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{{short description|Indian television series}}
{{short description|Indian television series}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}
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{{Infobox television
{{Infobox television
|name      = Kanoon
| caption           =
|caption =
| genre             = [[Mystery film|Mystery]]<br>[[Crime]]
|genre         = [[Mystery film|Mystery]]<br>[[Crime]]
| creator           = [[B. R. Chopra]]
| creator                 = [[B. R. Chopra]]
| developer         =  
| developer               =  
| writer             = Satish Bhatnagar<br>[[Sachin Bhowmik]]<br>Kulwant Jain<br>[[Hasan Kamal]]
| writer                   = Satish Bhatnagar<br>[[Sachin Bhowmik]]<br>Kulwant Jain<br>[[Hasan Kamal]]
| director           = [[B. R. Chopra]]<br>[[Ravi Chopra]]
| director                 = [[B. R. Chopra]]<br>[[Ravi Chopra]]
| starring          = [[Pankaj Dheer]]<br>[[Ananth Narayan Mahadevan]]<br>[[Gajendra Chauhan]]<br>[[Deep Dhillon]]<br>[[Gufi Paintal]]<br>[[Vinod Kapoor]]<br>[[Virendra Razdan]]<br>[[Surendra Pal]]<br>[[Rupa Ganguly]]<br>[[Navni Parihar]]<br>[[Deepak Parashar]]
| starring          = [[Pankaj Dheer]]<br>[[Ananth Narayan Mahadevan]]<br>[[Gajendra Chauhan]]<br>[[Deep Dhillon]]<br>[[Gufi Paintal]]<br>[[Vinod Kapoor]]<br>[[Virendra Razdan]]<br>[[Surendra Pal]]<br>[[Rupa Ganguly]]<br>[[Navni Parihar]]<br>[[Deepak Parashar]]
|country       = [[India]]
| country           = India
|language       = [[Hindi Language|Hindi]]<br>[[Tamil Language|Tamil]] (Dubbed)
| language           = Hindi<br>Tamil (Dubbed)
| num_seasons   = 4
| num_seasons       = 4
|num_episodes   = 111
| num_episodes       = 111
| executive_producer       =  
| executive_producer =  
| producer                 = [[B. R. Chopra]]
| producer           = [[B. R. Chopra]]
| location                 = [[India]]
| location           = [[India]]
| cinematography           = Dharam Chopra
| cinematography     = Dharam Chopra
| editor                   = Shailendra Doke<br>Bhirpal Singh
| editor             = Shailendra Doke<br>Bhirpal Singh
|runtime       = 25 minutes (approx)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt3z8c3qTJs&list=PLNKJJImmGYIRJYJJFSSeWs9Q4FjFbtIHk|title=YouTube links to the videos|accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref>
| runtime           = 25 minutes (approx)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt3z8c3qTJs&list=PLNKJJImmGYIRJYJJFSSeWs9Q4FjFbtIHk|title=YouTube links to the videos|website=[[YouTube]] |accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref>
|first_aired   = {{start date|1993}}
| first_aired       = {{start date|1993}}
|last_aired     = {{end date|1996}}
| last_aired         = {{end date|1996}}
|channel       = [[DD Metro]]
| channel           = [[DD Metro]]  
| picture_format    = {{plainlist|
* [[720p]] ([[HDTV]])
}}
}}
}}


