's guru.
(fire crackling)
Teach him a lesson he will never recover from.
(dramatic music)
The Demon Lord will come for us. You just wait and see.
We are his warriors. He needs us.
Needs us? Like how he needed the wolves?
He let them be slaughtered. He threw their lives away.
They died heroes!
Not snivelling in the dirt, old and worn out by digging ditches!
Don't you remember who we were,
what we were before Raktadeva freed us?
-(footsteps approaching) -(Baahubali) Freed you?
This does not much look like freedom to me.
What do you want?
A deal.
What deal?
(clanks)
(door screeches)
(footsteps approaching)
(emotional music)
You do not run off until you have eaten.
(emotional music)
(footsteps)
Do you break bread with our enemies?
They are not our enemies, brother.
They are just lost children
who have now been found.
(girl chuckles)
(crickets chirping)
(suspenseful music)
(footsteps approaching)
(guard 1) The princes taught him a lesson he'll never forget.
(guard 2 scoffs) The Demon Lord won't even sleep
facing the direction of Mahishmati.
(footsteps approaching)
Must be hiding in some cave by now.
(guard 1) I think...
(footsteps approaching)
Hold there! Come out into the light. Identify yourself. No tricks.
Come into the light!
(epic music)
(sword swishes)
(clanks)
(crickets chirping)
Who are you?
(guard 2) What do you want?
(footsteps)
I have many names,
but most know me as the Demon Lord, Commander of the Black Legion.
(thud)
But I prefer Raktadeva.
And I have come to surrender.