Junoon () is a television series produced by Cinevistaas Limited. 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.
Cast Main Parikshit Sahni as Bharat Kumar Rajvansh/Ri 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's 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 soliceter Ranjeet as Pathan Sherkhan, Henchman of Saudagar Singh Puneet Issar as Saudagar Singh (From episode no 125) Rama Vij as Basanti, 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 Mukhtar Singh (From episode no 126) Hemant Birje as Ujagar Rajit Kapur as Sheetal Vikram Gokhale as Commissioner Brij Narayan Baweja, UP Soni Razdan as Sulbha 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
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