Baahubali Characters in Corporate Universe: A hilarious take on Software Industry’s Corporate Politics

As we watch with delight the record-breaking streak of the movie Baahubali, we are in awe as to why people are gobbling up all the content this movie is offering. A detailed study of this new phenomenon is required to understand the enigma of Rajamouli’s directions and why his characters are appealing to all the sections of society.

Yesterday, I received a WhatsApp message that listed Characters of Baahubali movie in a corporate environment. I can’t resist but write about them to spread some humor into our daily corporate lives. So, here are main characters of Baahubali in a different universe and not in Maahishmati.

Avantika- The HR Manager

As usually, it goes, a company’s HR manager is the first one to welcome you and last one to see you off. But the image claims she lures new recruits and IT developers into Software and IT industry on the backs of high-offs.

 Shiva the Baahubali- Fresher Employee

He is a clueless fresher who is over enthusiastic to show off his bookish skills and knowledge. But he has potential to become a good developer in the future by Trial and Errors (Thanks to Google). He will go to lengths to be a part of every project and show management that he loves his new job.

Bhallaldeva- The above average Developer

This is the guy you should watch out for. He has decent programming skills but is very jealous of other’s rise and looks to puncture other’s work. He does not want to work hard but wants to grow by butter-polishing management, especially team leads and reporting manager. He gets the best ratings in appraisals due to his close relations with the team members.

Bijjaldeva- Team Lead/ Manager

This guy is a workhorse. He will listen to all the sides but do what he wants. He will often employ politics to get best ratings for his pet resources even if they don’t deserve it.

Sivagami- Sr. Team leader/ Sr. Manager

Everyone is afraid to speak in front of her. They know she is the boss. She is a strong, tough and motivational person on the development team. She will give outstanding ratings to any employee who can get client appreciations with their deliverables. She religiously follows bell curve at the time of appraisals. At times, she will decrease the ratings even when someone deserves it, just to keep her flock in check.

Kalakeya- The Client

This is the client, everyone fears and tries to please with latest functionalities and working overtime. He speaks in his own business language alien to developers and does not give a penny for your Java/C++/Magento language and functionalities. He will always be at war with the offshore team to browbeat them but in the end offshore team triumphs in delivering his project on time.

Katappa- The company loyalist

He is the person company loves. Will never speak ill about the company and keep quite on most times even at the cost of his and his team-mates personal lives and rights. He is a workhorse who believes in working hard. Many times, resources run away from the company because of unambitious people like him. He is loyal to the chair of his reporting manager and will not switch even if other companies offer him a higher package.

This made my day and compelled me to write this short take for all of you to read and have a bit of laugh. I must declare that I have no claim on the content of this blog and I’m simply passing on my take on a WhatsApp message that I received with the attached images.

Just so you know, if you haven’t watched the Baahubali 2 then you must go and watch it in the theaters only ad not pirate it in any way. It’s one of the best Indian movies in recent times that have created a buzz and can be watched with families and kids.

JAY MAAHISHMATI.
This was originally published on Linkedin by me at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/baahubali-characters-corporate-universe-hilarious-take-bhatt-rohan