Chithi 2

Chithi 2 is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera which premiered on 27 January 2020 on Sun TV.[1] It is a reboot of the 1999 series Chithi.[2] Produced by Radaan Mediaworks, it stars Radikaa Sarathkumar, Nandan Loganathan, Preethi Sharma and Dharshna Sripal Golecha.

Chithi 2
GenreSoap opera
Screenplay bySekizhar
Story byStory : Sekizhar Dialogues : Pa. Raghavan
Directed bySundhar K. Vijayan

(Episodes 1-31)

K. Sulaiman

(Episode 32-present)
StarringRadikaa Sarathkumar
Nizhagal Ravi Preethi Sharma Nandan Loganathan
Dharshna Sripal Golecha
Theme music composerDhina
Opening theme"Kanninmani"
ComposerClement
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes230
Production
Executive producerR. Raadhika Sarathkumar
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeapprox. 21-23 minutes
Production companiesSun Entertainment
Radaan Mediaworks
Release
Original networkSun TV
Original release27 January 2020 (2020-01-27) –
present
External links
Website
Production website

Plot

The story opens with a family, Shanmugam, his wife Padma and their children Kalai and Anbu. Padma secretly has a lover and decides to elope with him. Mallika, a lady from the village madly in love with Shanmugam wishes to marry him. Padma elopes with her lover with the help of Mallika. Padma's younger sister Sharadha has the responsibility of managing the family. A dejected Shanmugam vows to move on and raise his children on his own. Padma's parents however are embarrassed by the incident. The villagers collectively decide that to erase this shame, Padma's sister Saradha should marry Shanmugam. Saradha accepts it wholeheartedly and takes the responsibility of the family, thereby eventually becoming the root of the family.

In a past event, Saradha meets with an accident after returning from her delivery during which Dharmaraj (Mallika's older brother) exchanges his daughter with Saradha's thinking his daughter is dead which Shanmugam notices but fails to arrest him.

Twenty-two years later, Kalai is married to Deepa with a child who fails to get a job while Deepa works at an IT company and handling the expenses of their school-going child. Anbu works in a construction company and just married his lover Nandini who has a vengeance against Saradha and Venba for their act by messing her name. Sevanthi wanted to marry Anbu, but Sharadha and Shanmugam disagree as Anbu and Nandini were in a deep relationship. Owing to this, Lakshmi and her husband Gomathinayagam have vengeance against them. Nandini befriends Lakshmi to destroy Sharadha's family. Sharadha faces every havoc created by them and handles the family in a comfortable couch. Soon, despite Venba knowing about her adoption, she respects Sharadha and Shanmugam as her parents.

Venba works in a company under Kavin (Mallika's son). Mallika has educational institutions which involves illegal activities to bring good results and a name for the institute. Kavin has a relationship with Diana, who is later killed by Mallika as she planned his marriage with Yazhini (Dharma's so-called daughter). Venba helps Kavin overcome his sorrow of losing Diana. As Yazhini with her family returns from abroad, Kavin and Yazhini's marriage is fixed. Yazhini loves Kavin and Kavin has no interest in Yazhini but Mallika has him engaged to Yazhini. Dharma follows Venba and gets to know that she is his biological daughter and wishes to have her married to Kavin as he feels she deserves all the love and to live a lavish life. Meanwhile, Kavin realises his love for Venba and he proposes to her but Venba refuses Kavin's proposal owing to his upcoming marriage with Yazhini. Venba hides the mangalsutra from her family. Meanwhile, Sharadha learns that Yazhini is her real daughter and discovers that Venba is Dharma's daughter. Sharadha threatens Mallika to destroy her empire for indulging in illegal activities but promises to wait till Yazhini's marriage with Kavin before handing over Arun to police. Due to mishaps the wedding gets halted and blame falls on Sharadha creating rift between Yazhini and Sharadha. Later, Sharadha finds out the truth behind the Mallika's arrest which was cleverly executed with Nandini's complaint. Meanwhile, Kavin meets with an accident which helps Venba open up her feeling she's had for Kavin all along. Shanmugam is arrested for illegal brown sugar business according to Mallika's plan. Venba exposes Malliga's dark secrets to Kavin after which he realises his mother is not who he sees. Yazhini notices little behavioural changes in Kavin, who favours and cares for Venba over her, soon she gets to know of their love which irks her and she vows to separate them. Yazhini informs about Kavin and Venba's love to Sharadha who later sends Venba away to keep her promise to Yazhini. Amidst all of the chaos, Kavin stands firm in his love for Venba.

