Basanti is a 2000 Nepali-language Action Crime motion picture written by Bashir Babar and directed by Bashir Babar and Neer Shah and produced by Bashir Babar and Neer Shah. Basanti is a brave working class teenage girl whose father Shankar is respected in the village for his honesty.. Basanti features Rajesh Hamal, Karishma Manandhar, Gauri Malla, Divya Dutta, Durgesh Nandini, Shakti Kapoor and Sunita Singh. It was released on 1st January 2000. Basanti was made on a budget of ₹50 lakh and at the box office it grossed only ₹48 lakh.