Made in 1971 at a time when parallel cinema was making inroads in india, Badnaam Basti broke barriers of sexual fluidity and tells us the story of Sarnaam who loves Bansuri and finds the same peace with shivraj(Shivu) his male partner and each character struggling with their own demons. The film lost for almost 50 years, but last year a print was found in a German museum and restored. The film is a tribute to the era of golden seventies when film makers broke barriers and dared to walk the path that very few did. Now we can officially say that Badnaam Basti is India's first queer film with great talents like Nitin Sethi and Nandita Thakur whom time forgot but this day in 2020 brought them back on our screens and a smile on my lips.
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