New Delhi:
In the nineties, many famous serials came on TV, which entertained people a lot. At that time, a multistarrer serial started becoming and Bollywood stars also started coming towards TV. During this time a serial came, named “Junoon”. It was a TV serial, but it was mostly actually actors who had worked in films. Its title song was also of film style and the story was exactly like films. So let’s talk about the funny stories of this multistarrer serial.
Passion – Serial based on confusion of relationships
“Junoon” began in 1994 on Doordarshan’s DD Metro channel. This serial was so preferred that it lasted for about five years and its 500 episodes broadcast. At that time, people used to watch it with great fervor, because the film drama was rich in it. It also set a record of the longest -run serial at Doordarshan’s prime time. The “passion” made under the direction of A Salaam was based on the story of the enmity between two large and rich families – dynasty and Dhanraj -. It showed hatred, love and ups and downs of relationships among these families. The special thing was that its title song was sung by famous singer Vinod Rathore.
Passion was decorated with stars
Many big stars of that time worked in this serial. It included Parikshit Sahni, Bina Banerjee, Saeed Jafri, Farida Jalal, Puneet Issar, Neena Gupta, Mangal Dhillo, Archana Puran Singh, Kittu Gidwani, Dina Pathak, Benjamin Gilani, Shashi Puri and Smita Jayakar. Along with this, stars like Naveen Nischal, Tanuja, Anant Mahadevan, Kiran Juneja, Vijendra Ghatge, Shobha Khote, Pankaj Berry, Tom Alter, Parmeet Sethi, Deepika Deshpande, Shagufta Ali, Sudhir Dalvi, Mohan Gokhale, Kalpana Iyer and Ajit Vachani were also seen. That is, almost all the big TV and film stars of that era were part of this serial. People used to see this only to see these stars. The magnificent story, romance, enmity and vigorous dialogues made “passion” the most popular serial of that time. If you have watched TV in the nineties, then you will definitely remember this serial.