Cast

Main
  • Radikaa Sarathkumar as Sharadha Shanmugapriyan: Shanmugapriyan's second wife, Venba's adoptive mother, Yazhini's biological mother.
  • Preethi Sharma as Venba Kavin (née Shanmugapriyan/ Dharmaraj) Kavin's wife, Saradha's adopted daughter, Dharma and Gowri's biological daughter.
  • Nandan Loganathan as Kavin: Venba's husband, Mallika Devi's son and Yazhini's former love interest.
  • Dharshna Sripal Golecha as Yazhini: Saradha's biological daughter, Dharma and Gowri's adoptive daughter

Recurring
  • Meera Vasudevan (episodes 1–43) as Mallika Devi; Kavin's mother and Venba's mother-in-law, Sharadha's enemy
    • Sirisha Sougandh replaced Vasudevan (episodes 44–58) and Meera Krishna replaced Sougandh (episode 60–present)
  • Ponvannan (episodes 1–58) as Shanmugapriyan (Shanmugam): Saradha's husband
  • "Bombay" Sridhar as Dharmaraj (Dharma). Venba's biological father and Yazhini's adoptive father
    • Gayathri Yuvraj replaced Nikhila
  • Uma Padmanabhan as Gowri Dharmaraj,Dharma's wife, Venba's biological mother and Yazhini's adoptive mother.
  • Shilpa Mary Teresa (episodes 1–58) as Lakshmi Gomathinayagam
    • B. Jayalakshmi replaced Shilpa
  • Arulmani as Gomathinayagam Saathappan
  • Rupini (Episode 1) and Rajashree (Episode 71-present) as Padma Shanmugapriyan: Shanmugapriyan's first wife, Sharadha's elder sister
  • Sakthi Saravanan as Kalaiselvan Shanmugapriyan
  • Mahalakshmi as Deepa Kalaiselvan
  • Ashwin Kumar as Anbuselvan Shanmugapriyan
  • Neha Menon as Sevandhi Gomathinayagam
  • Murali Krish as Ravi
  • "Saathappan" Nandakumar as Saathappan
  • Prathiksha Sankar as Ammulu Kalaiselvan
  • Vijayalakshmi as Deivanayagi
  • Vinitha Jaganathan as Vinitha aka Vini
  • Jairam as Praveen
  • Jeganathan (episodes 6-48) and Ravi Chandran (Episode 63-Present) as Nandhini and Praveen's father
  • Bharatha Naidu as Sandhya
  • Venkat Subha as Sandhya's grandfather
  • Mithun Raj as Jeeva
  • Vincent Roy as Padma and Saradha's father
  • S. N. Parvathy as Padma and Saradha's mother
  • Gemini as Deepa's father
  • Smrithi as Deepa's mother
  • Sasikala Shree as Thamaraiselvi, Kavin Institute Principal
  • Meesai Rajendran as Education Minister
  • Sanjeev as Thirunavukarasu aka Thiru

Special appearances
  • Jeeva Ravi as Padma's second husband
  • K. Bhagyaraj as himself
  • Samuthirakani as himself
  • Ambika as Sargunam
  • Papri Ghosh as Kayal Kuttisundaram: Kavin's friend
  • Naresh Eswar as Kuttisundaram Pandavar (Kayal's husband)
  • Guhan Shanmugam as Anbusundaram Pandavar (Kayal's brother-in-law)
  • Aarthi Subash as Malliga Anbusundaram (Kayal's co-sister)
  • Surendran as Azhagusundaram Pandavar (Kayal's co-brother)
  • Madhan Bob as himself
  • Vinodhini as herself
  • Anuradha Krishnamoorthi as herself: Sharadha's close friend
  • Suja Varunee as herself

Development

Release

The 1999 series Chithi having a reboot was first announced in June 2019.[3] It was first reported to premiere in September 2019.[4] Then, it was reported again as October 2019.[5] However, in December 2019, Radikaa announced the making of the reboot version during Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal and it premiered on 27 January 2020.[6][2] The first promo was released on 15 January 2020.[7]

Speaking about the series, Radikaa said, "I'm playing the title role and the story gathers steam from the first episode. In this family drama, the heroine is neither rich nor poor. She is a middle-class woman, who takes a vital decision, which leads to many consequences. It'll be interesting to watch how she faces them."[8]