'''''Kanoon''''' is an [[Television in India|Indian television]] courtroom drama/crime series. The 111-episode [[Hindi]] series<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11605306/?ref_=ttep_ep_tt|title=Kanoon IMDB Page|date= |accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref> had its original run from 1993 to 1996 on [[DD Metro]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19931215-b-r-chopra-back-on-tv-with-courtroom-drama-811942-1993-12-15|title=B R Chopra back with courtroom drama|accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref> It was produced by [[B. R. Chopra]] and directed by his son [[Ravi Chopra]]. The music was composed by [[Ravi (music director)|Ravi]]. Make-up for the series was done by Vimal Devkar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11282812/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr22|title=Vimal Devkar's page on IMDB|accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref> The concept of the story was given by Satish Bhatnagar, Sachin Bhowmik, Kulwant Jain and Hasan Kamal. Four seasons of the show were telecasted.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://nettv4u.com/about/Hindi/tv-serials/kanoon |title= Hindi Tv Serial Kanoon |last= |first= |date= |website= nettv4u.com |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}.</ref>
'''''Kanoon''''' is an [[Television in India|Indian television]] courtroom drama/crime series. The 111-episode [[Hindi]] series<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11605306/?ref_=ttep_ep_tt|title=Kanoon IMDB Page|website=[[IMDb]] |date= |accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref> had its original run from 1993 to 1996 on [[DD Metro]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19931215-b-r-chopra-back-on-tv-with-courtroom-drama-811942-1993-12-15|title=B R Chopra back with courtroom drama|accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref> It was produced by [[B. R. Chopra]] and directed by his son [[Ravi Chopra]]. The music was composed by [[Ravi (music director)|Ravi]]. Make-up for the series was done by Vimal Devkar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11282812/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr22|title=Vimal Devkar's page on IMDB|website=[[IMDb]] |accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref> The concept of the story was given by Satish Bhatnagar, Sachin Bhowmik, Kulwant Jain and Hasan Kamal. Four seasons of the show were telecasted.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://nettv4u.com/about/Hindi/tv-serials/kanoon |title= Hindi Tv Serial Kanoon |last= |first= |date= |website= nettv4u.com |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}.</ref>


Each episode ran for approximately 25 minutes and began with a title song rendered by [[Mahendra Kapoor]].
Each episode ran for approximately 25 minutes and began with a title song rendered by [[Mahendra Kapoor]].


==Summary==
==Summary==
This TV serial by the [[Bollywood]] producer [[B. R. Chopra]] is styled after several of the movies he made and named after the famous movie, [[Kanoon]] (1960). The protagonist is a lawyer, assisted by a secretary and an assistant. The serial features several crime cases, which run to multiple episodes each.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11605306/?ref_=ttep_ep_tt|title=Kanoon IMDB Page|date= |accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref>
This TV serial by the [[Bollywood]] producer [[B. R. Chopra]] is styled after several of the movies he made and named after the famous movie, ''[[Kanoon]]'' (1960). The protagonist is a lawyer, assisted by a secretary and an assistant. The serial features several crime cases, which run to multiple episodes each.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11605306/?ref_=ttep_ep_tt|title=Kanoon IMDB Page|website=[[IMDb]] |date= |accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref>


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
===Main===
===Main===
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*[[Pankaj Dheer]] as Vijay Saxena<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0223532/?ref_=tt_cl_t1|date= |title=Pankaj Dheer IMDB Page|accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref>
*[[Pankaj Dheer]] as Vijay Saxena<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0223532/?ref_=tt_cl_t1|date= |title=Pankaj Dheer IMDB Page|website= [[IMDb]]|accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref>
*[[Ananth Narayan Mahadevan]] as Pasha Polyster<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536705/?ref_=tt_cl_t2|date= |title=Ananth Mahadevan IMDB Page|accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref>
*[[Ananth Narayan Mahadevan]] as Pasha Polyster<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536705/?ref_=tt_cl_t2|date= |title=Ananth Mahadevan IMDB Page|website= [[IMDb]]|accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref>
*[[Vinod Kapoor]] as Inspector Shakti Singh<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1504869/?ref_=tt_cl_t3|date= |title=Vinod Kapoor IMDB Page|accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref>
*[[Vinod Kapoor]] as Inspector Shakti Singh<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1504869/?ref_=tt_cl_t3|date= |title=Vinod Kapoor IMDB Page|website= [[IMDb]]|accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref>
*[[Deep Dhillon]] as Public Prosecutor Indrajeet Singh<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0223560/?ref_=tt_cl_t4|date= |title=Deep Dhillon IMDB Page|accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref>
*[[Deep Dhillon]] as Public Prosecutor Indrajeet Singh<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0223560/?ref_=tt_cl_t4|date= |title=Deep Dhillon IMDB Page|website= [[IMDb]]|accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref>
*[[Kavita Kapoor]] as Milli<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438478/?ref_=tt_cl_t5|date= |title=Kavita Kapoor IMDB Page|accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref>{{div col end}}
*[[Kavita Kapoor]] as Milli<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438478/?ref_=tt_cl_t5|date= |title=Kavita Kapoor IMDB Page|website= [[IMDb]]|accessdate=2020-01-19}}</ref>{{div col end}}


