Baahubali: A still from the movie.
Tehran: The Iranian Consulate in Hyderabad has shared a clip from the Telugu blockbuster Baahubali: The Beginning, following Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s remarks at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The video, posted on X on Sunday, September 27, features Amarendra Baahubali, played by actor Prabhas, in a battle sequence from S S Rajamouli’s 2015 Telugu epic. The consulate captioned it with Pezeshkian’s declaration that Iran would not “bow our head or bend the knee”.
“Like Baahubali standing against the Kalakeyas, we also shed our own blood in sacrifice for the homeland,” the post said.
The clip includes a scene before the battle in which Amarendra Baahubali rejects a ritual human sacrifice and offers his own blood instead. The sequence then moves towards the battle, with the warriors chanting “Jai Mahishmati”.
Pezeshkian addressed the 81st session of the UNGA in New York on Wednesday, September 23. During his speech, he said pressure, sanctions and what he described as bullying would not force Iran to submit.
“We will never bow our head or bend at the knee,” Pezeshkian said during the address. He also said Tehran remained ready for dialogue, diplomacy and negotiations without accepting what he called the “language of force”.
The Hyderabad-based Iranian mission also shared a separate Telugu cinema clip on Sunday, September 27, this time from Bhagavanth Kesari, starring Nandamuri Balakrishna and Arjun Rampal.
That post concerned an Iranian claim that its IRGC Navy had captured a US Remus 600 unmanned underwater vehicle in the Strait of Hormuz. It also referred to US President Donald Trump, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and CENTCOM.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the vehicle had been seized during an operation in the Strait and identified it as a Remus 600. The US military disputed the claim.
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