Broadcast

Owing COVID-19 outbreak, the production and filming of all the Indian television series and films were halted on 19 March 2020 and was to resume from 1 April 2020.[9] But it could not resume due to the imposed nationwide lockdown which was extended on increasing cases and the series aired its last new episode on 3 April 2020.[10][11] The 1999 series Chithi took its slot since then until its production and airing resumed.[12] The production resumed in July 2020 and the new episodes began airing on 10 August 2020.[13][14] Initially scheduled to resume on 3 August 2020, it was postponed a week to 10 August 2020.[15]

Casting

Raadhika reprises her lead role of Saradha from the original series Chithi.[8] Preethi Sharma was cast as female lead Venba due to which she had quit the series Thirumanam.[16] Nandan Loganathan was cast as the male lead Kavin.[17] Later, VJ Dharshana was cast as another female lead role for Saaradha's daughter. Shilpa and Vincet Roy who played Daniel, Brindha and Vishwanathan also reprise from the former series.[18][19] Besides Ponvannan, Rupini, Meera Vasudevan Neha Menon,[20] Mahalakshmi,[21] Sakthi Saravanan, Ashwin Kumar, Arulmani,[19] Nandhakumar, and Jeeva Ravi were cast then.

K. Bhagyaraj and Samuthirakani were cast for guest roles in a few episodes.[22][23]

Post COVID-19 break when the production resumed in July, Ponvannan was replaced by Nizhalgal Ravi, Shilpa was replaced by Jayalakshmi, Nikhila was replaced by Gayathri and Sirisha Sougandh, who replaced Meera Vasudevan weeks after premiere, was replaced by Meera Krishnan owing the pandemic.[24][25]

Adaptation

The series was dubbed in Telugu and was released as Pinni 2 on Gemini TV.[26]

Reception

Critical reception

The Indian Express quoted, "The song of Chithi itself makes everyone move back 22 years, creating a feel of nostalgia."[27]

References
  1. "Chithi after 22 years; Radikaa fans are happy". The Times of India - Samayam.
  2. "Radikaa Sarathkumar's Chithi season 2 to premiere on January 27". The Times of India.
  3. "Chithi fame Radhika Sarathkumar bags her next project; a second season of the show in the offing?". The Times of India.
  4. "Chiti's sequel to be soon". Dinamalar.
  5. "Radhika Sarathkumar's Chithi 2 to premiere soon". The Times of India.
  6. {{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/radikaa-announces-chithi-2-6178199/%7Ctitle=Radikaa announces Chithi 2|website=The Indian Express
  7. "Watch Chithi 2 promo: Retains theme of its original". The News Minute.
  8. "Return of Chithi". The Hindu.
  9. "Covid-19 impact: Film, serial shootings halted till March 31". The Economic Times.
  10. "கொரோனா லாக்டவுன்: டிடி-யைப் பின்பற்றும் தனியார் தொலைக்காட்சிகள்?". The Indian Express Tamil.
  11. "No TV shoots to resume from June-end, says FWICE a week after issuing guidelines". India Today.
  12. "Radikaa Sarathkumar's hit show Chithi to entertain the audience once again". The Times of India.
  13. "Nizhalgal Ravi in replacement to Ponvannan in 'Chithi 2' serial: Change in some other characters too!". The Hindu.
  14. "Radikaa Sarathkumar's 'Chithi 2' to air fresh episodes from August 10". The Times of India.
  15. "Change in date of 'Chithi 2' broadcast again: What is the background?". The Hindu.
  16. "திருமணம் சீரியல் பழைய அனிதாவோட வயச கேட்டா நம்ப மாட்டீங்க!". The Indian Express.
  17. "Actors Radikaa Sarathkumar and Nandan Loganathan excited about Chithi 2". The Times of India.
  18. "Daniel Balaji acting in Chithi 2". The Indian Express.
  19. "Chithi 2 - Actress Shilpa and Actor Arulmani - Interview". YouTube. Radaan Mediaworks.
  20. "Sun TV's Vani Rani to Chithi 2, Raadhika's pet girl Neha". The Indian Express.
  21. "Fans unhappy with Chithi 2 serial cast". The Times of India.
  22. "Bhagyaraj in Chithi 2". Dinamalar.
  23. "K. Bhagyaraj and Samuthirakani to join in Chithi 2". Dinamalar.
  24. "Chithi 2: Nizhalgal Ravi replaces Ponvannan and the show goes on". Sify.com.
  25. "Actress Meera Krishna is excited about joining 'Chithi 2'". The Times of India.
  26. "Karthika-Deepam-vs-Pinni-serial-Radhika-sSarathkumar-back-to-small-screen-with-sensational-serial-Pinni". The Times of India.
  27. "Chithi 2 serial first day review". The Indian Express.
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