Badnam Basti
in person
Sun Dec 21, 6:30 pm at Academy Museum
Part of
18+ ONLY
FREE SCREENING
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Badnam Basti
बदनाम बस्ती
Prem Kapoor
1971
108 min
India
Hindi
Movie Summary: 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.
Queer Film LA Says: Perhaps the first Queer film from India, this story of a young man in a bisexual love triangle was heavily censored on release and believed lost until a print was found in 2019.