Top 10 Tollywood Movies With Royal Backdrop

We all love stories about kings and kingdoms. From our favorite childhood story, "One King and 7 Fishes," we always admire stories with kings. That love for Royal stories is never-ending, leading our directors to capture this love with movies with a Royal backdrop. From Fiction to Real biopics where kings fight for kingdoms, brothers fight for the throne, Families leave the realm behind, and worthy kings return to their domain to save people. All these stories make the Royal Cinema, which we love, and imagine ourselves in this imaginary world. So, Today let's see some of the movies with a Royal backdrop in Tollywood. Welcome to this world that takes you away from all your stress to an entirely fictional world to see the royal palaces, mighty warriors, enthralling wars, and happy kingdoms.

1. Baahubali: The Beginning

SS Rajamouli's magnum opus film 'Baahubali' is the pride of Indian cinema, which represents India internationally. The epic story revolves around 'Shivudu,' who, in a dream to pursue his love, goes to the kingdom of Mahishmati and learns about who he is and the conflict-ridden past in his family. It was released in 2015 and has become among the highest-grossed movies in the Indian film industry. The Royal sets designed for this movie, especially to build the kingdom of Mahishmati, were top-notch. The Royal backdrop of the movie starts IN 2nd half when Shivudu goes to Mahishmati and listens to the story of his father, Amarendra Bahubali.

2. Baahubali: The Conclusion

The first part, which stopped midway with Kattappa killing Baahubali, resumed here. This movie is a complete backstory of the kings and kingdoms. Bahahubali is an entire royal backdrop movie with stories in two realms- Mahishmati and Kunthala Desham. The second part was entirely about the rivalry between the brothers – Amarendra Baahubali and Bhallala Deva for the throne and Mahishmati Kingdom.

3. Gautamiputra Satakarni Click to look into! >> Read More...

Gautamiputra Satakarni is a royal drama based on the real-life story of the Satavahana King Satakarni. The Satavahanas ruled the present-day Deccan region, and Satakarni was the best ruler of the Satavahana Dynasty. Krish Jagarlamudi directed this 2017 movie. The entire story goes around how Satakarni dreams of uniting all the kingdoms in India to bring them under one flag. The movie unfolds the challenges he faced while achieving his goal.

4. Rudramadevi

Another Biographical movie is the 2015 Rudramadevi, with Anushka Shetty Anushka Shetty is the popular South Indian star wh >> Read More... as the main lead. It was based on the real-life story of Rudramadevi, the most prominent ruler of Kakatiya Dynasty. She is also one of the few women emperors in India. The movie's storyline folds this way, fearing that people will not accept a female emperor as the successor; Ganapati Deva raises her like a man. But years later, she becomes a woman ruler who has defeated her enemies of the kingdom.

5. Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy Click to look into! >> Read More...

Real stories are often more exciting as they show our ancestors' greatness. So, we have here another real-life account: the life events of Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy of the Rayalaseema Region. It was the first mutiny of any kind, which occurred in 1847 when Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy revolted against the atrocities of the British East Indian Company.

6. Magadheera Click to look into! >> Read More...

The Ram Charan starrer Magadheera,' also has a Royal backdrop. The 2009 action-romance movie brings the concept of reincarnation and eternal love. It is the story of a bike stuntman learning about his previous life 400 years back, where he was the kingdom's protector. It unfolds the 400-year love story of the kingdom's protector and the Princess of the Kingdom.

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Kingdoms and horror are the best combinations to hear stories about, and Arundhati is such a story. Arundhati came with no expectations. But it became a massive success at the box office, creating history through its collections. The movie has nine Nandi awards to its name. The 2009 horror thriller has a woman protagonist. Arundhati is a story of a brave queen who battles an evil mystic. The Royal set, along with the backstory of the Royal queen who sacrifices herself to save the kingdom, is a great movie to watch for everyone.

8. Bimbisara

The recent Telugu blockbuster Bimbisara is also a movie with Royal back, adding an extra pinch of time-traveling concept. The 2022 fantasy drama revolves around ancient evil king Bimbisara, who got betrayed by his brother, was trapped in a mirror, and transported himself to the modern world. The mirror has acted as a time machine here, and he needs it back to go back to his kingdom again.

9. Yuganiki Okkadu

Yuganiki Okkadu is a Telugu Version of the original Tamil film " Aayirathil Oruvan Click to look into! >> Read More... ," released in 2010. It was the story of an archaeologist's journey searching for any existence of the prince of the Chola dynasty.

10. Padmavati

Padmavat was a pan-Indian movie initially made in Hindi but also dubbed in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada. The movie's plot revolves around Queen Padmavati, who was living happily after marrying a Rajput Sultan. This happiness did not last, as Alauddin Khilji declared war on their kingdom due to his obsession with Padmavati.