---
title: 'Junoon (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Shyam Benegal'
released: '1978-12-14'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/junoon-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077783/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Junoon (1978)

1978 · Drama · India


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Shyam Benegal](https://cinepixo.com/people/shyam-benegal)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Vanraj Bhatia](https://cinepixo.com/people/vanraj-bhatia)
- **Producer:** [Shashi Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/shashi-kapoor)
- **Director of Photography:** [Govind Nihalani](https://cinepixo.com/people/govind-nihalani)

## Cast

- [Jennifer Kendal](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-kendal)
- [Kulbhushan Kharbanda](https://cinepixo.com/people/kulbhushan-kharbanda)
- [Naseeruddin Shah](https://cinepixo.com/people/naseeruddin-shah)
- [Deepti Naval](https://cinepixo.com/people/deepti-naval)
- [Pearl Padamsee](https://cinepixo.com/people/pearl-padamsee)
- [Sushma Seth](https://cinepixo.com/people/sushma-seth)
- [Shabana Azmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/shabana-azmi)
- [Nafisa Ali](https://cinepixo.com/people/nafisa-ali)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/junoon-1978
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