Overview
Set during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-Indian woman, but the girl's obstinate mother stands between them.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Filmfare Award for Best Film (1980)
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Setting
Set in Lucknow
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Music
Music by Vanraj Bhatia
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Govind Nihalani
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Ruskin BondWriter
- Shyam BenegalWriter
- Original title
- जुनून
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 14, 1978
- Original language
- Hindi
- Countries
- India
Production
Cast
Shashi KapoorJaved Khan
Shabana AzmiFirdaus (Javed's wife)
Jennifer KendalMrs. Mariam Labadoor
Naseeruddin ShahSarfaraz Khan
Kulbhushan KharbandaLalal Ramjimal
Jalal AghaKader Khan
Nafisa AliRuth Labadoor- Ismat ChughtaiMaternal Grandmother of Ruth Labadoor
Deepti NavalRashid's wife
Tom AlterPriest- Kunal Kapoor
- Geoffrey Kendal
Karan Kapoor- Laura Liddell
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