Basra performed in Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday and Rahul Dholakia's Parzania, which received much critical appreciation. He appeared in Michael O. Sajbeland's One Night with the King with veteran actors like Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole.[4] He played a tailor in the Hindi movie Lamhaa; he was in Bollywood's 2010 top grossing film Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai as Shoaib's (Emraan Hashmi) father.[5] Basra was also known for his theatrical performances from playing five characters in Feroz Abbas Khan's production of Mahatma v/s Gandhi.