Bhallaladeva
| Bhallaladeva | |
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| Baahubali franchise character | |
Rana Daggubati as Bhallaladeva
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| First appearance | Baahubali: The Beginning |
| Last appearance | Baahubali: The Conclusion |
| Created by | K. V. Vijayendra Prasad |
| Portrayed by | Rana Daggubati |
| Voiced by |
Manoj Pandey (adult), Ketan Kava (age 8 years) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Former King of Mahishmati |
| Family | Bijjaladeva (father) Sivagami (mother) Bhadrudu (son) Amarendra Baahubali (cousin) Mahendra Baahubali (nephew) |
Bhallaladeva is a fictional character who is the main character and also the primary antagonist of the Baahubali franchise. The character was created by the writer K. V. Vijayendra Prasad. The character was played by Rana Daggubati in films Baahubali: The Beginning and Baahubali: The Conclusion, which was directed by S S Rajamouli.
Bhallaladeva is the son of Bijjaladeva and the Rajamatha Sivagami. He is raised by Sivagami along with his cousin Amarendra Baahubali. He is a great warrior and is as equally skilled as his cousin. However, he is not empathetic towards his subjects like Amarendra and has a ruthless personality. He is often misguided by his father Bijjaladeva to take evil steps. He ruled over Mahishmati for 25 years.
Bhallaladeva was a great warrior and had a strong desire for power. He was always ready to kill to ascend the throne of Mahishmati and lacked compassion, a trait which Amarendra Baahubali had in abundance. While the character of Bhallaladeva seemed to have the potential to be a good king, in the sequel, his desire for power makes him evil and he begins to do hideous things to accomplish his goal which makes him lose his sanity eventually and he transforms into a hateful charatcer. Despite being the king, he feels like he has nothing. Baahubali was a good man and he died as one, while Bhallaladeva did not have the virtue of greatness from the beginning. His actions were guided by basic human emotions such as jealousy, envy, desire and loneliness. The Indian Express considers him as the most interesting character of the film even more than Baahubali and Devasena, and calls him "the only character that achieves such a huge transformation through the course of the film". Rakhadev Ghoshal of IB Times considers him to be a sadist.Bollywood Life considered him to be the smartest character of Baahubali: The Conclusion. His son Bhadrudu was revealed to be adopted by SS Rajamouli, while Rana Daggubati jokingly said that he is a surrogate child.
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