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The Obsession is a film of genre Drama directed by Shyam Benegal with Shabana Azmi

The Obsession (1978)

The Obsession
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Length 2h21
Directed by
Genres Drama,    War
Rating75% 3.7771653.7771653.7771653.7771653.777165

Junoon (Hindi: जुनून, translation: 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.

Its cast included Shashi Kapoor, his wife Jennifer Kendal, Nafisa Ali, Tom Alter, Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Naseeruddin Shah, Deepti Naval, Pearl Padamsee and Sushma Seth. The film also featured Shashi and Jennifer's children Karan Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, and Sanjana Kapoor,

Synopsis

The story is set around the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Javed Khan (Shashi Kapoor) is a feckless feudal chieftain with a Muslim Pathan heritage, whose world revolves around breeding carrier pigeons. His younger brother-in-law, Sarfaraz Khan (Naseeruddin Shah) is politically awakened and actively plots the fight against the British. Freedom fighters attack the local British administrators while they are in Sunday Worship at Church, massacring them all. Miriam Labadoor, Jennifer Kendal) manages to escape with her daughter, Ruth (Nafisa Ali) and mother.
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Actors

Shabana Azmi

(Firdaus (Javed's wife))
Shashi Kapoor

(Javed Khan)
Jennifer Kendal

(Mrs. Mariam Labadoor)
Nafisa Ali

(Ruth Labadoor)
Naseeruddin Shah

(Sarfaraz Khan)
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