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 Preethi Sharma and Nandan Loganathan.

Chithi 2
GenreSoap opera
Screenplay bySekizhar
Story byStory : Sekizhar Dialogues : Pa. Raghavan
Directed bySundar K. Vijayan (Episodes 1-31)
K. Sulaiman (Episode 32-present)
StarringPreethi Sharma
Nandan Loganathan
Theme music composerDhina
Opening theme"Kanninmani"
ComposerClement
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes476 as of 01 Jan 2022
Production
Executive producerR. Radikaa Sarathkumar
ProducerPooja Sarathkumar
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeapprox. 21-23 minutes
Production companiesRadaan Mediaworks
Sun Entertainment
Release
Original networkSun TV
Original release27 January 2020 (2020-01-27) –
present

Cast

Main cast

Recurring
  • Dharshna Sripal Golecha as Venba
  • Meera Vasudevan / Sirisha Sougandh / Meera Krishna as Mallika Devi
  • Sridhar Subramaniyam as Dharmaraj
  • Veena Venkatesh / Usha Elizabeth as Advocate Subbulakshmi Natarajan
  • Sivaji Manohar as Natarajan
  • Munish Raja as Singaram
  • Murali Krishnan as Ticket Ravi
  • Uma Padmanabhan as Gowri Dharmaraj
  • Chandini Prakash as Parvathi
  • Mercy Leyal as Sanghavi
  • Akalya Venkatesan as Divya
  • Nikhila Rao / Gayathri Yuvraaj as Nandini Anbuselvan
  • Ashwin Kumar as Anbuselvan "Anbu" Shanmugapriyan

Former cast
  • Radikaa Sarathkumar as Saradha Shanmugapriyan
  • Ponvannan / Nizhalgal Ravi as Shanmugapriyan (Shanmugam)
  • Sakthi Saravanan as Kalaiselvan "Kalai" Shanmugapriyan
  • Prathiksha Sankar as Ammulu Kalaiselvan
  • Mahalakshmi as Deepa Kalaiselvan
  • Shilpa Mary Teresa / B. Jayalakshmi as Lakshmi Gomathinayagam
  • Santhanu Arulmani as Gomathinayagam
  • Neha Menon as Sevandhi Gomathinayagam
  • Rupini / Rajashree as Padma Shanmugapriyan
  • "Saathappan" Nandakumar as Saathappan
  • Bharath Kalyan as Mohanraj
  • Vijayalakshmi as Deivanayagi
  • Vinitha Jaganathan as Vinitha aka Vini
  • Jairam as Praveen
  • Jeganathan / Ravi Chandran as Nandhini's and Praveen's father
  • Mithun Raj as Jeeva
  • Gemini as Deepa's father
  • Smrithi as Deepa's mother
  • Sasikala Shree as Thamaraiselvi
  • Meesai Rajendran as Education Minister
  • Manishika Vijay as Shivani
  • Vasavi as Shivani's mother

Special appearances

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] 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 2020 after three months, 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] In February 2021, Raadhika left the series.[26][27]

Dubbed version
Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired
Telugu Pinni 2[28] 29 June 2020 Gemini TV 20 February 2021

Reception

Critical reception

The Indian Express quoted, "The song of Chithi itself makes everyone move back 22 years, creating a feel of nostalgia."[29]

Viewership

It became the fifth most watched Tamil television programme in its debut week with 8.220 million impressions.[30][31]

References
  1. "Chithi after 22 years; Radikaa fans are happy". The Timesof 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.
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  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. "'சித்தி 2' தொடரிலிருந்து விலகினார் ராதிகா". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021.
  27. "Radikaa bids adieu to Chithi 2 and mega serials". The Times of India.
  28. "Karthika-Deepam-vs-Pinni-serial-Radhika-sSarathkumar-back-to-small-screen-with-sensational-serial-Pinni". The Times of India.
  29. "Chithi 2 serial first day review". The Indian Express.
  30. "Chithi 2 got mass trp rating in the first month". Asianet News.
  31. "Chithi serial holds top 5 position in trp of the opening week". Behind Talkies.
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