Filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli's southern magnum opus "Baahubali: The Beginning", starring Prabhas and Rana Daggubati in the lead, was on Monday named the Best Feature Film at the 63rd National Film Awards that were announced here.
"Baahubali: The Beginning", which was a box office wonder, has been lauded for being an "imaginative film, monumental by its production values and cinematic brilliance in creating a fantasy world on the screen" by filmmaker Ramesh Sippy, head of the Feature Film jury.
"Baahubali" was even named for the award for Best Special Effects as these brought out the "emotional and dramatic upheavals of the story" in the movie.
