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Junoon is a 1978 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.
Original Release
03/30/1979
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Nafisa Ali | Ruth Labadoor |
| Shabana Azmi | Firdaus (Javed's wife) |
| Naseeruddin Shah | Javed's Brother-in-law, Sarfaraz Khan |
| Kulbhushan Kharbanda | Lalal Ramjimal |
| Jalal Agha | Kader Khan |
| Tom Alter | Priest |
| Benjamin Gilani | Rashid Khan |
| Karan Kapoor | |
| Kunal Kapoor | |
| Sanjana Kapoor |
Directors
Writers
Ismat Chughtai, Shyam Benegal, Ruskin Bond, Satyadev Dubey
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Nafisa Ali | Ruth Labadoor |
| Shabana Azmi | Firdaus (Javed's wife) |
| Naseeruddin Shah | Javed's Brother-in-law, Sarfaraz Khan |
| Kulbhushan Kharbanda | Lalal Ramjimal |
| Jalal Agha | Kader Khan |
| Tom Alter | Priest |
| Benjamin Gilani | Rashid Khan |
| Karan Kapoor | |
| Kunal Kapoor | |
| Sanjana Kapoor | |
| Geoffrey Kendal | |
| Jennifer Kendal | Mrs. Mariam Labadoor (Ruth's mom) |
| Deepti Naval | Rashid's wife |
| Pearl Padamsee | Bitter woman |
| Sushma Seth | Javed's chachi |
| Rajesh Vivek | |
| Ismat Chughtai | Maternal Grandmother of Ruth Labadoor |
| Shashi Kapoor | Javed Khan |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Shashi Kapoor | Producer |
