Junoon (transl. Craze) 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.
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Cast
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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)