===Episodewise===
===Episodewise===
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*[[Navni Parihar]] as Ramaa Sharma
*[[Navni Parihar]] as Ramaa Sharma
*[[Tushar Dalvi]] as Prem Kapoor / Rajkishore
*[[Tushar Dalvi]] as Prem Kapoor / Rajkishore
*Anita Kulkarni as Nimmi Kapoor / Guddi
*[[Anita Kulkarni]] as Nimmi Kapoor / Guddi
*[[Deepshikha Nagpal]] as Maggie
*[[Deepshikha Nagpal]] as Maggie
*[[Alisha]] as Rebecca
*[[Alisha]] as Rebecca
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*[[Sujata Mehta]] as Rani
*[[Sujata Mehta]] as Rani
*[[Kavita Vaid]] as Rani’s maid
*[[Kavita Vaid]] as Rani’s maid
*[[Prithvi (actor)|Prithvi]] as Rani’s neighbour
*Prithvi as Rani’s neighbour
*Brij Gopal as Paanwala
*Brij Gopal as Paanwala
*Dharam Soni as Dr. Bhattacharya
*Dharam Soni as Dr. Bhattacharya
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|[[Tushar Dalvi]]<br>[[Dharmesh Tiwari]]
|[[Tushar Dalvi]]<br>[[Dharmesh Tiwari]]
|Raj Kishore<br>Judge
|Raj Kishore<br>Judge
|Inspector Shakti Singh's mother asks Vijay Saxena to defend and exonerate the man who is accused of
|Inspector Shakti Singh's mother asks Vijay Saxena to defend and exonerate the man who is accused of killing her daughter.
killing her daughter.
|-
|-
|20-28
|20-28
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|Dinesh Anand<br>[[Mulraj Rajda]]
|Dinesh Anand<br>[[Mulraj Rajda]]
|Sardesh Kumar<br>Giridharilal Khanna
|Sardesh Kumar<br>Giridharilal Khanna
|Vikram Saxena narrates the incidents relating to his first case wherein a retired judge asks his help
|Vikram Saxena narrates the incidents relating to his first case wherein a retired judge asks his help in reopening a case so that an innocent man's life can be saved.
in reopening a case so that an innocent man's life can be saved.
|-
|-
|29-36
|29-36
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|Girja Shankar<br>[[Tanya Singh]]<br>Pushpa Verma<br>[[Raza Murad]]<br>Ali Khan<br>Zaheer Rizvi<br>Hanu Rao<br>[[Rahul Seth]]<br>Gagan Gupta
|Girja Shankar<br>[[Tanya Singh]]<br>Pushpa Verma<br>[[Raza Murad]]<br>Ali Khan<br>Zaheer Rizvi<br>Hanu Rao<br>[[Rahul Seth]]<br>Gagan Gupta
|Caretaker<br>Caretaker's daughter<br>Caretaker's wife<br>Syndicate Boss<br>Damodar<br>Sonny<br>Sonny's friend<br>Sonny's friend<br>Sonny's friend
|Caretaker<br>Caretaker's daughter<br>Caretaker's wife<br>Syndicate Boss<br>Damodar<br>Sonny<br>Sonny's friend<br>Sonny's friend<br>Sonny's friend
|Vikram Saxena defends a tribal leader for murder of an underworld don's son in revenge for the rape of
|Vikram Saxena defends a tribal leader for murder of an underworld don's son in revenge for the rape of his daughter by the don's son.
his daughter by the don's son.
|-
|-
|37-42
|37-42
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|[[Gufi Paintal]]<br>[[Manju Vyas]]<br>[[Nattasha Singh]]<br>[[Sumeet]]<br>[[Sharat Saxena]]<br>[[Vishnu Sharma]]<br>[[Anita Kulkarni]]
|[[Gufi Paintal]]<br>[[Manju Vyas]]<br>[[Nattasha Singh]]<br>[[Sumeet]]<br>[[Sharat Saxena]]<br>[[Vishnu Sharma]]<br>[[Anita Kulkarni]]
|Justice Raghunath<br>Mrs. Raghunath<br>Dolly Raghunath<br>Bunty Raghunath<br>Avinash<br>Police Commissioner<br>Dolly's friend
|Justice Raghunath<br>Mrs. Raghunath<br>Dolly Raghunath<br>Bunty Raghunath<br>Avinash<br>Police Commissioner<br>Dolly's friend
