Basha (film)

Baashha
Directed by	Suresh Krissna
Produced by	R. M. Veerappan (Presenter) V. Rajammal V. Thamilazhagan
Written by	Balakumaran (Dialogues)
Screenplay by	Suresh Krissna
Starring	Rajinikanth Nagma Raghuvaran
Music by	Deva
Cinematography	P. S. Prakash
Edited by	Ganesh Kumar
Production company	Sathya Movies
Distributed by	Sathya Movies
Release date	12 January 1995
Running time	144 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Box office	₹250 million (equivalent to ₹1.0 billion or US$15 million in 2016)

Baashha is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Suresh Krissna. The film was produced by V. Thamilazhagan and V. Rajammal under the production banner Sathya Movies. The film stars Rajinikanth and Nagma in lead roles with Raghuvaran, Janagaraj and Vijayakumar playing supporting roles. The plot revolves around the life of an autodriver Manikkam, who stays from violence but forced to show his violent side after his sister is attacked and his past life as a gangster is revealed.

Principal photography of the film took place at AVM Studios and majority of the film was shot in a set built at Vijaya Vauhini Studios. P. S. Prakash was the film's cinematographer, and it was edited by Ganesh Kumar. The dialogues for the film were written by Balakumaran. The soundtrack and background score were composed by Deva and lyrics were written by Vairamuthu.

The film was released on 12 January 1995 to positive feedback and became one of the highly successful films in the career of Rajinikanth. Rajinikanth won Filmfans Association Award and Cinema Express Award for the Best Actor for his performance in the film. This film was dubbed into Telugu with the same title and released on 12 January 1995. This film which was based on the 1991 movie Hum was later remade in Kannada as Kotigobba starring Vishnuvardhan and Priyanka Upendra in the lead roles.

Manikam (Rajnikanth) is an auto driver who lives with his family consisting of mother Vijayalakshmi (Sathyapriya), brother Shiva (Shashikumar), sister Geetha (Yuvarani) and one more sister. Manickam is innocent and kindhearted who goes to any extent for the well being of his family members.