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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian drama television series}}<br />
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{{Infobox television<br />
| director = A.Salam<br />
| producer = Prem Krishan<br />
| company = [[Cinevistaas Limited]]<br />
| writer = <br />
| open_theme = A.Salam<br />
| starring = [[#Cast|See below]]<br />
| runtime = 30 minutes<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| genre = <br />
| num_seasons = 1<br />
| num_episodes = 510<br />
| first_aired = {{start date|1994}}<br />
| last_aired = {{end date|1998}}<br />
| channel = [[DD National]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Junoon''''' ({{Translation|Craze}}) is a television series produced by [[Cinevistaas Limited]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2000/02/20/stories/202042nc.htm|title=Cinevista Communications -- A good commercial break|website=www.thehindubusinessline.com|access-date=2016-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/story/19960131-as-soaps-explode-it-is-boomtime-for-scribes-835196-1996-01-30|title=As soaps explode, it is boomtime for scribes|website=The Hindu|date=31 January 1996|access-date=2016-07-02|archive-date=18 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818044719/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/as-soaps-explode-it-is-boomtime-for-scribes/1/283860.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jan31/sunday/filmtv.htm|title=Tribuneindia... Film and tv|website=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date=2016-07-02|archive-date=23 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023020419/http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jan31/sunday/filmtv.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Awaasthi |first=Kavita |date=7 October 2016 |title=Junoon: Archana Puran Singh, Kitu Gidwani relive memories of the 1994 show |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/junoon-archana-puran-singh-and-kitu-gidwani-relive-memories-of-the-hit-1994-show/story-lDxB56dXcvrOG42z2fwgZI.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |location=Mumbai |access-date=22 February 2025 |archive-date=22 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422173040/https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/junoon-archana-puran-singh-and-kitu-gidwani-relive-memories-of-the-hit-1994-show/story-lDxB56dXcvrOG42z2fwgZI.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
===Main===<br />
* [[Parikshit Sahni]] as Bharat Kumar Rajvansh/Rai Bahadur Sumer's father <br />
* [[Beena Banerjee]] as Deepavati Rajvansh, Sumer's mother <br />
*[[Ravindra Kapoor]] as Thakur Diwan and friend of Bharat Kumar Rajvansh <br />
*[[Kishori Shahane]] as Chandni and biological mother of Sumer Rajvansh <br />
*[[Sarita Joshi]] as Ranibai, Chandni's mother <br />
* [[Lalit Tiwari]] as Freedom fighter Arun Chakravorty, Rekha's father <br />
* [[Saeed Jaffrey]] as Vinayak Shankar, Reema's father <br />
* [[Farida Jalal]] as Gauri, Reema's mother<br />
* [[Neena Gupta]] as Reema Shankar, Sumer's sister<br />
* [[Mangal Dhillon]] as Sumer Rajvansh<br />
* [[Archana Puran Singh]] as Rekha Chakravorty, Arun's daughter<br />
*[[Kavin Dave]] as Vishal Rajvansh, Sumer Rajvansh's son<br />
* [[Dina Pathak]] as Savitri Dhanraj, Aditya's grandmother<br />
* Vishnu Sharma as Lala Jagdish Prakash, Savitri's relative, Aditya's and Dhanraj's properties caretaker after Brijbhushan's death<br />
* [[Benjamin Gilani]] as Brijbhushan Dhanraj, Aditya's Father<br />
* [[Smita Jaykar]] as Anuradha Dhanraj, Aditya's mother<br />
*[[Suresh Chatwal]] as Manmohan Dhanraj, Aditya's uncle<br />
* [[Shashi Puri]] as Aditya Dhanraj<br />
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===Recurring===<br />
* [[Navin Nischol]] as Justice Rameshwar Bhatnagar, Nalini's father<br />
* [[Tanuja Samarth]] as Advocate Pratibha Mathur, Justice Bhatnagar's wife, Nalini's mother<br />
*[[Anant Mahadevan]] as Advocate Vrinal Modi, Pratibha Mathur Friend and Advocate.<br />
* [[Kiran Juneja]] as Advocate Nalini Mathur, Justice Bhatnagar, and Pratibha's daughter<br />
* [[Vijayendra Ghatge]] as Advocate Neil Bhatia, Nalini's colleague, Criminal lawyer Aditya's Lawyer, Mini's ex-husband<br />
* Sudha Chopra as Nirmala Bhatia, Neil's mother<br />
* [[Shubha Khote]] as Dr.D'souza <br />
*[[Dinesh Kaushik]] as Ketan<br />
* [[Pankaj Berry]] as Mr Visham Agrawal, Mini's father<br />
*[[Shivraj]] as Ramdas, servant of Mr Visham Agarwal<br />
* [[Kitu Gidwani]] as Mini Agrawal<br />
* [[Tom Alter]] as Don Keshav Kalsi/KK/Collector in British Raj<br />
* [[Sudhir Dalvi]] as Nana Nagarkar, a crime lord, Sumer's syndicate, and KK's God-father in crime<br />
* [[Vinod Kapoor]] as Advocate of Keshav Kalsi and Nana Nagarkar<br />
* [[Gavin Packard]] as Masita<br />
* [[Shagufta Ali]] as Farheen (Masita's girlfriend)<br />
* [[Parmeet Sethi]] as Bobby (KK's stepbrother)<br />
* [[Deepika Amin|Deepika Deshpande]] as Vibha, Bobby's lover<br />
* [[Mohan Gokhale]] as Jay (KK's stepbrother)<br />
* [[Kalpana Iyer]] as Parvati (KK's mother)<br />
* [[Ajit Vachani]] as Shergill, Parvati's husband<br />
*[[Virendra Razdan]] as Mr. Adhikari, Sumer's Solicitor<br />
* [[Ranjeet]] as Pathan Sherkhan, Henchman of Saudagar Singh<br />
* [[Puneet Issar]] as Saudagar Singh (From episode no 125)<br />
*[[Rama Vij]] as Wife of Saudagar Singh (Dead), only comes in her dreams.<br />
* [[Rajesh Khattar]] as ACP Wajahad Ali, Inspector investigating Seema Dhanraj's murder case, KK's enemy.<br />
* [[Neelima Azeem]] as Shabana, Wajahad Ali's wife.<br />
* [[Ravi Jhankal]] as Manish Mahajan<br />
*[[Sheela David]] as Kajri, Manish Mahajan's wife.<br />
* [[Shiva Rindani]] as Mukhtyar (From episode no 126)<br />
* [[Hemant Birje]] as Ujagar<br />
*[[Chandrashekhar (actor)|Chandrashekhar]] as Justice Habibuddin<br />
*[[Neelam Mehra]] as Sister Maria of St. Peter Orphanage<br />
*[[Vijay Kashyap]] as Ramamurthy Iyer, PT teacher of the children boarding hostel<br />
*[[Kunika]] as Dancer (Only in Episode 124)<br />
*[[Ahmed Khan (actor)]] as Police Commissioner AK Malhotra<br />
*[[Harshada Khanvilkar]] as Secretary of Sumer Rajvansh<br />
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==See also==<br />
*''[[Tiger (TV series)|Tiger]]''<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:DD National original programming]]<br />
[[Category:1994 Indian television series debuts]]<br />
[[Category:Television shows based on British novels]]<br />
[[Category:1999 Indian television series endings]]<br />
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