Badnam Basti (1971)

Name: Badnam Basti
Genre: Drama
Released: 1971-01-01

1h 48m

Running Time

Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Nitin Sethi

Nandita Thakur

Nandlal Sharma

Amar Kakad

Ravi Kumar

Amar Kakad

Actor

Amrit Patel

R.M. Rao

Cinematography

Vijay Raghava Rao

Music

Prem Kapoor

Director / Writer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 1971

Original Name
बदनाम बस्ती

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 48m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-05-09

This Movie Is About.

bisexuality

gay theme

bollywood

Wiki.

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. The film was thought to have been lost for 40 years, but a print was found in 2019.