
He befriends weapons dealer Aslam Khan and confirms that his role in Mahishmati is to command the army as general, but his lineage serves the royals of Mahishmati like servants nonetheless. Under Bhalla's rule, Mahishmati resorts to slave labor to forge weapons that Kattappa oversees. Jaya confirms that Kattappa is bound by his duties and has lost hope and purpose. Avantika asks Jaya about Kattappa, a noble and kind warrior who resides in Mahishmati and if he can help their cause. Bhalla also holds Jaya Varma's sister Devasena captive and tortures her for fun on a daily basis.

The Rebels are led by chief Jaya Varma, and intend to overthrow the evil emperor of Mahishmati: Bhallaladeva, alias Bhalla. He finds out that they are a tribe of rebels from the kingdom of Kunthala, consisting of soldiers and scattered warriors. She and her clan head back to their cave hideout, and Shivu follows out of curiosity.

But Avantika leads them into a trap and kills them. He successfully scales the mountain and finds a woman named Avantika running from Mahishmati soldiers. Shivu finds a mask one day, and realizing that his has feminine features is further motivated to climb the mountain and find the owner. He places the Shiva Lingam underneath the waterfall, much to his mother's happiness. Shivu dislodges the Shiva Lingam and picks it up, showing that he has superhuman strength somehow. In order to keep her son disciplined, Sanga performs a prayer ritual in Shiva's honor which involves pouring water from the waterfall on the Shiva Lingam statue. Despite Sanga's repeated scolding Shivu tries again and again but fails, which is talked about among his friends. He constantly shows ambition in climbing up the mountain from where the waterfalls lead to the river. Sanga names the baby Shivudu, or Shivu who grows up 25 years later as a kind hearted and adventurous young man. The tribe leader, Sanga decides to adopt the baby and seals up the cave to prevent any danger. The villagers are part of the Amburi tribe, who reside near the river and worship Shiva. She drowns, but not before a group of villagers save the baby she carries.


She declares to lord Shiva, the Hindu deity of evil's destruction that her life can be taken for the mistakes she's made, but for the sake of Mahishmati and the baby's mother that "Mahendra Baahubali" must live. Sivagami strategically traps and kills them first, and becomes caught in a river current. She is followed by two soldiers from the kingdom of Mahishmati who attempt to kill her. He soon learns that he has a grievous past involving the tribe's enemies, the evil emperor Bhallaladeva.Īn woman named Sivagami exits a secretive cave wounded and exhausted, carrying a baby. In ancient India, a young adult man named Shivudu ventures away from his village and becomes caught up in the crossfire battle of a mysterious Rebel Tribe upon befriending one of it's warriors.
