Basha (film)
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Baasha is a South Indian super hit Tamil movie starring Rajinikanth (super star of tamil cinema). It was released in the year 1995. This movie featured Rajnikanth's most famous punch dialogue "INDA BADSHAA ORU DADAVA SONNA NOORU DADAVAI SONNA MADIRI" (roughly translates to - "If I say it once its equivalent to saying it a hundred times"). On the whole it was a real treat for RajiniKanth's fans.
Story
Manikkam is an auto driver with a great past. The movie starts with Manikkam giving money to two auto drivers to help them pay dowry and for an operation, as the movie rolls his sister who gets 98% in her exam cannot get into a private medical college because she cannot pay the fees. He then goes and talks to the admission person and requests to speak alone he says something that is not audible to the audience and the admission person suddenly gets scared and then says he will give a 100 seats if he wants it.
Based on unexpected twists to the story, like the one above, the movie shows that Manikkam was actually once a Don named Manik Baasha in Bombay, (now Mumbai). The storyline in this part of the movie, shows how the character of Manikkam becomes the Don - Manik Baasha but later makes the city and its media believe that the Don - Manik Baasha was killed by his rival don - Antony (played by Raghuvaran). The climax of the movie involves the Manikkam saving his family from the vile character Antony (played by Raghuvaran).
