Claim: Baahubali: The Beginning is a movie.

Baahubali -LRB- The One with Strong Arms -RRB- is an Indian media franchise consisting of two bilingual epic fantasy film directed by S. S. Rajamouli , made in Telugu and Tamil languages , a graphic novel and a trilogy novel series in English . The films in the franchise were jointly produced on a budget . The first part , subtitled The Beginning was released on 10 July 2015 . The second part , subtitled The Conclusion , released on 28 April 2017 . The novel series , subtitled Before the Beginning , had its first novel The Rise of Sivagami releasing on 7 March 2017 .   Efforts were taken to keep anachronistic sounds and visuals from appearing in the films . The shooting of the first film started at Rock Gardens in Kurnool , Andhra Pradesh from 6 July 2013 . During the filming in 2014 , Telugu Film Federation Employees were on strike . Manu Jagadh designed art for the first film . The films were filmed in different locations including Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad , Kerala and Bulgaria .