Junoon (1979)



Junoon (Hindi: The Obsession) is a critically acclaimed and award-winning 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 also had award-winning soundtrack, composed by Vanraj Bhatia, and cinematography by Govind Nihalani.



Storyline:

The movie chronicles the period of 1857 to 1858 when the soldiers of the East India Company mutinied and many smaller kingdoms joined the soldiers in the hope of regaining their territories from the English. The movie is shown from the perspective of one of the leaders of the fight (Shashi Kapoor).



Genre: Drama

Language: Hindi

Duration: 2h 11min

Release date: 30 March 1979 (India)

Source: DVD Rip

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077783/

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junoon_(1978_film)

VIDEO: h264 | 1056x720 | 1500kbps | 29fps

AUDIO: AAC-LC | 128 kbps | 48kHz | 2ch



Cast:

Shashi Kapoor as Javed Khan

Nafisa Ali as Ruth Labadoor

Jennifer Kendal as Miriam Labadoor (Ruth's Mom)

Naseeruddin Shah as Sarfaraz Khan, Javed's brother-in-law

Shabana Azmi as Firdaus, Javed's wife

Ismat Chughtai as Miriam's Mom

Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Lala Ramjimal

Benjamin Gilani as Rashid Khan

Sushma Seth as Javed's aunt

Tom Alter as Ruth's father

Amrish Puri as the Narrator

Geoffrey Kendal

Deepti Naval as Rashid's wife

Pearl Padamsee as bitter woman