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starring Priyanka Kumar,

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, and Vandana Brundha. It premiered on Sun TV from 16 December 2019, replacing the serial Mahalakshmi. The show is produced by Vision Time India Pvt Ltd and directed by K Venpa Kadhiresan. It is the official remake of the

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's Malayalam serial ''

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''. The show is re-telecasting from September 20, 2021, onwards at 3:30 PM (

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Synopsis

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

Cast

Main

* Priyanka as Iniya: Vikram's wife *

as Vikram: Iniya's husband * Vandana Brundha as Pallavi

Recurring

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as Renuka: Vikram's mother *

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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 *

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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

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as himself

Adaptations

Production

Initially aired during afternoons from Monday to Saturday, in March 2020, it was shifted to a night slot. Rahul Ravi played the lead role of Vikram in the Malayalam version of the series. However, he also joined the lead for this Tamil version as Vikram and he worked for both the series. However, due to work schedule conflict, he was replaced by Bipin Jose in the Malayalam series.

References

{{Works by Vision Time Tamil Sun TV original programming Tamil-language romance television series 2010s Tamil-language television series 2019 Tamil-language television series debuts Tamil-language television shows 2020 Tamil-language television series endings Tamil-language television series based on Malayalam-language television series