|Vijay Saxena defends a judge accused of murdering a man who was sentenced to life imprisonment
|Vijay Saxena defends a judge accused of murdering a man who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the judge himself.
by the judge himself.
|-
|-
|43-47
|43-47
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|[[Rana Jung Bahadur]]<br>[[Deepak Parashar]]<br>[[Dolly Sharma]]<br>[[R.S. Chopra]]<br>[[Manjushree]]<br>[[Surendra Pal]]<br>[[Deepak Patel]]<br>[[Vinod Rawat]]<br>[[G.B. Singh]]
|[[Rana Jung Bahadur]]<br>[[Deepak Parashar]]<br>[[Dolly Sharma]]<br>[[R.S. Chopra]]<br>[[Manjushree]]<br>[[Surendra Pal]]<br>[[Deepak Patel]]<br>[[Vinod Rawat]]<br>[[G.B. Singh]]
|Rajan<br>Deepak Dasgupta<br>Mina Dasgupta<br>Gyan Dasgupta<br>Receptionist<br>Judge<br>Doctor Tyagi<br>Ram Barosan<br>JK
|Rajan<br>Deepak Dasgupta<br>Mina Dasgupta<br>Gyan Dasgupta<br>Receptionist<br>Judge<br>Doctor Tyagi<br>Ram Barosan<br>JK
|A woman accused of killing her first husband and the woman's present husband both ask Vijay Saxena
|A woman accused of killing her first husband and the woman's present husband both ask Vijay Saxena for help in exonerating her.
for help in exonerating her.
|
|
|-
|-
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|[[Sanjay Mehendirata]]<br>[[Navni Parihar]]<br>[[R.S. Chopra]]<br>[[Tushar Dalvi]]<br>[[Anita Kulkarni]]<br>[[Deepshika]]<br>[[Alisha]]<br>[[Anwar Fatehan]]<br>Kaushal Kapoor<br>[[Promod Kapoor]]<br>[[Chandrakant Pandya]]<br>[[Dharmesh Tiwari]]
|[[Sanjay Mehendirata]]<br>[[Navni Parihar]]<br>[[R.S. Chopra]]<br>[[Tushar Dalvi]]<br>[[Anita Kulkarni]]<br>[[Deepshika]]<br>[[Alisha]]<br>[[Anwar Fatehan]]<br>Kaushal Kapoor<br>[[Promod Kapoor]]<br>[[Chandrakant Pandya]]<br>[[Dharmesh Tiwari]]
|Ajay Sharma<br>Ramaa Sharma<br>Bharadwaj/Ramaa's father<br>Prem Kapoor<br> Nimmi Kapoor/Guddi<br>Maggie<br>Rebecca<br>Pande<br>Drunkard<br>Peter<br>Govardandas<br>Judge
|Ajay Sharma<br>Ramaa Sharma<br>Bharadwaj/Ramaa's father<br>Prem Kapoor<br> Nimmi Kapoor/Guddi<br>Maggie<br>Rebecca<br>Pande<br>Drunkard<br>Peter<br>Govardandas<br>Judge
|A man looking for a companion in the absence of his wife is accused of murder and comes to Vijay Saxena
|A man looking for a companion in the absence of his wife is accused of murder and comes to Vijay Saxena for help.
for help.
|
|
|-
|-
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==Other crew==
==Other crew==
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{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
*[[B.R. Chopra]] and [[Ravi Chopra]] , Directors
*[[B.R. Chopra]] and [[Ravi Chopra]], Directors
*Anand Bhalla, Associate director
*Anand Bhalla, Associate director
*Vishal Desai, Seema Pillai, [[Dinesh Sharma (actor)|Dinesh Sharma]], Ramesh Sharma and Yogesh Singh, Assistant directors
*Vishal Desai, Seema Pillai, [[Dinesh Sharma (actor)|Dinesh Sharma]], Ramesh Sharma and Yogesh Singh, Assistant directors
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*Shakoor Pathan, Action director
*Shakoor Pathan, Action director
*Bharat, Art department
*Bharat, Art department
*Raju Gawda, [[Laxman]], Paras Naik, [[Ram Narayan]], Narayan Palekar, [[Ramu]], [[Santosh]] and [[Shanker]], Art department
