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Basanti is a historical love story based on the novel by Diamond Shamsher. It depicts the story of a girl along with the accounts of the historical events during the time of Junga Bahadur Rana, the first Rana Prime Minister of Nepal.
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Audiences 77GoodWatch 81
IMDb7.7
Running time
2 h 18 min
A typical length for history movies, +16 min on the typical 122
typical 122138Half of all history movies run 108–138 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries
Released
2000
July 11, 2000
26 years ago
Genres
HistoryDramaRomanceLanguage
Nepali
Original language
16 of 16
Karishma ManandharBasanti / Meethu
Rajesh HamalKaji / Gagan Singh Bhandari
Gauri MallaQueen / Rajya Lakshmi Devi- PMPawan MainaliDamber Bahadur, Dambar Bahadur Bista
- NTNeeraj ThapaJung Bahadur Kunwar Rana
B.S. RanaKing Rajendra Bikram Shah
Ashok SharmaSilangey Dittha
Kiran K.C.Ghyabring
Rajaram PoudyalKhadananda Baje
Subhadra AdhikariMishri Aama- SGSabita GurungJanaki, Meethu's mother
- BBBishnu Bhakta PhuyalMeethu's father
Neer Bikram ShahUstad
Madan Das ShresthaBaajumaan- MSManju ShresthaSilangey's wife
Niruta SinghSpecial appearance in song "Fagu Ho"
Directing · 2
- Neer Bikram Shah Director, Screenplay, Producer
- Bijay Ratna Tuladhar First Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Diamond Shumsher Rana Original Story
Editing · 1
- Narendra Khadka Editor
Other crew · 1
- Raju Thapa Cinematography
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