Junoon Film Better Online

Here’s an informative guide to (1978), a landmark film in Indian cinema directed by Shyam Benegal. Quick Facts | Aspect | Details | |------------|--------------| | Title | Junoon (English: Obsession or The Possession ) | | Director | Shyam Benegal | | Based on | Ruskin Bond’s novella A Flight of Pigeons | | Screenplay | Shyam Benegal, Ismat Chughtai, Satyadev Dubey | | Producers | Shashi Kapoor (under his production house Film-Valas ) | | Release Year | 1978 | | Language | Hindi / Urdu | | Runtime | 141 minutes | | Genre | Period drama / Historical fiction | | Setting | Indian Rebellion of 1857 (First War of Independence) | Plot Summary Set during the 1857 uprising against the British East India Company, Junoon follows a young Englishwoman, Ruth Labadoor (played by Nafisa Ali), who lives with her family in a small Indian town. When rebellion erupts, her father and stepbrother are killed by sepoys. Ruth and her mother seek refuge in the house of a local Muslim landlord, Javed Khan (Shashi Kapoor).