*Raju Gawda, Laxman, Paras Naik, [[Ram Narayan]], Narayan Palekar, Ramu, Santosh and Shanker, Art department
*Y.L. Bagchi, [[Jaidev]] and Madhu Pandey, Art direction
*Y.L. Bagchi, [[Jaidev]] and Madhu Pandey, Art direction
*Romaldo Fernandes, Godfrey Gonsalves, Sachin Kurhade and Arun Naik, Assistant editor
*Romaldo Fernandes, Godfrey Gonsalves, Sachin Kurhade and Arun Naik, Assistant editor
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*Ashish Mukherjee, Mohan Prajapat, Bharat Sovani and [[Narayan Rao]], Camera operator
*Ashish Mukherjee, Mohan Prajapat, Bharat Sovani and [[Narayan Rao]], Camera operator
*A. Karim, Chief technician
*A. Karim, Chief technician
*Aniket Rangnekar,Tech advisor
*Aniket Rangnekar, Tech advisor
*Tony Banks, Computer graphics
*Tony Banks, Computer graphics
*Vandana Punjabi, Prinay Singh and Navin Suchitta, Computer graphics
*Vandana Punjabi, Prinay Singh and Navin Suchitta, Computer graphics
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*Jumbo & Narsing, Equipment incharge
*Jumbo & Narsing, Equipment incharge
*Vimal Devkar, Hair stylist
*Vimal Devkar, Hair stylist
*[[Ravi (music director)|Ravi]],vMusic director
*[[Ravi (music director)|Ravi]], Music director
*[[Mahendra Kapoor]], Title music
*[[Mahendra Kapoor]], Title music
*[[Ramesh Rathod]], Re-recording mixer
*[[Ramesh Rathod]], Re-recording mixer
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*Kishore Malhotra, Production manager
*Kishore Malhotra, Production manager
*Ramesh Palekar, Production assistant
*Ramesh Palekar, Production assistant
*[[Suresh]], Production boys
*Suresh, Production boys
*Birju, Ramesh Joshi, Manuel and [[Sushil]], Production design
*Birju, Ramesh Joshi, Manuel and [[Sushil]], Production design
*Satish Bhatnagar, [[Sachin Bhowmik]], Kulwant Jain and [[Hasan Kamal]], Screenplay
*Satish Bhatnagar, [[Sachin Bhowmik]], Kulwant Jain and [[Hasan Kamal]], Screenplay
*[[Ganesh]], [[Hiraji]], [[Isaq]],Kashinath, Kishore, Patil, [[Rafiq]], [[Sanjiva]] and [[Sheku]], Set decoration
*Ganesh, Hiraji, Isaq, Kashinath, Kishore, Patil, Rafiq, Sanjiva and Sheku, Set decoration
*Chandu Patil, Gurudas Patil, Pravin Patil, Shafiq, Sunil Vengurlekar and Swapnil Vengurlekar, Sound assistant
*Chandu Patil, Gurudas Patil, Pravin Patil, Shafiq, Sunil Vengurlekar and Swapnil Vengurlekar, Sound assistant
*Arbind Sinha, Stills
*Arbind Sinha, Stills
*Mohan Kudu, Stills assistant
*Mohan Kudu, Stills assistant
*Suresh Devadiga, Stunt assistant
*Suresh Devadiga, Stunt assistant
*Anil, [[Dutta]], [[Purushottam]], Sachin, Somanth, [[Sunil]] and [[Yuvraj]], Video unit
*Anil, Dutta, Purushottam, Sachin, Somanth, Sunil and Yuvraj, Video unit
}}
}}
==See also==
==See also==
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{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
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[[Category:1993 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1993 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1996 Indian television series endings]]
[[Category:1996 Indian television series endings]]
[[Category:Indian legal television series]]
[[Category:Television series about lawyers]]
[[Category:Doordarshan original programming]]
[[Category:Indian crime drama television series]]
[[Category:Indian mystery television series]]

