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Kanoon is an Indian television courtroom drama/crime series. The 111-episode Hindi series[2] had its original run from 1993 to 1996 on DD Metro.[3] It was produced by B. R. Chopra and directed by his son Ravi Chopra. The music was composed by Ravi. Make-up for the series was done by Vimal Devkar.[4] The concept of the story was given by Satish Bhatnagar, Sachin Bhowmik, Kulwant Jain and Hasan Kamal. Four seasons of the show were telecasted.[5]
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| Kanoon | |
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| Genre | Mystery Crime |
| Created by | B. R. Chopra |
| Written by | Satish Bhatnagar Sachin Bhowmik Kulwant Jain Hasan Kamal |
| Directed by | B. R. Chopra Ravi Chopra |
| Starring | Pankaj Dheer Ananth Narayan Mahadevan Gajendra Chauhan Deep Dhillon Gufi Paintal Vinod Kapoor Virendra Razdan Surendra Pal Rupa Ganguly Navni Parihar Deepak Parashar |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original languages | Hindi Tamil (Dubbed) |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 111 |
| Production | |
| Producer | B. R. Chopra |
| Production location | India |
| Cinematography | Dharam Chopra |
| Editors | Shailendra Doke Bhirpal Singh |
| Running time | 25 minutes (approx)[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | DD Metro |
| Release | 1993 – 1996 |
Each episode ran for approximately 25 minutes and began with a title song rendered by Mahendra Kapoor.
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This TV serial by the Bollywood producer B. R. Chopra is styled after several of the movies he made and named after the famous movie, Kanoon (1960). The protagonist is a lawyer, assisted by a secretary and an assistant. The serial features several crime cases, which run to multiple episodes each.[6]
Main
- Pankaj Dheer as Vijay Saxena[7]
- Ananth Narayan Mahadevan as Pasha Polyster[8]
- Vinod Kapoor as Inspector Shakti Singh[9]
- Deep Dhillon as Public Prosecutor Indrajeet Singh[10]
- Kavita Kapoor as Milli[11]
Episodewise
- Rishabh Shukla as Mr. Mathur
- Rupa Ganguly as Mrs. Mathur
- Dinesh Anand as Sardesh Kumar/Khadir
- Girja Shankar as Caretaker
- Tanya Singh as Caretaker's daughter
- Pushpa Verma as Caretaker's wife
- Raza Murad as Syndicate Boss
- Ali Khan as Damodar
- Zaheer Rizvi as Sonny
- Hanu Rao as Sonny's friend
- Rahul Seth as Sonny's friend
- Gagan Gupta as Sonny's friend
- Gufi Paintal as Justice Raghunath
- Manju Vyas as Mrs. Raghunath
- Nattasha Singh as Dolly Raghunath
- Sumeet as Bunty Raghunath
- Sharat Saxena as Avinash / Inspector Sooraj Singh
- Vishnu Sharma as Police Commissioner
- Rana Jung Bahadur as Rajan
- Deepak Parashar as Deepak Dasgupta
- Dolly Sharma as Mina Dasgupta
- R.S. Chopra as Gyan Dasgupta/Bharadwaj
- Manjushree as Receptionist
- Surendra Pal as Judge
- Deepak Patel as Doctor Tyagi
- Vinod Rawat as Ram Barosan
- G.B. Singh as JK
- Virendra Razdan as Narendra Khanna/Dharampal
- Sanjay Mehendirata as Ajay Sharma/Dr. Jaswant
- Navni Parihar as Ramaa Sharma
- Tushar Dalvi as Prem Kapoor / Rajkishore
- Anita Kulkarni as Nimmi Kapoor / Guddi
- Deepshikha Nagpal as Maggie
- Alisha as Rebecca
- Anwar Fatehan as Pande
- Kaushal Kapoor as Drunkard
- Pramod Kapoor as Peter
- Chandrakant Pandya as Govardandas
- Dharmesh Tiwari as Judge
- Amita Nagia as Mrs. Jaswant
- Mamik Singh as Dr. Satish Khanna
- Ram Mohan as Dr. Sampath
- Kapil Kumar as Dr. Karan/Sundar
- Sujata Mehta as Rani
- Kavita Vaid as Rani’s maid
- Prithvi as Rani’s neighbour
- Brij Gopal as Paanwala
- Dharam Soni as Dr. Bhattacharya
