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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]
Kapoor in August 2010. Shashi Kapoor was an Indian actor, film director, film producer and assistant director. He acted in Hindi and English films as the lead hero. He starred in over 150 films. He is the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, three National Film Awards, and two Filmfare Awards. [1]
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 ...
Shashi Kapoor (pronounced [ʃəʃi kəpuːɾ]; born Balbir Raj Kapoor; 18 March 1938 – 4 December 2017) was an Indian actor and film producer who is best known for his works in Hindi films. A recipient of several accolades , including four National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards , he also featured in a number of English -language ...
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]
Kunal Kapoor (born 26 June 1959) [2] is an Indian actor, film producer, director and advertisement maker. Elder son of actors Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal, he made his debut with the 1972 English-language film Siddhartha, later acted in Shyam Benegal's Junoon and in his first mainstream Bollywood film, Ahista Ahista, opposite Padmini Kolhapure as well as Vijeta.
1978 Rank Title Cast 1. Muqaddar Ka Sikandar: Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Raakhee Gulzar, Rekha, Amjad Khan, Ranjeet: 2. Trishul: Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor ...
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.