Every once in a comes along a film which is so moving that the audiences move
out of the theaters. Basti, the posters claim, is about anger, power, justice
and people. In other words, it is about a B-grade Bollywood flick.
It has all the ingredients - blood, blood, and some more blood - in overdose, with a dash of rapes, and garnished with a few midriff- and cleavage-baring bimbettes. There is a multitude of baddies who are out to wrong the dwellers of the hero's basti. And, of course, the police are neck-deep in it all.
Ramesh, a k a Rama (Samir Soni), is ....