Runtime Breakdown – Baahubali: The Epic First Half 1 Hour 42 Minutes, Second Half Over 2 Hours

Ziya Khan October 29, 2025Last Updated: October 29, 2025

This Friday marks the release of Baahubali: The Epic, a unique cinematic experiment that combines Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) into a single film as part of the tenth anniversary celebrations of the original. This unprecedented move has sparked curiosity and some skepticism among moviegoers and industry insiders about whether audiences would revisit the story in this new format. However, early advance bookings, especially in South India and overseas among Telugu-speaking audiences, indicate strong enthusiasm.

It is well-known that Baahubali: The Epic runs for approximately 3 hours and 45 minutes. Bollywood Hungama has now revealed the detailed breakdown:

The first half runs for 1 hour, 42 minutes, and 33 seconds.
The second half is longer, at 2 hours, 3 minutes, and 11 seconds.

This brings the total runtime to 3 hours, 45 minutes, and 44 seconds, with just one intermission.

Single Interval for a Long Film

Historically, films of such length often had two intervals. Classics like Raj Kapoor’s Sangam (1964), which was nearly 4 hours, and Mera Naam Joker (1970), over 4 hours long, featured two intermissions. More recently, films like Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994) had two intervals in extended cuts. However, the tradition of twin intervals has faded over time. Long films such as Mohabbatein (2000), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), Animal (2023), and The Bengal Files (2025) have all stuck to a single intermission.

Condensing a Monumental Saga

Originally, Baahubali: The Beginning ran for 159 minutes and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion for 167 minutes, totaling 326 minutes (5 hours 26 minutes). Baahubali: The Epic is significantly shorter at 225 minutes, trimming over 100 minutes from the combined runtime. It remains to be seen how the filmmakers have managed to condense these two epic chapters into one seamless narrative without sacrificing the grandeur, emotion, and continuity that turned Baahubali into a cultural phenomenon. So stay tuned to know more about it and others only with us. If you have anything to share, do comment below and allow your thoughts to be there.