Junoon (1994 TV series)

Junoon (transl. Craze) is a television series produced by Cinevistaas Limited.^[1][2] The series was first broadcast on DD National in 1994. It aired for five years, totaling 510 episodes and setting a record for the longest-running prime time program on Doordarshan. The series revolves around the rivalry between the patriarchs of two well-known families, Rajvansh and Dhanraj, who lead their professional and personal lives with animosity towards each other.^[3][4]

Junoon
Directed by	A.Salam
Starring	See below
Opening theme	A.Salam
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	510
Production
Producer	Prem Krishan
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Cinevistaas Limited
Original release
Network	DD National
Release	1994 (1994) – 1998 (1998)

Cast

Main

• Parikshit Sahni as Bharat Kumar Rajvansh/Rai Bahadur Sumer's father
• Beena Banerjee as Deepavati Rajvansh, Sumer's mother
• Ravindra Kapoor as Thakur Diwan and friend of Bharat Kumar Rajvansh
• Kishori Shahane as Chandni and biological mother of Sumer Rajvansh
• Sarita Joshi as Ranibai, Chandni's mother
• Lalit Tiwari as Freedom fighter Arun Chakravorty, Rekha's father
• Saeed Jaffrey as Vinayak Shankar, Reema's father
• Farida Jalal as Gauri, Reema's mother
• Neena Gupta as Reema Shankar, Sumer's sister
• Mangal Dhillon as Sumer Rajvansh
• Archana Puran Singh as Rekha Chakravorty, Arun's daughter
• Kavin Dave as Vishal Rajvansh, Sumer Rajvansh's son
• Dina Pathak as Savitri Dhanraj, Aditya's grandmother
• Vishnu Sharma as Lala Jagdish Prakash, Savitri's relative, Aditya's and Dhanraj's properties caretaker after Brijbhushan's death
• Benjamin Gilani as Brijbhushan Dhanraj, Aditya's Father
• Smita Jaykar as Anuradha Dhanraj, Aditya's mother
• Suresh Chatwal as Manmohan Dhanraj, Aditya's uncle
• Shashi Puri as Aditya Dhanraj

Recurring

• Navin Nischol as Justice Rameshwar Bhatnagar, Nalini's father
• Tanuja Samarth as Advocate Pratibha Mathur, Justice Bhatnagar's wife, Nalini's mother
• Anant Mahadevan as Advocate Vrinal Modi, Pratibha Mathur Friend and Advocate.
• Kiran Juneja as Advocate Nalini Mathur, Justice Bhatnagar, and Pratibha's daughter
• Vijayendra Ghatge as Advocate Neil Bhatia, Nalini's colleague, Criminal lawyer Aditya's Lawyer, Mini's ex-husband
• Sudha Chopra as Nirmala Bhatia, Neil's mother
• Shubha Khote as Dr.D'souza
• Dinesh Kaushik as Ketan
• Pankaj Berry as Mr Visham Agrawal, Mini's father
• Shivraj as Ramdas, servant of Mr Visham Agarwal
• Kitu Gidwani as Mini Agrawal
• Tom Alter as Don Keshav Kalsi/KK/Collector in British Raj
• Sudhir Dalvi as Nana Nagarkar, a crime lord, Sumer's syndicate, and KK's God-father in crime
• Vinod Kapoor as Advocate of Keshav Kalsi and Nana Nagarkar
• Gavin Packard as Masita
• Shagufta Ali as Farheen (Masita's girlfriend)
• Parmeet Sethi as Bobby (KK's stepbrother)
• Deepika Deshpande as Vibha, Bobby lover
• Mohan Gokhale as Jay (KK's stepbrother)
• Kalpana Iyer as Parvati (KK's mother)
• Ajit Vachani as Shergill, Parvati's husband
• Virendra Razdan as Mr. Adhikari, Sumer's Solicitor
• Ranjeet as Pathan Sherkhan, Henchman of Saudagar Singh

• Puneet Issar as Saudagar Singh (From episode no 125)
• Rama Vij as Wife of Saudagar Singh (Dead), only comes in her dreams.

• Rajesh Khattar as ACP Wajahad Ali, Inspector investigating Seema Dhanraj's murder case, KK's enemy.
• Neelima Azeem as Shabana, Wajahad Ali's wife.

• Ravi Jhankal as Manish Mahajan
• Sheela David as Kajri, Manish Mahajan's wife.

• Shiva Rindani as Mukhtyar (From episode no 126)
• Hemant Birje as Ujagar

• Chandrashekhar as Justice Habibuddin
• Neelam Mehra as Sister Maria of St. Peter Orphanage
• Vijay Kashyap as Ramamurthy Iyer, PT teacher of the children boarding hostel
• Kunika as Dancer (Only in Episode 124)
• Ahmed Khan (actor) as Police Commissioner AK Malhotra
• Harshada Khanvilkar as Secretary of Sumer Rajvansh

See also

• Tiger