'Baahubali' (Bahubali) fails to beat TRP records of Ram Charan's 'Magadheera'

SS Rajamouli's "Baahubali: the Beginning" (Bahubali), starring Prabhas and Rana Daggubati in the lead, has recorded superb TRP Ratings. However, it failed to beat the record of "Magadheera".

"Baahubali: the Beginning" was premiered on MAA TV on 24 October. A day after its world TV premiere, it was being said that the Telugu version of "Baahubali: the Beginning" got superb response from the TV audience and the early estimates claimed that the film had registered 35 to 40 TRP ratings. Rumour also had it that it was the highest figure for a Telugu movie.

But the latest buzz on Twitter claims that "Baahubali: the Beginning" has got 21.84 TRP ratings on TAM. It has become the top movie with the highest TRP ratings on MAA in 2015. RJV, the Assistant Manager at MAA TV, has confirmed its TRP ratings. This morning, he tweeted, "#Baahubali gets 21.84 TRP's on TAM and stands on top for this week #Fantastic."

"Baahubali: the Beginning" was released in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam on 10 July and it has shattered almost all the collection records in all the languages. The satellite rights of all four versions have been sold for a price of around Rs 45 crore, which is a record price for a south movie.

Considering its huge critical and commercial success, many in the industry had predicted that "Baahubali: the Beginning" would take the small screen by storm and set another record by garnering highest TRP. But the movie has failed to beat the record of "Magadheera", landing at the second place in the list of top 10 Telugu movies TRP ratings.

Here is the list of all-time top 10 Telugu movies TRP ratings.