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Kanoon
GenreMystery
Crime
Created byB. R. Chopra
Written bySatish Bhatnagar
Sachin Bhowmik
Kulwant Jain
Hasan Kamal
Directed byB. R. Chopra
Ravi Chopra
StarringPankaj Dheer
Ananth Narayan Mahadevan
Gajendra Chauhan
Deep Dhillon
Gufi Paintal
Vinod Kapoor
Virendra Razdan
Surendra Pal
Rupa Ganguly
Navni Parihar
Deepak Parashar
Country of originIndia
Original languagesHindi
Tamil (Dubbed)
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes111
Production
ProducerB. R. Chopra
Production locationIndia
CinematographyDharam Chopra
EditorsShailendra Doke
Bhirpal Singh
Running time25 minutes (approx)[1]
Release
Original networkDD Metro
Original release1993 (1993) –
1996 (1996)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Kanoon is an Indian television courtroom drama/crime series. The 111-episode Hindi series[2] had its original run from 1993 to 1996 on DD Metro.[3] It was produced by B. R. Chopra and directed by his son Ravi Chopra. The music was composed by Ravi. Make-up for the series was done by Vimal Devkar.[4] The concept of the story was given by Satish Bhatnagar, Sachin Bhowmik, Kulwant Jain and Hasan Kamal. Four seasons of the show were telecasted.[5]

