Basanti (2000 film)

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.

[1][2] The film explains the love story of Basanti (Karishma Manandhar), a palace maid, and Gagan Singh Bhandari (Rajesh Hamal), a Nepalese general and Kaji.

The film also depicts coldblooded murder of Mathabar Singh Thapa, the first titled Prime Minister of Nepal.

The film ends with the tragic 1846 Kot massacre upon which Jang Bahadur Kunwar (Neeraj Thapa) rises as Prime Minister of Nepal.