Also known as (AKA) / Was earlier titled
Ruskin Bond's Flight of Pigeons

Status
Released

Color
C

Release Date
1979

Genre
Social  /  Offbeat  /  Period

Producer
Shashi Kapoor

Director
Shyam Benegal

Star Cast
Shashi Kapoor...... Javed Khan
Jennifer Kendal...... Mrs. Mariam Labadoor (Ruth's Mother)
Nafisa Ali...... Ruth Labadoor
Ismat
Naseruddin Shah...... Javed's Brother-in-law
Shabana Azmi...... Firdaus (Javed's Wife)
Jalal Aga...... Kader Khan
Tom Alter...... Priest
Benjamin Gilani...... Rashid Khan
Geoffrey Kendal
Kulbhushan Kharbanda...... Lalal Ramjimal
Deepti Naval...... Rashid's wife
Pearl Padamsee...... Bitter woman
Sushma Seth...... Javed's chachi
Karan Kapoor
Kunal Shashi Kapoor
Sanjana Kapoor

Lyricist
Amir Khusro
Yogesh

Music Director
Vanraj Bhatia
J P Kaushik

Cinematography
Govind Nihalani

Sound
Hitendra Ghosh

Dialogue
Satyadev Dube
Ismat Chugtai

Story / Writer
Shyam Benegal