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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]
The novella is an adaptation of the novel Mariam: A Story of the Indian Mutiny (1896) by J. F. Fanthome [2] and is a mix of fiction and non fiction and was adapted into a film in 1978 called Junoon [3] by Shyam Benegal, starring Shashi Kapoor, his wife Jennifer Kendal, and Nafisa Ali. [4] [5]
1978: Kondura : Raviraj International: Featured in the Indian Panorama at the 1979 Berlin International Film Festival: 1979: Junoon: Film Valas: 1980 Filmfare Best Movie Award, National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi: 1981: Kalyug: 1982 Filmfare Best Movie Award: 1982: Arohan: Blaze Film Enterprises: National Film Award for Best ...
Shyam Benegal was born on 14 December 1934 in a Konkani-speaking [7] Hindu family [8] in Hyderabad, as Shyam Sunder Benegal. [9] His father hailed from Karnataka. [10] When he was twelve years old, he made his first film, on a camera given to him by his photographer father Sridhar B. Benegal.
Jennifer Kendal was born in Southport, England, but spent much of her youth in India.She and younger sister Felicity Kendal were born to Geoffrey Kendal and Laura Liddell, who ran a travelling theatre company, "Shakespeareana", which travelled around India as depicted in the book and film, Shakespeare Wallah (1965) in which Kendal appeared, uncredited, and which starred her husband Shashi ...
Naseeruddin Shah. Naseeruddin Shah (born 20 July 1950 [1]) is an Indian actor and director.He has acted in over 100 films and directed the 2006 Bollywood film, Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota, starring Irrfan Khan and Konkana Sen Sharma.
Junoon led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by Gol Maal and Kaala Patthar with 8 nominations each, and Sargam with 7 nominations. Junoon won 6 awards, including Best Film and Best Director (for Shyam Benegal ), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Junoon (1994 TV series), a Doordarshan television series Junoon (2008 TV series) , a NDTV Imagine television series Junoon – Aisi Nafrat Toh Kaisa Ishq , an Indian TV series