Baasha is nothing short of an iconic film and catapulted Superstar Rajinikanth to super-stardom. There are so many tidbits about the movie that continues to enthrall audiences to this day and one amongst them is Rajinikanth styling the don character after Mammootty’s Samrajyam (1990) and his own Polladhavan.
In an earlier interview to The Hindu, Baasha’s director Suresh Krishna also spoke about how they got Raguvaran on board to play the baddie: He (Raghuvaran) was not an action man; he could not fight 10 men. But the way he looks and his dialogue delivery… were excellent. For any hero to bring out his heroism, you need a strong villain. And Raghuvaran fit that role perfectly.
In the same interview, he had also spoken about a sequel to Baasha and had said: He is not very keen. My thought is, ‘Why not?’ It’s been 20 years, yes, but Baasha can still be born again in a different avatar.