Chocolate (Tamil TV series)

Chocolate
Genre	soap opera
Created by	Inspire Films Content Private Limited
Written by	S.Marathu Shankar
Directed by	Suresh Krissna (1-32) Azhagar (33-70) Anshar Khan (71–84)
Creative director	V.Chandrasekhar K.Ramakrishnan
Starring	Priyanka Kumar Rahul Ravi Vandana Brundha Vicky Roshan
Theme music composer	Dhina
Opening theme	"Yaar Ival Chocolate Pennival"
Composer	Hari
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	84
Production
Executive producers	Dhivya Dinesh R.Dinesh
Producer	Vaidehi Ramamurthy
Cinematography	Sanjay Loganath G.K Ganesh Raja
Editor	K.Lakshmikanth Vasigaran
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	20-25 minutes
Production company	Vision Time India Pvt Ltd
Release
Original network	Sun TV
Original release	16 December 2019 (2019-12-16) – 25 March 2020 (2020-03-25)
Chronology
Related shows	Chocolate (Malayalam TV series)
External links
Sun nxt
Production website

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. 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).

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[]

• Chef Damodharan as himself

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.

• The program's episodes are released on YouTube channel Sun TV^[4] after original telecast.
• It airs in Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Middle East, United States, Canada, Europe, Oceania, South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa on Sun TV and Sun TV HD.
• The drama episodes are also released on their app Sun Nxt^[5]

Adaptations[]

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]

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