Basti is a 2003 hindi-language Action Crime motion picture. The film was Produced by Basharat Khan. Unemployed Ramesh Kulkarni resides in 'Bombay's slums' with his family consisting of his school-master father Vinayak, a younger college-goer brother Satish and his sister Pinky. Ramesh cannot stand injustice in any form so much that when the slums are made targets by gangsters he decides to oppose this by seriously beating them. One of the gang leaders affected by Ramesh's behavior is the notorious Kanta who in retaliation decides that he will get rid of Ramesh by organizing religious riots; during the course of the riot Ramesh is seriously killed, his sister Pinky is sexually molest by a corrupt police commissioner and Minster which made her pregnant resulting in her committing suicide while Vinayak falls to a drastic death. This prompts Satish to take a stand by joining hands with one of Kanta's enemy Karanjia on whose instructions he goes about a killing rampage on all those who involve in the destruction of his family. But what Satish is unaware of is that Karanjia is using him as a pawn so that he can become the owner of 'Bombay slums' to construct a 5 star hotel - at any cost. Written by gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com). Basti features Samir Soni in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Faisal Khan, Shama Sikander, Govind Namdeo, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Liyaqat Bari. The music was composed by Milind Sagar. Cinematography was done by Harish Joshi. The motion picture has a running time of 142 minutes. It was released on 8th August 2003. Basti was made on a budget of ₹1 crore and at the box office it grossed only ₹39 lakh. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Rajshri Productions.