| Badnam Basti | |
|---|---|
 Poster of the film | |
| Directed by | Prem Kapoor |
| Written by | Kamleshwar |
| Based on | Badnam Basti by Kamleshwar |
| Produced by | Film Finance Corporation |
| Starring | Nitin Sethi, Amar Kakkad and Nandita Thakur |
| Cinematography | RM Rao |
| Edited by | Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Prem Kapoor |
| Music by | Vijay Raghav Rao |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹ 250,000 |
Badnam Basti (English: Infamous Neighbourhood[1]) is a 1971 Bollywood drama film directed by Prem Kapoor and adapted from an eponymous novel by Hindi novelist Kamleshwar.[2] Starring Nitin Sethi, Amar Kakkad, and Nandita Thakur, it is often described as India's first gay film.[3] The film was thought to have been lost for 40 years, but a print was found in 2019.[4]
- ^ Ross, Oliver (2016). Same-Sex Desire in Indian Culture: Representations in Literature and Film, 1970–2015. Springer. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-137-56692-8. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ Shahani, Parmesh (2020). Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)longing in Contemporary India. SAGE Publishing India. p. 212. ISBN 978-93-5388-421-5. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ Basu, Vijayeta. "Things to do in Mumbai today". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ Kahlon, Sukhpreet (28 July 2020). "Finding Badnaam Basti (1972): Accidental discovery that restored a piece of Indian cinematic history". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.