| Junoon | |
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| Directed by | Shyam Benegal |
| Written by | Shyam Benegal (screenplay) Satyadev Dubey (dialogues) Ismat Chugtai (dialogues) Ruskin Bond |
| Based on | A Flight of Pigeons by Ruskin Bond |
| Produced by | Shashi Kapoor |
| Starring | Shashi Kapoor Shabana Azmi Jennifer Kendal Naseeruddin Shah |
| Narrated by | Amrish Puri |
| Cinematography | Govind Nihalani |
| Edited by | Bhanudas Divakar |
| Music by | Vanraj Bhatia |
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Running time | 141 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Hindi English |
Junoon (translation: The Obsession) is a 1979 Indian Hindi language film produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Shyam Benegal. The film is based on Ruskin Bond's fictional novella, A Flight of Pigeons, set around the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The film's soundtrack was composed by Vanraj Bhatia, and cinematography by Govind Nihalani.[1]
Its cast included Shashi Kapoor, his wife Jennifer Kendal, Nafisa Ali, Tom Alter, Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Naseeruddin Shah, Deepti Naval, Pearl Padamsee and Sushma Seth.[2] The film also featured Shashi and Jennifer's children Karan Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, and Sanjana Kapoor.
- ^ Sen, Raja (25 August 2005). "Revisiting 1857: Benegal's Junoon". Rediff.com. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ Lokapally, Vijay (10 July 2014). "Blast from the Past: Junoon (1978)". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 September 2017.