Basanti is the talkative horse carraige driver in the original Sholay who constantly has converstations with her horse Dhanno. Basanti was played by Hema Malini in the original.

When RGV first came up with the script for Sholay, he decided to cut out the role of Basanti all together from his version. This triggered some angry reaction from the makers of the original movie. This kind of led to a big dispute about the rights for the story. Now the film makers are not in an agreement and this has kind of led RGV to disown the name Sholay for his film.

Tentatively, the movie is being called ‘Ram Gopal Varma ka Sholay’. He has also changed the name of characters in his film. The movie still does not have Basanti and her horse Dhanno. Instead Ram Gopal Varma has a new character called Gungroo who is a boyish autorickshaw driver who constantly talks to Laila, her rickshaw. She lives next to a fisherwoman called Gangu mummy. In the orignial Basant lived with Ganga Mousi. Gungroo will be played by Nisha Kothari another unknown who is uncomparable to Hema Malini.one question open in every mind in india can Gungroo beat Basanti ? Lets wait and watch.