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Badnam Basti (English: Infamous Neighbourhood) is a 1971 Bollywood drama film directed by Prem Kapoor and adapted from an eponymous novel by Hindi novelist Kamleshwar. Starring Nitin Sethi, Amar Kakkad, and Nandita Thakur, it is often described as India's first gay film.
Badnam Basti: Directed by Prem Kapoor. With Nitin Sethi, Nandita Thakur, Nandlal Sharma, Amar Kakad. An adaptation of Kamleshwar Prasad Saxenaa's eponymous novel, this artfully hewn, musical melodrama traces a circular relationship between its three main characters: dashing truck driver bandit Sarnam, the lovely Bansuri who he saves from being ...
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- Drama
- Prem Kapoor
- 1971
Aug 9, 2023 · Badnam Basti, a queer film that disappeared for decades, only to resurface in 2019. Read about the film's themes, its struggle for recognition, and the discourse surrounding its portrayal of desire and sexuality.
Feb 21, 2016 · Badnam Basti was made 12 years before Jabbar Patel’s Umbartha, in which Smita Patil, as the warden of a home for destitute women, is confronted with a lesbian romance between two...
Based on a novel by Hindi writer Kamleshwar Prasad Saxena, it centers on a love triangle between two men and one woman on the margins of society.
Following the Block's online presentation of BADNAM BASTI (1971), curator of media arts Michael Metzger welcomes Simran Bhalla (PhD candidate in Screen Cultures at Northwestern, 2019-2020 Block Museum Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow) and Sudhir Mahadevan (Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Washington) for a ...
- 43 min
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- Block Museum
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Aug 6, 2020 · Prem Kapoor’s 1971 Hindi film Badnam Basti (Alley of Ill Repute) is considered one of the first Indian films to explore queer relationships. Based on a novel by Hindi writer Kamleshwar Prasad Saxena, it centers on a love triangle between two men and one woman on the margins of society.