''Hai Junoon! Dream. Dare. Dominate.'' () is a 2025 Indian

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television series directed by

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. Produced under Jio Creative Lab, it stars

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and

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. The series premiered on 16 May 2025 on

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Cast

as Gagan Ahuja *

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as Professor Iyer *

as Pearl Saldanha *

Sumedh Mudgalkar Sumedh Mudgalkar (born 2 November 1996) is an Indian film and television actor, as well as a dancer. He is best known for his work as Shushim in ''Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat,'' as Lord Krishna in ''RadhaKrishn'' and as Darkie in the Disney+ H ...

as Subhash "Sebi" Mhatre *

Siddharth Nigam Siddharth Nigam is an Indian actor who works in Indian television and films. He is known for his roles as young Sahir and Samar in '' Dhoom 3'', young Mauryan prince Ashoka in ''Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat'', Prince Bindusara in StarPlus's '' ...

as Bikram Singh * Priyank Sharma as Kushal Lal *

Yukti Thareja Yukti Thareja (born 6 January 2000) is an Indian model and actress. In 2019, she participated in the reality shows '' MTV Supermodel of the Year''. She also appeared in the films '' Rangabali'' (2023) and '' Marco'' (2024). Early life Thareja wa ...

as Swati * Santana Roach as Shonali Agrawal * Elisha Mayor as Munmun Chowdhary * Saachi Bindra as Adah Shaikh *

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as Charulaxmi Iyer * Aryan Katoch as SRK * Bhavin Bhanushali as Ashutosh Jha * Mohan Pandey as Jasmeet "Jazz" * Devangshi Sen as Tahira Singh * Sanchit Kundra as Tuhin * Arnav Maggo as Saransh Dogra *

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as Rohit *

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as Dean Dr. Grace D'Souza * Manan Kapur as Aryan * Adrija Sinha as Mehak * Purva Parag as Sebi's Mom * Prachee Shah Paandya as Kush's Mom * Aditya Rana as Aneesh Menon * Kapil Kumar as Swati's Father *

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as MAK *

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as Kritika (extended cameo) *

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as Natasha (cameo) *

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as Goldie (cameo) *

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as Sumer Sheikh (cameo) * Rajesh Balwani as Brandy (cameo) *

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as Judge (cameo) *

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as Judge (cameo) *

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as chief guest (cameo) *

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and

were signed as the lead.

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of the series commenced in November 2023, and filming ended in July 2024. The filming took place in

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Soundtrack

The soundtrack for ''Hai Junoon!'' is composed by

. The musical event was attended by the cast.

Reception

Pranati A S of ''

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'' gave the series 2/5 stars.

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of ''

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'' rated the series out of five stars.

References

External links

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