Badnam Basti information

*Badnam Basti*
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	1971;
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.

[:2-1] 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.

[:3-2] 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.

[3] Basu, Vijayeta. "Things to do in Mumbai today". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[:0-4] 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.

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