An Indian Epic Movie Bahubali

There are thrilling royal hunts, roaring elephants, strapping heroes and dazzling heroines, complete with the Indian staple of song and dance. Set in the fictional kingdom of Mahismati, Bahubali 2 has two swashbuckling cousins in a dynastic war over the kingdom. Expensive special effects and high value production costs have turned the drama into a visual spectacle unseen in Indian films.

The difference is this is a Telugu language film from the south.

It has been released in many other languages and made more than $10m (£7.74m) in the US over the weekend, prompting Forbes magazine to call its success a "Holy crap! moment for the weekend".

Indian film distributors claim that it has made 5bn rupees (£60m; $66m), which would make it one of India's most successful movies ever.