Junoon (1978 film)

Junoon (Hindi: जुनून, translation: The Obsession) is a 1978 Hindi film produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Shyam Benegal. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Nafisa Ali, Tom Alter, Shabana Azmi, Jennifer Kendal, Karan Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, Sanjana Kapoor, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Naseeruddin Shah, Deepti Naval, Pearl Padamsee and Sushma Seth.

Cast and characters

• Shashi Kapoor as Javed Khan
• Jennifer Kendal as Mariam Labadoor
• Naseeruddin Shah as Sarfaraz Khan
• Shabana Azmi as Firdaus, Javed Khan's wife
• Nafisa Ali as Ruth Labadoor
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Lala Ramjimal
• Sushma Seth as Javed Khan's chachi
• Tom Alter as Mr. Labadoor
• Amrish Puri as the Narrator

Author

• Ruskin Bond Novella A Flight of Pigeons

Awards

Junoon won the following awards (in bold) and...
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