From a poster of the movie
Sequel of an Indian movie, dubbed into four languages, have reportedly set a new record in Qatar with a huge number of Initial day screenings.
The movie, Bahubali 2 The Conclusion, has started its journey in Qatar on Friday with 114 screenings in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu versions.
Almost all cinemas were running houseful. All the four cinemas in Asia Town screen no other movies.
The Tamil version of the movie bested the original Telugu at least on one count: Tamil had 37 screening while the Telugu came tailing close behind with 36. Malayalam version had 19 screenings and the Hindi 22.
Made at an astonishing budget by the Indian standard, the movie has already amassed more than double in business with ₹5bn well before the release.
S S Rajamouli, the film director won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 2015 for Baahubali: The Beginning.
Baahubali 2 will be the first Telugu film to be released in 4K High Definition format. Repots in Indian media says close to 200 screens were upgraded to 4K projectors before the release of the movie.
