Chocolate (Indian 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 to 31 March 2020. This show came into an end due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The show is produced by Vision Time India Pvt Ltd and directed by Anshaar Khan. It is the official remake of the Surya TV's Malayalam serial Chocolate.[2]

Chocolate
Genresoap opera
Created byInspire Films Content Private Limited
Written byS.Marathu Shankar
Directed by
Creative director(s)V.Chandrasekhar K.Ramakrishnan
Starring
  • Priyanka Kumar
  • Rahul Ravi
  • Vandana Brundha
  • Vicky Roshan
Theme music composerDhina
Opening theme"Yaar Ival Chocolate Pennival"
Composer(s)Hari
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Tamil
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes84
Production
Executive producer(s)Dhivya Dinesh
R.Dinesh
Producer(s)Vaidehi Ramamurthy
CinematographySanjay Loganath
G.K Ganesh Raja
Editor(s)K.Lakshmikanth Vasigaran
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time20-25 minutes
Production company(s)Vision Time India Pvt Ltd
Release
Original networkSun TV
Original release16 December 2019 (2019-12-16) –
31 March 2020
Chronology
Related showsChocolate (Malayalam TV series)
External links
Production website

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 Kumar as Iniya Vikram[3]
  • Rahul Ravi as Vikram Sanjay Kumar
  • Vandana Brundha as Pallavi

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

Special appearance

International broadcast

The series was released on 16 December 2019 on Sun TV and also airs on Sun TV HD. The program was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution.

Linguistic versions
Language Title Network(s) Airing history

Lead Roles

Production Group

 Ref
Malayalam (Original) Chocolate (ചോക്ലേറ്റ്) Surya TV 20 May 2019 – 20 March 2020 Sandra Babu(as Shyamily), Bipin Jose/ Rahul Ravi (as Vikram) & Sriya Surendran (Soundarya) Inspire Films [6]
Tamil

(Remake)

 Chocolate (சாக்லேட்) Sun TV 16 December 2019–31 March 2020 Rahul Ravi(Vikram), Priyanka Kumar (Iniya) & Vandhana (Pallavi) Vision Time India Pvt Ltd

Production

Initially aired during afternoons from Monday to Saturday, on March 2020, it was shifted to a night slot.[7]

Rahul Ravi played the lead role of Vikram in the Malayalam version of the series.[8] However, he also joined the lead for this Tamil version as Vikram and he worked for both the series.[9] However, due to work schedule conflict, he was replaced by Bipin Jose in the Malayalam series.[10][11]

Speaking about remaking the Malayalam series in Tamil, director Suresh Krissna said, "It's a sweet love story. I found the storyline very unique. When we think of TV serials, we immediately think of hardcore family dramas, but this one is a beautiful romantic story, though there is drama involving the families of the protagonists."[12]

References
  1. "சாக்லெட்: வர வர கொஞ்சம் புளிக்கிற மாதிரி இருக்கே..." The Indian Express.
  2. "Chennai Times 20 Most Desirable Men on TV 2019". The Times of India.
  3. "சாக்லெட்' இனியாவா இது?: உண்மையான முகத்த பாத்தா அசந்துடுவீங்க!". The Indian Express.
  4. "Sun TV". YouTube.
  5. "Sun TVs digital platform Sun NXT can be viewed across screen formats". Business Standard.
  6. "Rahul Ravi to play Vikram on Chocolate". The Times of India.
  7. "Sun TV chocolate serial time changed". The Indian Express.
  8. "Chocolate: Actor Rahul Ravi all set to make a comeback". The Times of India.
  9. "Actor Rahul Ravi looks unrecognizable in these pictures; take a look". The Times of India.
  10. "Shyamili has helped other women also to be proud of who they are: Sandra Babu". The Times of India.
  11. "Malayalam TV show 'Chocolate' completes 200 episodes; actress Sandra Babu thanks viewers for the support". The Times of India.
  12. "Suresh Krissna's latest serial is a love story". The Times of India.
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