Junoon’s story revolves around two families, the Dhanraj’s and Rajvansh’s. Every other character and characterization revolves intrinsically around only these two families and their ties.
The Dhanraj family is portrayed as one which has not only imbibed its traditional values, a generation down generation, but has also maintained its uprighteousness, and traditions right through the years! But as fate has it, Aditya very early on in life falls in love with an innocent girl from a middle-class family, who in a fit of depression and anxiety commits suicide as she is carrying Aditya’s child. (The time is the early 70’s then). When Aditya returns from his long trip abroad, the girl’s brother confronts him on his visit to her house. The unfortunate part of the whole tragedy was that Aditya was not even aware that Rima was carrying his child. But, the brother refuses to see reason. Thus starts an undying enmity between the families.
Sumer Rajvansh (Rima’s brother), vows vengeance against Aditya Dhanraj and his clan. In the course of his business as a builder, he develops contacts with unlawful elements, to get his land cleared. In a weak moment, he seeds a plan to wreck Aditya with one of these unlawful elements, who instead of carrying out the game-plan ends up killing Aditya’s wife, Seema, in a fit of anger. Thus adding fuel to the fire!
Junoon established Cinevista as a premier soap production house as this serial ran for five years and 510 episodes and also set a record for the longest running program during prime time on Doordarshan. It was a trendsetter for the TV industry as it created the trend for long running soaps on Indian television. It also enjoyed the largest star cast assembled for any Doordarshan serial. Junoon Serial cultivated a huge viewership, as it was caching eye-balls at Night Prime Time on DD Metro, and also got popular at Afternoon slot of DD National for its repeat telecast.
Junoon is one of the most famous show that appeared on the channel Doordarshan National in the year 1994. The story of the Junoon revolves around two families, the Rajvansh’s and the Dhanraj’s. Every character of the serial is somehow related to either of these two families. The story belongs to the time of 1970’s. The Dhanraj family is shown as one which is traditional and has not given up its ideas and practices. Over the generations, they have maintained their principles, traditions and have not done away with their up righteousness. They cannot give away their values.
As expected, one of the members of the Dhanraj family, Aditya, falls in love with an innocent girl belonging to a middle-class family. The girl’s brother calls him to meet them when Aditya returns from his long trip abroad. Aditya was unaware that the girl, Rima was pregnant then. Rima’s brother refuses to believe his part of the story. This leads to a lot of enmity between the two families. Rima’s brother then promises that he will take revenge on Aditya’s family to do this. With time, he becomes a builder and also makes contact with many illegal groups to get his work done. He then decides to take the help of one of his contacts to destroy the Dhanraj’s. In the process, this group cannot put forward their plan and end up killing Aditya’s wife, Seema. This also adds more problems to the existing situations.
The serial was a great hit among the viewers. It ran for about five years and made 510 episodes. Junoon was such a show that is turned Cinevista into a major soap production house. It also created a record of the longest running show then. It made a trend of long-running shows in the industry. It also a large cast that any Doordarshan show ever had. The timing of the soap was also such that it attracted a large number of viewers. It had the Night Prime Time and also a favorable afternoon slot. The story that revolves around love and hatred was a huge hit in the 90’s.
Junoon was directed by A. Salam. The lead of the show was played by Parikshat Shahni, Benjamin Gilani, Kishori Shahne, Sarita Joshi, Beena, Vishnu Sharma, Smita Jayakar, Prem Sagar, Mahendra Shera, and Ravindra Kapoor. The production is by Cinevistas Ltd. Junoon was a huge hit among the viewers, and it created a lot of records as well.
Channel: DD Metro
Year: 1994
Days:
Time: 9PM
Channel: DD National
Year: 1994
Days:
Time: 3:30PM
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