Junoon (1994 TV series)
| Junoon | |
|---|---|
| Starring | See below | 
| Country of origin | India | 
| Original language | Hindi | 
| No. of seasons | 1 | 
| No. of episodes | 510 | 
| Production | |
| Production company | Cinevistaas Limited | 
| Release | |
| Original network | DD National | 
| Original release | 1993 – 1998  | 
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
Junoon[1] (translation: Obsession) is a television series produced by Cinevistasa Limited[2] and broadcast on Doordarshan in 1993. Junoon ran for five years (510 episodes), setting a record for the longest-running program during prime time on Doordarshan. This serial is about two families, Rajvansh and Dhanraj, who are in rivalry through professional and personal business.[3][4]
Cast[edit]
Rajvansh's faction
- Parikshit Sahni as Bharat kumar rajvansh/Rai Bahadur Sumer's father (Episode 1 to 7)
 - Beena Banerjee as Deepavati Rajvansh, Sumer's paternal mother (Episode 1 to 7)
 - Ravindra Kapoor as Thakur Diwan and friend of Bharat Kumar Rajvansh (Episode 1 to 7)
 - Kishori Shahane as Chandni and biological mother of Sumer Rajvansh (Episode 1,2)
 - Sarita Joshi as Ranibai, Chandni's Mother (Episode 1 to 3)
 - Lalit Mohan Tiwari as Freedom fighter Amar Chakravorty, Teacher of Sumer Rajvansh (Episode 1 to 7)
 - Saeed Jaffrey as Baba, Reema's father (Episode 9 to Episode 17)
 - Farida Jalal as Gauri, Reema's mother
 - Neena Gupta as Reema, as Sumer Paternal Sister[5] (Episode 9 to Episode 20)
 - Mangal Dhillon[6] as Sumer Rajvansh
 - Archana Puran Singh as Rekha
 - Kavin Dave (Child Actor) as vishal rajvansh, son of sumer rajvansh
 
Dhanraj's faction
- Dina Pathak as Savitri Dhanraj, Aditya's grandmother (Episode 1 to 8)
 - Vishnu Sharma as Lala Jagdish Prasad, 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 Aditya's mother
 - Suresh Chatwal as Manmohan Dhanraj, Aditya's uncle
 - Shashi Puri as Aditya Dhanraj
 - Radha Seth as Seema Dhanraj,Aditya's wife
 
Recurring[edit]
Mathur's faction
- Navin Nischol as Justice Rameshwar Bhatnagar,Nalini's father
 - Tanuja Samarth as Pratibha Mathur,Justice Bhatnagar's wife, Nalini's mother
 - Anant Mahadevan as Advocate Vrinal Modi, Pratibha Mathur Friend and Advocate.
 - Kiran Juneja as adv. Nalini Mathur,Justice Bhatnagar and Pratibha's daughter
 - Vijayendra Ghatge as adv. Neil Bhatiya, Nalini's collegue, Criminal lawyer Aditya's Lawyer, Mini's ex-husband[7]
 - Sudha Chopra As Nirmala Bhatiya, Neil's mother
 
- Shubha Khote as Dr.D'souza (From Episode No 1 to 29)
 
Agrawal-Keshav Kalsi's faction
- Dinesh Kaushik as Ketan
 - Pankaj Berry as Mr.Agrawal,Mini's father
 - Shivraj as Ramdas, servant of Mr. Agarwal
 - Kitu Gidwani as Mini Agrawal[8]
 - Tom Alter as Don Keshav Kalsi/ KK/ Collector in British Raj[9]
 - 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 husband
 
Other[edit]
- Virendra Razdan as Mr. Adhikari, Summer's Solicitor
 - Puneet Issar as Saudagar Singh
 - Ranjeet as Pathan Sherkhan
 
- 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 wife
 
- Shiva Rindani as Mukhtyar
 - Hemant Birje as Ujagar
 
- Chandrashekhar as Justice Habibuddin
 - Neelam Mehra as Sister Maria of St Peter Orphange
 
- Vijay Kashyap as Ramamurthy Iyer, PT sir of children boarding hostel
 - Kunika as Dancer
 
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Cinevista Communications -- A good commercial break". www.thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
 - ↑ "As soaps explode, it is boomtime for scribes". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
 - ↑ ""DD needs to understand that the channel-producer relationship is equivalent to that of husband-wife. Both need each other": Prem Kishen Television and film producer". Indian Television Dot Com. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
 - ↑ "Tribuneindia... Film and tv". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
 - ↑ "Entertainment Bangalore / Personality : Bold and dutiful". The Hindu. 16 December 2005. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
 - ↑ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Amritsar PLUS". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
 - ↑ "rediff.com: The Buniyaad folks, 18 years later". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
 - ↑ "TV going downhill for a decade: Kitu Gidwani". Yahoo India. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
 - ↑ "Metro Plus Delhi / Personality : Tom, unaltered". The Hindu. 16 April 2005. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2016.