Chocolate (Tamil TV series)

Chocolate is a 2019–2020 Tamil-language soap opera starring Priyanka Kumar, Rahul Ravi, and Vandana Brundha.[1] It premiered on Sun TV from 16 December 2019 replacing Mahalakshmi serial. The show is produced by Vision Time India Pvt Ltd and directed by K Venpa Kadhiresan. It is the official remake of the Surya TV's Malayalam serial Chocolate.[2] The show is re-telecasting from September 20, 2021, onwards at 3:30 PM (Indian Standard Time).

Chocolate
Genresoap opera
Created byInspire Films Content Private Limited
Written byS.Marathu Shankar
Directed by
Creative directorV.Chandrasekhar K.Ramakrishnan
Starring
  • Priyanka Kumar
  • Rahul Ravi
  • Vandana Brundha
  • Vicky Roshan
Theme music composerDhina
Opening theme"Yaar Ival Chocolate Pennival"
ComposerHari
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes84
Production
Executive producersDhivya Dinesh
R.Dinesh
ProducerVaidehi Ramamurthy
CinematographySanjay Loganath
G.K Ganesh Raja
EditorK.Lakshmikanth Vasigaran
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time20-25 minutes
Production companyVision Time India Pvt Ltd
Release
Original networkSun TV
Original release16 December 2019 (2019-12-16) –
25 March 2020 (2020-03-25)
Related
Chocolate (Malayalam TV series)

Synopsis

Chocolate is the story of Vikram and Iniya. Vikram is a wealthy businessman, and Iniya is an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent for baking mouthwatering dark chocolate cookies. Circumstances force her to quit baking until she cross-paths with Vikram.

Cast

Main
  • Priyanka as Iniya:[3] Vikram's wife
  • Rahul Ravi as Vikram: Iniya's husband
  • Vandana Brundha as Pallavi

Recurring
  • Mamilla Shailaja Priya as Renuka: Vikram's mother
  • Abhishek Shankar as Sanjay Kumar: Vikram's father
  • Akshitha Ashok as Vaishali: Vikram's younger sister
  • Ravikumar as Narayanan; Vikram's paternal grandfather
  • Gayathri Priya as Sivagami: Iniya's mother
  • Sathish as Vasudevan: Iniya's father
  • Rithika Tamil Selvi as Amrudha aka Ammu: Iniya's younger sister
  • Swapna as Ramya: Vikram's paternal aunt
  • Moses R Wilky as Ramesh: Vikram's paternal uncle
  • Vignesh Reddy as Rahul: Vikram's paternal cousin brother
  • Bhanuprakash as Pallavi's father
  • Kiran and Gve Krishna as Siddharth aka Siddhu: Vikram's paternal cousin brother
  • Vishwanathan as Vishwanathan: Vikram's office worker
  • Vicky Roshan as Kumaravel aka Kumaran: Iniya's maternal cousin; Parvathi's son
  • Rekha Suresh as Parvathi: Kumaran's mother; Vasudevan's sister; Iniya's maternal aunt
  • Hensha Deepan as Sumathi: Kumaran's wife

Special appearance

Adaptations
Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes
Malayalam Chocolate
ചോക്ലേറ്റ്		 20 May 2019 Surya TV 20 March 2020 Original
Tamil Chocolate
சாக்லேட்		 16 December 2019 Sun TV 25 March 2020 Remake

Production

Initially aired during afternoons from Monday to Saturday, in March 2020, it was shifted to a night slot.[4]

Rahul Ravi played the lead role of Vikram in the Malayalam version of the series.[5] However, he also joined the lead for this Tamil version as Vikram and he worked for both the series.[6] However, due to work schedule conflict, he was replaced by Bipin Jose in the Malayalam series.[7][8]

References
  1. "சாக்லெட்: வர வர கொஞ்சம் புளிக்கிற மாதிரி இருக்கே..." The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
  2. "Chennai Times 20 Most Desirable Men on TV 2019". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021.
  3. "சாக்லெட்' இனியாவா இது?: உண்மையான முகத்த பாத்தா அசந்துடுவீங்க!". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020.
  4. "Sun TV chocolate serial time changed". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020.
  5. "Chocolate: Actor Rahul Ravi all set to make a comeback". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020.
  6. "Actor Rahul Ravi looks unrecognizable in these pictures; take a look". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020.
  7. "Shyamili has helped other women also to be proud of who they are: Sandra Babu". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021.
  8. "Malayalam TV show 'Chocolate' completes 200 episodes; actress Sandra Babu thanks viewers for the support". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021.
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