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
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
Original release
Network	Sun TV
Release	16 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

• Chef Damodharan as himself

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. from the original on 22 March 2020.
2. "Chennai Times 20 Most Desirable Men on TV 2019". The Times of India. from the original on 2 January 2021.
3. "சாக்லெட்' இனியாவா இது?: உண்மையான முகத்த பாத்தா அசந்துடுவீங்க!". The Indian Express. from the original on 18 March 2020.
4. "Sun TV chocolate serial time changed". The Indian Express. from the original on 5 June 2020.
5. "Chocolate: Actor Rahul Ravi all set to make a comeback". The Times of India. from the original on 26 October 2020.
6. "Actor Rahul Ravi looks unrecognizable in these pictures; take a look". The Times of India. 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. 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. from the original on 17 July 2021.