MELBOURNE, 15 October 2022: ZEE5 Global, has announced the world digital premiere of ‘Bimbisara’. Produced by N.T.R Arts and written and directed by debutant Mallidi Vassishta, the critically acclaimed Telugu film stars Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Catherine Tresa, Samyuktha Menon, Prakash Raj in pivotal roles and Warina Hussain, Vennela Kishore, Srinivas Reddy, Brahmaji, Sai Kiran, Ayyappa P. Sharma and others in secondary roles. The film will be available on ZEE5 Global from 21st October 2022 in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam & Hindi.
The film begins in the year 500 B.C when Bimbisara (Kalyan Ram) is the emperor of the Trigartala empire. A vile egomaniac, his violent antics have no limit. However, his ego trip ends when his banished twin brother Devadatta ambushes him and teleports him — through a magical mirror — to the present-day world. What happens when this authoritarian king is reincarnated as a suit wearing rich man in a modern-day world?
Bimbisara’s arrival favours Subramanya Sastri (Vivan Bhatena) and godman Kethu (Ayyappa P Sharma), who have their eyes set on an Ayurveda book titled Dhanwanthari which is safely locked in Bimbisara’s treasure vault, which only he can open.
With opulence and ferocity in virtually every frame of the film, Bimbisara is enhanced by uncompromising action, striking camera work, and impressive visual effects. The film is likely to impress the socio-fantasy lovers of cinema who like scale, historical characters and VFX.
Director, Mallidi Vasishta said, “The film has received a positive response from the cinema lovers, critics, and fans of Kalyan Ram, and as a debutant director, what more could I ask for? Bimbisara is a product of my love for fantasies and my fascination for historical characters and stories and I am glad that this unique plot enticed and entertained so many across the country. And now with its World Digital Premiere on ZEE5 Global, I am sure that it will reach out to more people across the world and help us increase the fanbase of this wonder”.
The Hindu review says: ” Bimbisara is not an ordinary period film. It seems as if debutant director Mallidi Vassishta built a theme park period narrative around an idea that is straight out of his childhood fantasy. What seems like a period time-travel film that puts on the guise of a masala hero vehicle, acquires heft with Nandamuri Kalyan Ram’s presence.”
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