Chithi (TV series)

Chithi சித்தி
Genre	Drama
Written by	C. J. Baskar (Story) (Screenplay and Dialogues) Raj Prabhu Kavibharathy
Directed by	C. J. Baskar
Starring	Radika Sivakumar Anju Latha Sethupathi Yuvarani Subhalekha Sudhakar Hemalatha Poovilangu Mohan Ajay Rathnam Riyaz Khan Vijay Adhiraj Tharika
Theme music composer	Dhina
Opening theme	"Kanninmani" Nithyasree Mahadevan(Vocal) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam(Background Vocal) Vairamuthu (Lyrics) Virutchamuni (Background Lyrics)
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Tamil
No. of episodes	467
Production
Production location(s)	Trichy Tamil Nadu
Camera setup	Sakthi Saravanan
Running time	approx. 20-22 minutes per episode
Production company(s)	Radaan Mediaworks
Release
Original network	Sun TV
Original release	20 December 1999 (1999-12-20) – 10 November 2001 (2001-11-10)
Chronology
Followed by	Annamalai
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Chithi (Tamil: சித்தி) was an Tamil soap opera on Sun TV. It was a Prime time serial. The show premiered on 20 December 1999. It was aired Monday through Friday at 9:30pm. The show starred Radika, Sivakumar, Anju, Latha Sethupathi, Yuvarani, Subhalekha Sudhakar, Hemalatha, Poovilangu Mohan, Ajay Rathnam, Riyaz Khan, Vijay Adhiraj and Tharika.

The show was produced by Radaan Mediaworks, directed by C. J. Baskar. The title track was composed by Dhina. It had been receiving the highest ratings of Tamil serials and it was credited as the best serial and received high praising from viewers. It holds the credit of most watched regional Language television program in India ever. The show last aired on 10 November 2001 and ended with 467 episodes. It was also aired in Sri Lanka Tamil Channel on Shakthi TV and United Kingdom Tamil Channel on Deepam TV.

Cast

• Raadhika Sarathkumar as Sharadha and Shakthi(Double Role)
• Sivakumar as Ramachandran
• Anju as Vaidhegi
• Yuvarani as Prabhavathi
• Subhalekha Sudhakar as Krishna
• Delhi Kumar as Prabhavathi's Father
• Janavi as Viji's Mother
• Vasu Vikram as Velumani
• Hemalatha as Young Kaveri
• Vatsala Rajagopal as Vaidhegi's Mother
• Junior Balaiya as Vishwanathan
• Ajay Rathnam as Yogi
• Deepa Venkat as Viji
• Riyaz Khan as Anand
• Vijay Adhiraj as Prasad
• Poovilangu Mohan as Marudhappan
• Vinodhini as Charulatha
• Tharika as Shwetha
• Vijay Sarathy as Kannan
• Neena as Kaveri
• Sureshwar as Kaveri's Husband
• Pasi Sathya as Kannan's Mother
• Shashikumar as Sreenivasan
• Vishwa as Kaveri's Ex-Lover
• Seetha Anil as Kamini
• Shanthi Williams as Padmavathy, Prabhavathi's Mother
• Ravikumar as Eashwarapandiyan, Sharadha and Shakthi's Father
• Latha Sethupathi as Sharadha and Shakthi's mother
• Shilpa as Brindha
• Dev Anand as Sree
• Bhuvaneswari as Sangeetha
• Vincent Rai as Eashwaramoorthy
• Daniel Balaji as Daniel
• Akash as Sreedhar
• Bombay Gnanam as Sreedhar's Mother

Broadcast

Network	Country	Timeslot	Broadcast date
Astro Vaanavil		Weekdays, 9am	2001 - 2003
Shakthi TV		Monday- Friday, 8:30PM.
Deepam TV		Monday- Friday, 8:30PM

Dubbed broadcast

• It is also dubbed in Sri Lanka in Sinhala language.
• It aired in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on Gemini TV Dubbed in Telugu language as Pinni.

Remake

The series has been remade into in Malayalam language as Parvathi broadcast on Surya TV, Hindi language as choti maa broadcast on Zee TV and Kannada language as Chikamma broadcast on Udaya TV.

External links

• Vision Time on YouTube
• Official Website (English)
• Sun TV on YouTube
• Sun TV Network (English)
• Sun Group (English)
• Chithi at the rajshritamil.com