especially for children. His novella ‘ A Flight of Pigeons ‘, a story set in Shahjahanpur during the revolt of 1857 was made into ‘ Junoon ‘ (1978)… starring Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Nafisa Ali, Ismat Chughtai, Tom Alter, Deepti Naval, Jennifer Kendal, Pearl Padamsee, among others… and directed by Shyam