Each episode ran for approximately 25 minutes and began with a title song rendered by Mahendra Kapoor.

Summary[edit | edit source]

This TV serial by the Bollywood producer B. R. Chopra is styled after several of the movies he made and named after the famous movie, Kanoon (1960). The protagonist is a lawyer, assisted by a secretary and an assistant. The serial features several crime cases, which run to multiple episodes each.[6]

Cast[edit | edit source]

Main[edit | edit source]

Episodewise[edit | edit source]

Episodes[edit | edit source]

Episode No. Episode Name Actors/Actresses Character Played Plot
1-10 Accident - Part 1-10 Rishabh Shukla
Rupa Ganguly 		Mr. Mathur
Mrs. Mathur 		A man who loses his memory in an accident asks lawyer Vijay Saxena for help in restoring his memory.
11-19 Aulaad - Part 1-9 Tushar Dalvi
Dharmesh Tiwari 		Raj Kishore
Judge 		Inspector Shakti Singh's mother asks Vijay Saxena to defend and exonerate the man who is accused of killing her daughter.
20-28 Bekasoor - Part 1-9 Dinesh Anand
Mulraj Rajda 		Sardesh Kumar
Giridharilal Khanna 		Vikram Saxena narrates the incidents relating to his first case wherein a retired judge asks his help in reopening a case so that an innocent man's life can be saved.
29-36 Beti - Part 1-8 Girja Shankar
Tanya Singh
Pushpa Verma
Raza Murad
Ali Khan
Zaheer Rizvi
Hanu Rao
Rahul Seth
Gagan Gupta 		Caretaker
Caretaker's daughter
Caretaker's wife
Syndicate Boss
Damodar
Sonny
Sonny's friend
Sonny's friend
Sonny's friend 		Vikram Saxena defends a tribal leader for murder of an underworld don's son in revenge for the rape of his daughter by the don's son.
37-42 Judge Saab - Part 1-6 Gufi Paintal
Manju Vyas
Nattasha Singh
Sumeet
Sharat Saxena
Vishnu Sharma
Anita Kulkarni 		Justice Raghunath
Mrs. Raghunath
Dolly Raghunath
Bunty Raghunath
Avinash
Police Commissioner
Dolly's friend 		Vijay Saxena defends a judge accused of murdering a man who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the judge himself.
43-47 Bewafa - Part 1-5 Sharat Saxena Inspector Sooraj Singh An inspector accused of murdering his wife asks Vijay Saxena for help in proving his innocence.
48-52 Blackmail - Part 1-5 Rana Jung Bahadur
Deepak Parashar
Dolly Sharma
R.S. Chopra
Manjushree
Surendra Pal
Deepak Patel
Vinod Rawat
G.B. Singh 		Rajan
Deepak Dasgupta
Mina Dasgupta
Gyan Dasgupta
Receptionist
Judge
Doctor Tyagi
Ram Barosan
JK 		A woman accused of killing her first husband and the woman's present husband both ask Vijay Saxena for help in exonerating her.
53-58 Faraar - Part 1-6 Pankaj Berry Narendra Khanna Vijay Saxena defends a man accused of killing his sister.
59-68 Gunaah - Part 1-10 Sanjay Mehendirata
Navni Parihar
R.S. Chopra
Tushar Dalvi
Anita Kulkarni
Deepshika
Alisha
Anwar Fatehan
Kaushal Kapoor
Promod Kapoor
Chandrakant Pandya
Dharmesh Tiwari 		Ajay Sharma
Ramaa Sharma
Bharadwaj/Ramaa's father
Prem Kapoor
Nimmi Kapoor/Guddi
Maggie
Rebecca
Pande
Drunkard
Peter
Govardandas
Judge 		A man looking for a companion in the absence of his wife is accused of murder and comes to Vijay Saxena for help.
69-74 Khamoshi - Part 1-6 Sanjay Mehendirata
Amita Nagia
Mamik Singh
Ram Mohan
Kapil Kumar
Sujata Mehta
Kavita Vaid
Dinesh Anand
Prithvi
Surendra Pal
Brij Gopal
Dharam Soni
Jeetu Arora
Gufi Paintal 		Jaswant
Dr. Sathish Khanna
Dr. Sampath
Dr. Karan
Rani
Rani’s maid
Khadir
Rani’s neighbour
Judge
Paanwala
Dr. Bhattacharya
Banarasilal
Justice Raghunath 		A doctor requests Vijay Saxena's help in exonerating a close friend of his.
75-87 Bhabhi - Part 1-13 Gajendra Chouhan
Phalguni Parikh
Virendra Razdan
Shagufta Ali
Deepak Jethi
Balvinder
Jagruti
Mangala Duggal
Shirazi
Bharat Kapoor
Smita Siddharth
Jagdish Raj
Raju Shrivastave
Deepak Patil 		Chandra Saxena
Mrs. Rashmi Saxena
Dharampal/Rashmi's father
Suzy Decosta/Mehtab
Peter/Suzy's boyfriend
Randhir
Natasha
Bamaa/Rashmi's maid
Manager Khatkar
JD
Miss Rita/JD's Secretary
Judge
Car broker
Virendar 		Vijay Saxena's brother is murdered and Vijay's sister-in-law is the prime accused in the murder.
88-95 Khudkushi - Part 1-8 Kunickaa Sadanand Lal
Deepak Jethi
Kapil Kumar
Mulraj Rajda
Dharmesh Tiwari
Imtiaz Khan 		Gayathri
Darpan
Sundar
Giridharilal Khanna
Judge
JK 		An ex-college mate asks Vijay Saxena to help defend her when she is accused of killing her husband.
96-111 Zindagi - Part 1-16 Mulraj Rajda
Manjit Kular
Gajendra Chouhan
Jharna Dave
Vijay Saini
Imtiaz Khan
Pradeep Singh Rawat
Dharmesh Tiwari 		Giridharilal Khanna
Rashmi
Chandra Saxena
Mrs. Chandra Saxena
Shankar
JK
Chandu/JK's henchman
Judge 		Vijay Saxena seeks to bring to justice the man who killed his wife.

