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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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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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  4. Feb 21, 2016 · Film history. The untold story of ‘Badnam Basti’, possibly India’s first gay movie. Directed by Prem Kapoor, the 1971 production was an unconventional love triangle adapted from a novel by...

  5. May 30, 2020 · 10 min read. ·. May 30, 2020. 1. Dumped in an archive in Berlin, resurrected in the name of filmmaker Raj Kapoor. I had first read about Badnam Basti in 2008, in the book Same-Sex Love in India.

  6. Badnam Basti | Alley of Ill Repute. Directed by. Prem Kapoor. India, 1971. Drama, LGBTQ+. 100. Synopsis. 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. Synopsis.

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  8. Aug 6, 2020 · August 6, 2020 by nublockmuseum. 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.