Baashha (film)

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Baashha

Directed by	Suresh Krishna
Starring	Rajinikanth Nagma Raghuvaran Janakaraj Vijayakumar
Music by	Deva
Distributed by	Sathya Movies
Release date(s)	12 January 1995
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Preceded by	Veera
Followed by	Muthu
[Baasha at Paadal.com Official website]

Baashha is a Tamil movie starring Rajinikanth, with Nagma and Raghuvaran. It was directed by Suresh Krishna, and features music by Deva. Released in 1995, it was Rajinikanth's most commercially successful film with Suresh Krishna, with whom Rajinikanth had previously filmed the hits Annamalai and Veera, and was his biggest hit up until Padayappa. The music from Baashha, especially the song Naan Autokaaran, remains popular even today.

Rajinikanth won both a Filmfans Association Award and a Cinema Express Award for the Best Actor for his performance in this movie.^[1]

1 Plot
2 Trivia
3 Soundtrack
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Manikkam (Rajinikanth) 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 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 Baashha in Bombay (now Mumbai). The storyline in this part of the movie, shows how the character of Manikkam becomes the Don, Manik Baashha, but later makes the city and its media believe that the he was killed by his rival don, Antony (Raghuvaran).

Keeping his real identity secret, he left Bombay to start a new life as an auto rikshaw driver. But in his new life, he meets and falls in love with Priya (Nagma), and marries her. But unfortunately, his old life has followed him when Priya's father, a former member of Mark Antony's gang, recognises Manik Baashha and reports it to Antony, who has escaped from prison.

The climax of the movie involves Manikkam saving his family from the vile character Antony.

[edit] Trivia

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Baashha movie is remake of Jeevana Poratam (Telugu) and Hum (Hindi) film and Rajinikanth was co star for both the films.

After Basha became a superhit, Rajinikanth became very influential -- and commanded more loyalty than the then-current CM of Tamil Nadu state. He had a clash with that state's Chief Minister while he was going for shooting, when the road was blocked for the CM's passage. Rajinikanth himself reportedly came out of his own car and stood on the road, and a crowd gathered around him. As a result, it took almost three hours for the CM to cross the road.