Junoon

Name: Junoon
Director: Shyam Benegal
Released: 1978-12-14

1978 film by Shyam Benegal

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Released: December 14, 1978
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Director: Shyam Benegal
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Producer: Shashi Kapoor
Cast: Shabana Azmi
, Jennifer Kendal
, Naseeruddin Shah
, Deepti Naval
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Genre: drama film
Country of origin: India
Original language: Hindi
Composer: Vanraj Bhatia

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Junoon 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.

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Director of photography: Govind Nihalani
Narrative location: Lucknow
Performer: Vanraj Bhatia

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