The Obsession (1978)
2h 21m
Running Time
December 14, 1978Release Date
Plot.
Set during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-Indian woman, but the girl's obstinate mother stands between them.
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Cast & Crew.
Shashi Kapoor
Javed Khan / Producer
Shabana Azmi
Firdaus (Javed's wife)
Jennifer Kendal
Mrs. Mariam Labadoor / Costume Design
Naseeruddin Shah
Sarfaraz Khan
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Lalal Ramjimal
Jalal Agha
Kader Khan
Nafisa Ali
Ruth Labadoor
Ismat Chughtai
Maternal Grandmother of Ruth Labadoor / Dialogue
Deepti Naval
Rashid's wife
Tom Alter
Priest
Benjamin Gilani
Rashid Khan
Kunal Kapoor
Shyam Benegal
Director / Writer
Satyadev Dubey
Writer
Ruskin Bond
Writer
Bunny Reuben
Publicist
L.G. Patil
Art Direction
J.P. Kaushik
Composer
Mohammed Rafi
Playback Singer
Asha Bhosle
Playback Singer
Mangesh Desai
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Saba Zaidi
Costume Design
Bhanudas Divakar
Editor
Hitendra Ghosh
Sound
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 14, 1978
Original Nameजुनून
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 21m
Genres
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Wiki.
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.
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. The film also featured Shashi and Jennifer's children Karan Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, and Sanjana Kapoor.
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