The elephant lion) is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by S. Krishna and produced by Jayanna and Bogendra.

[3] Actor Prakash Raj plays as narrator for the film to introduce Yash's character.

The scene next shifts to Prakash Raj introducing an ancient temple in the royal city of Mysore called "Shankara Narayana" temple, which is being managed by a holy Muth (holy association), headed by the pontiff (Anant Nag).

Krishna is a happy-go-lucky youth, a hard-core Rajkumar fan, who has a kind heart for people and is involved in a small-time loan financing company.

Krishna refuses as he feels he is still attached to the worldly ambitions, and he requests the pontiff to suggest an alternative.

Rana takes his right-hand man Selva to kill Krishna, and at this juncture, the elephant Kalinga comes to his rescue.

The head of the tribal folk sees Krishna reducing the anger of Kalinga and deduces that he is definitely the incarnation of Baahubali (Yash), a fierce warrior in the army of the King of Karunadu.

In spite of his dying state, Baahubali single-handedly defeats the entire army of Verma and kills them.

The Pontiff Anantnag, having sensed Krishna's battle for life, performs Mrityunjaya Homa at the Muth.

[5] Following its success at the domestic box-office, Gajakesari was screened in the United States, Germany, Ireland, Singapore, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong and London.

Cinematographer Krishna, who makes his debut as director, knows how to present a film in all its glory though tightening the screws on the screenplay is tougher.

[10] A critic from The Times of India scored the film at 3.5 out of 5 stars and says "It’s Yash show all the way.

Santhosh Anand Ram’s dialogues are quite interesting as they repeatedly mention about Rajkumar movies.