- Jeetu Arora as Banarasilal
- Gajendra Chouhan as Chandra Saxena
- Phalguni Parikh as Mrs. Rashmi Saxena
- Shagufta Ali as Suzy Decosta/Mehtab
- Deepak Jethi as Peter (Suzy's boyfriend)/Darpan
- Balvinder as Randhir
- Jagruti as Natasha
- Mangala Duggal as Bamaa
- Shirazi as Manager Khatkar
- Kunickaa Sadanand Lal as Gayathri
- Bharat Kapoor as JD
- Smita Siddharth as Miss Rita/JD's Secretary
- Jagdish Raj as Judge
- Raju Shrivastav as Car broker
- Deepak Patil as Virendar
- Mulraj Rajda as Giridharilal Khanna
- Manjeet Kullar as Rashmi
- Jharna Dave as Mrs. Chandra Saxena
- Vijay Saini as Shankar
- Imtiaz Khan as JK
- Pradeep Singh Rawat as Chandu/JK's henchman
- Shiva Rindani as Shankar Mukherjee
- Pankaj Berry as Narender Khanna
- Rajesh Khera as Prem Shankar
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| Episode No. | Episode Name | Actors/Actresses | Character Played | Plot | |
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| 1-10 | Accident - Part 1-10 | Rishabh Shukla Rupa Ganguly |
Mr. Mathur Mrs. Mathur |
A man who loses his memory in an accident asks lawyer Vijay Saxena for help in restoring his memory. | |
| 11-19 | Aulaad - Part 1-9 | Tushar Dalvi Dharmesh Tiwari |
Raj Kishore Judge |
Inspector Shakti Singh's mother asks Vijay Saxena to defend and exonerate the man who is accused of killing her daughter. | |
| 20-28 | Bekasoor - Part 1-9 | Dinesh Anand Mulraj Rajda |
Sardesh Kumar Giridharilal Khanna |
Vikram Saxena narrates the incidents relating to his first case wherein a retired judge asks his help in reopening a case so that an innocent man's life can be saved. | |
| 29-36 | Beti - Part 1-8 | Girja Shankar Tanya Singh Pushpa Verma Raza Murad Ali Khan Zaheer Rizvi Hanu Rao Rahul Seth Gagan Gupta |
Caretaker Caretaker's daughter Caretaker's wife Syndicate Boss Damodar Sonny Sonny's friend Sonny's friend Sonny's friend |
Vikram Saxena defends a tribal leader for murder of an underworld don's son in revenge for the rape of his daughter by the don's son. | |
| 37-42 | Judge Saab - Part 1-6 | Gufi Paintal Manju Vyas Nattasha Singh Sumeet Sharat Saxena Vishnu Sharma Anita Kulkarni |
Justice Raghunath Mrs. Raghunath Dolly Raghunath Bunty Raghunath Avinash Police Commissioner Dolly's friend |
Vijay Saxena defends a judge accused of murdering a man who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the judge himself. | |
| 43-47 | Bewafa - Part 1-5 | Sharat Saxena | Inspector Sooraj Singh | An inspector accused of murdering his wife asks Vijay Saxena for help in proving his innocence. | |
| 48-52 | Blackmail - Part 1-5 | Rana Jung Bahadur Deepak Parashar Dolly Sharma R.S. Chopra Manjushree Surendra Pal Deepak Patel Vinod Rawat G.B. Singh |
Rajan Deepak Dasgupta Mina Dasgupta Gyan Dasgupta Receptionist Judge Doctor Tyagi Ram Barosan JK |
A woman accused of killing her first husband and the woman's present husband both ask Vijay Saxena for help in exonerating her. | |
| 53-58 | Faraar - Part 1-6 | Pankaj Berry | Narendra Khanna | Vijay Saxena defends a man accused of killing his sister. | |
| 59-68 | Gunaah - Part 1-10 | Sanjay Mehendirata Navni Parihar R.S. Chopra Tushar Dalvi Anita Kulkarni Deepshika Alisha Anwar Fatehan Kaushal Kapoor Promod Kapoor Chandrakant Pandya Dharmesh Tiwari |
Ajay Sharma Ramaa Sharma Bharadwaj/Ramaa's father Prem Kapoor Nimmi Kapoor/Guddi Maggie Rebecca Pande Drunkard Peter Govardandas Judge |
A man looking for a companion in the absence of his wife is accused of murder and comes to Vijay Saxena for help. | |
| 69-74 | Khamoshi - Part 1-6 | Sanjay Mehendirata Amita Nagia Mamik Singh Ram Mohan Kapil Kumar Sujata Mehta Kavita Vaid Dinesh Anand Prithvi Surendra Pal Brij Gopal Dharam Soni Jeetu Arora Gufi Paintal |
