Basanti (2000)

Original title

वसन्ती

Directed by

Neer Shah

Genre

musical film

Country

Nepal

Runtime

2h 18m

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A love story unfolds against a historical backdrop in Nepal. A young woman named Basanti navigates romance and conflict in a bygone era.

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What happens

Basanti (Nepali: बसन्ती, translation: Lady like a Spring) is a 2000 Nepali historical romantic film directed by Neer Shah. The cast includes Karishma Manandhar, Rajesh Hamal, Gauri Malla and Ashok Sharma. This movie is based on a novel of the same name written by one of the prominent Nepalese novelists Diamond Shumsher Rana, who fictionalized a love story on a historical plot. The film met with huge positive response from critics and audience with praise directed towards performance of the cast and direction of Shah. The film was a big commercial success at the box office. The film is considered as one of the best film ever made in Nepali cinema history and the best movie in the historical movie genre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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