| Baashha | |
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| Directed by | Suresh Krissna |
| Screenplay by | Suresh Krissna |
| Dialogue by | Balakumaran |
| Produced by | R. M. Veerappan (presenter) V. Rajammal V. Thamilazhagan |
| Starring | Rajinikanth Nagma Raghuvaran |
| Cinematography | P. S. Prakash |
| Edited by | Ganesh Kumar |
| Music by | Deva |
Production company | Sathya Movies |
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Running time | 144 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Baashha is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language gangster action film written and directed by Suresh Krissna. The film stars Rajinikanth, Nagma and Raghuvaran, with Janagaraj, Devan, Shashi Kumar, Vijayakumar, Anandaraj, Charan Raj, Kitty, Sathyapriya, Shenbaga and Yuvarani in supporting roles. It revolves around an auto-driver who maintains a humble exterior and avoids violence, but has a dark past which he conceals from his family.
During the making of Annaamalai (1992), Rajinikanth and Krissna discussed a scene from the former's Hindi film Hum (1991), which was not filmed. The story of Baashha was adapted from that scene along with that film's core plot. Principal photography began in August 1994 and was completed in less than five months. P. S. Prakash was the cinematographer, and it was edited by Ganesh Kumar. The dialogues were scripted by Balakumaran. The music was composed by Deva and lyrics were penned by Vairamuthu.
Baashha was released on 12 January 1995 with positive feedback and became one of the most successful films and in the career of Rajinikanth, running for nearly 15 months in theatres. Rajinikanth won the Filmfans Association Award and the Cinema Express Award for Best Actor for his performance. The film was remade in Kannada as Kotigobba (2001). A digitally restored version of the film was released on 3 March 2017.