Jaswant Dr. Sathish Khanna Dr. Sampath Dr. Karan Rani Rani’s maid Khadir Rani’s neighbour Judge Paanwala Dr. Bhattacharya Banarasilal Justice Raghunath |
A doctor requests Vijay Saxena's help in exonerating a close friend of his. | |
| 75-87 | Bhabhi - Part 1-13 | Gajendra Chouhan Phalguni Parikh Virendra Razdan Shagufta Ali Deepak Jethi Balvinder Jagruti Mangala Duggal Shirazi Bharat Kapoor Smita Siddharth Jagdish Raj Raju Shrivastave Deepak Patil |
Chandra Saxena Mrs. Rashmi Saxena Dharampal/Rashmi's father Suzy Decosta/Mehtab Peter/Suzy's boyfriend Randhir Natasha Bamaa/Rashmi's maid Manager Khatkar JD Miss Rita/JD's Secretary Judge Car broker Virendar |
Vijay Saxena's brother is murdered and Vijay's sister-in-law is the prime accused in the murder. | |
| 88-95 | Khudkushi - Part 1-8 | Kunickaa Sadanand Lal Deepak Jethi Kapil Kumar Mulraj Rajda Dharmesh Tiwari Imtiaz Khan |
Gayathri Darpan Sundar Giridharilal Khanna Judge JK |
An ex-college mate asks Vijay Saxena to help defend her when she is accused of killing her husband. | |
| 96-111 | Zindagi - Part 1-16 | Mulraj Rajda Manjit Kular Gajendra Chouhan Jharna Dave Vijay Saini Imtiaz Khan Pradeep Singh Rawat Dharmesh Tiwari |
Giridharilal Khanna Rashmi Chandra Saxena Mrs. Chandra Saxena Shankar JK Chandu/JK's henchman Judge |
Vijay Saxena seeks to bring to justice the man who killed his wife. |
- B.R. Chopra and Ravi Chopra, Directors
- Anand Bhalla, Associate director
- Vishal Desai, Seema Pillai, Dinesh Sharma, Ramesh Sharma and Yogesh Singh, Assistant directors
- R.K. Sibal, Second assistant director
- Sunil Mahajan, Chief accountant
- Patil B.P., Accountant
- Suresh Devadiga, Action assistant
- Shakoor Pathan, Action director
- Bharat, Art department
- Raju Gawda, Laxman, Paras Naik, Ram Narayan, Narayan Palekar, Ramu, Santosh and Shanker, Art department
- Y.L. Bagchi, Jaidev and Madhu Pandey, Art direction
- Romaldo Fernandes, Godfrey Gonsalves, Sachin Kurhade and Arun Naik, Assistant editor
- Chandra Kamal, Surya Kamal and Vinay Kamal, Assistant music editor
- Raj Chopra and Ramesh Jain, Assistant producer
- Dharam Chopra, Director of photography
- Pratap Chowdhary, First assistant camera
- Ashish Mukherjee, Mohan Prajapat, Bharat Sovani and Narayan Rao, Camera operator
- A. Karim, Chief technician
- Aniket Rangnekar, Tech advisor
- Tony Banks, Computer graphics
- Vandana Punjabi, Prinay Singh and Navin Suchitta, Computer graphics
- Paulomi Bhattacharya, Costume coordinator
- Mohan Kasardekar, Vishnu Patil and Prabhakar Pawar, Costumer
- Shailendra Doke and Birpal Singh, Editing
- Jumbo & Narsing, Equipment incharge
- Vimal Devkar, Hair stylist
- Ravi, Music director
- Mahendra Kapoor, Title music
- Ramesh Rathod, Re-recording mixer
- Kulwant Jain, Lyrics / dialogue editor
- Chaman Kundal, Vinayak Morajkar and Shyam Raut, Makeup artist
- B.R. Vyas, Office coordinator
- Kishore Malhotra, Production manager
- Ramesh Palekar, Production assistant
- Suresh, Production boys
- Birju, Ramesh Joshi, Manuel and Sushil, Production design
- Satish Bhatnagar, Sachin Bhowmik, Kulwant Jain and Hasan Kamal, Screenplay
- Ganesh, Hiraji, Isaq, Kashinath, Kishore, Patil, Rafiq, Sanjiva and Sheku, Set decoration
- Chandu Patil, Gurudas Patil, Pravin Patil, Shafiq, Sunil Vengurlekar and Swapnil Vengurlekar, Sound assistant
- Arbind Sinha, Stills
- Mohan Kudu, Stills assistant
- Suresh Devadiga, Stunt assistant
- Anil, Dutta, Purushottam, Sachin, Somanth, Sunil and Yuvraj, Video unit
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