There were 54 stars in the show who came 31 years ago, the story was made in the 65 -year -old bungalow

The 90s is called the Golden Period of Indian television. At the time when there were only counting channels for entertainment, the serials broadcast on Doordarshan and DD Metro left a deep impression in the hearts of the audience. While religious serials like ‘Ramayana’ and ‘Mahabharata’ were seen with the whole family, social and family serials also kept the audience tied. One of such serials is the name ‘Junoon’, which became the longest running primetime show of its time.

This show went on 5 years

‘Junoon’ broadcast in 1994 and lasted on Doordarshan for 5 years. A total of 510 episodes of the show broadcast, which was a record for Indian television at that time. The show used to be weekly and in the same period it had a big hand in gaining popularity to the tradition of weekly shows. The special thing about passion was its big starcast, a total of 54 artists played different roles in it, including many big names. The story of this serial revolved around two main characters, Sumer dynasty and Aditya Dhanraj. Both were business rivers and their conflict was the main story of the serial. Businesses shown in the show, family politics and depth of personal relationships tied the audience.

These stars worked

The serial was worked in this serial by Archana Puran Singh, Nina Gupta, Saeed Jaffrey, Tom Alter, Farida Jalal, Mangal Dhillon, Kittu Gidwani, Vijayendra Ghatge, Shashi Puri, Rajesh Khattar, Ajit Vachani and Ranjit. Archana Puran Singh played Rekha Chakraborty in it, who was a self -sufficient, modern -minded woman and was considered equal to men at home. Archana Puran Singh had said that there was no facility of vanity van at that time. Shooting was on real locations and artists performed well in limited resources. The show was shot in a bungalow called Nagi Villa, which has been used for shooting since 1961. At the same time, makeup rooms were also shared. Telling a funny anecdote, Archana had said that once she and Farida Jalal were in the same room, when Mangal Dhillon came in and started changing clothes. Archana just took back and kept doing makeup, that was the time.

These stars are no longer in the world

The sad thing is that the 12 major actors of this show are no longer in this world. These include names like Saeed Jaffrey, Mangal Dhillon, Tom Alter, Ravindra Kapoor, Naveen Nischal, Dina Pathak, Suresh Chatwal, Shivraj, Gavin Packard, Mohan Gokhale, Ajit Vachani, Virendra Razdan and Chandrashekhar Vaidya. Some of them died of illness and said goodbye to this world due to heart attack. Today the passion may not be on the TV screen, but its place is still in place in the hearts of the audience of that era.