Other crew[edit | edit source]

  • B.R. Chopra and Ravi Chopra, Directors
  • Anand Bhalla, Associate director
  • Vishal Desai, Seema Pillai, Dinesh Sharma, Ramesh Sharma and Yogesh Singh, Assistant directors
  • R.K. Sibal, Second assistant director
  • Sunil Mahajan, Chief accountant
  • Patil B.P., Accountant
  • Suresh Devadiga, Action assistant
  • Shakoor Pathan, Action director
  • Bharat, Art department
  • Raju Gawda, Laxman, Paras Naik, Ram Narayan, Narayan Palekar, Ramu, Santosh and Shanker, Art department
  • Y.L. Bagchi, Jaidev and Madhu Pandey, Art direction
  • Romaldo Fernandes, Godfrey Gonsalves, Sachin Kurhade and Arun Naik, Assistant editor
  • Chandra Kamal, Surya Kamal and Vinay Kamal, Assistant music editor
  • Raj Chopra and Ramesh Jain, Assistant producer
  • Dharam Chopra, Director of photography
  • Pratap Chowdhary, First assistant camera
  • Ashish Mukherjee, Mohan Prajapat, Bharat Sovani and Narayan Rao, Camera operator
  • A. Karim, Chief technician
  • Aniket Rangnekar, Tech advisor
  • Tony Banks, Computer graphics
  • Vandana Punjabi, Prinay Singh and Navin Suchitta, Computer graphics
  • Paulomi Bhattacharya, Costume coordinator
  • Mohan Kasardekar, Vishnu Patil and Prabhakar Pawar, Costumer
  • Shailendra Doke and Birpal Singh, Editing
  • Jumbo & Narsing, Equipment incharge
  • Vimal Devkar, Hair stylist
  • Ravi, Music director
  • Mahendra Kapoor, Title music
  • Ramesh Rathod, Re-recording mixer
  • Kulwant Jain, Lyrics / dialogue editor
  • Chaman Kundal, Vinayak Morajkar and Shyam Raut, Makeup artist
  • B.R. Vyas, Office coordinator
  • Kishore Malhotra, Production manager
  • Ramesh Palekar, Production assistant
  • Suresh, Production boys
  • Birju, Ramesh Joshi, Manuel and Sushil, Production design
  • Satish Bhatnagar, Sachin Bhowmik, Kulwant Jain and Hasan Kamal, Screenplay
  • Ganesh, Hiraji, Isaq, Kashinath, Kishore, Patil, Rafiq, Sanjiva and Sheku, Set decoration
  • Chandu Patil, Gurudas Patil, Pravin Patil, Shafiq, Sunil Vengurlekar and Swapnil Vengurlekar, Sound assistant
  • Arbind Sinha, Stills
  • Mohan Kudu, Stills assistant
  • Suresh Devadiga, Stunt assistant
  • Anil, Dutta, Purushottam, Sachin, Somanth, Sunil and Yuvraj, Video unit

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "YouTube links to the videos". YouTube. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Kanoon IMDB Page". IMDb. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "B R Chopra back with courtroom drama". Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Vimal Devkar's page on IMDB". IMDb. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Hindi Tv Serial Kanoon". nettv4u.com..
  6. ↑ "Kanoon IMDB Page". IMDb. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Pankaj Dheer IMDB Page". IMDb. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Ananth Mahadevan IMDB Page". IMDb. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Vinod Kapoor IMDB Page". IMDb. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "Deep Dhillon IMDB Page". IMDb. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "Kavita Kapoor IMDB Page". IMDb. Retrieved 19 January 2020.

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