Junoon (1978 film)

Junoon
Film poster
Directed byShyam Benegal
Written byShyam Benegal (screenplay)
Satyadev Dubey (dialogues)
Ismat Chugtai (dialogues)
Ruskin Bond
Based onA Flight of Pigeons
by Ruskin Bond
Produced byShashi Kapoor
StarringShashi Kapoor
Shabana Azmi
Jennifer Kendal
Naseeruddin Shah
Narrated byAmrish Puri
CinematographyGovind Nihalani
Edited byBhanudas Divakar
Music byVanraj Bhatia
Release date
  • 30 March 1979 (1979-03-30)
Running time
141 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesHindi
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.

  1. ^ Sen, Raja (25 August 2005). "Revisiting 1857: Benegal's Junoon". Rediff.com. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  2. ^ Lokapally, Vijay (10 July 2014). "Blast from the Past: Junoon (1978)". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 September 2017.