# Junoon (1994 TV series)

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.

## Cast
### Main

* Parikshit Sahni as Bharat Kumar Rajvansh/Rai 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 Chakravorthy, 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 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 Bhatiya, Nalini's colleague, Criminal lawyer Aditya's Lawyer, Mini's ex-husband
* Sudha Chopra as Nirmala Bhatiya, 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<ref>{{Cite
* 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's husband
* Virendra Razdan as Mr. Adhikari, Sumer's Solicitor
* Ranjeet as Pathan Sherkhan, Henchman of Saudagar Singh
* Puneet Issar as Saudagar Singh (From episode no 125)
* Rama Vij as 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 Mukhtyar (From episode no 126)
* Hemant Birje as Ujagar
* 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
* Harshada Khanvilkar as Secretary of Sumer Rajvansh