How to Be Indie - How to learn to be me

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Television series
German title How to Be Indie - How to learn to be me
Original title How to Be Indie
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Country of production Canada
original language English
Year (s) 2009-2011
Production
company		 DHX Media
Heroic Film Company
Sudden Storm Productions (Season 2)
Episodes 52 in 2 seasons
genre Sitcom , children's series
idea Vera Santamaria
John May
Suzanne Bolch
production Colin Brunton
Jennifer Pun Morrissette
First broadcast October 2, 2009 (Canada) on YTV
German-language
first broadcast		 November 25, 2013 on KiKA
occupation
synchronization

How to Be Indie (Original title: How to Be Indie ) is a Canadian children's series that aired in two seasons from October 2, 2009 to October 24, 2011.

action

The series revolves around indie, a junior high school student . On the one hand, she tries to cope with her stressful everyday school life and the high expectations of her strict parents, who come from India . Her best friends Marlon Parks and Abigail "Abi" Flores help her with this.

Production and broadcast

How to Be Indie premiered on October 2, 2009 on Canadian television station YTV . The second season, which, like the first, comprises 26 episodes, was produced from summer 2010 and broadcast from November 4, 2010. The episode How to Get Smooched forms the finale of the second season and also of the series and was broadcast on October 24, 2011. The television series only came to Germany over four years after its start in Canada, namely on November 25, 2013 on the public broadcaster KiKA . The second season has not yet run in Germany.

characters

The main characters are the family and close friends of the protagonist Indie:

  • Indira "Indie" Mehta ( Melinda Shankar ) is a 13 year old student. She has Indian roots, but lives quite modern and sometimes comes into conflict with her parents.
  • Abigail "Abi" Flores ( Marline Yan ) is Indie's best friend. She is intelligent and helpful.
  • Marlon Parks ( Dylan Everett ) is an indie friend. He often relies on Abi when he's in trouble again.
  • Chandra Mehta ( Sarena Parmar ) is Indie's older sister. She is very confident and enjoys being the center of attention. She usually manages to meet the expectations of her parents.
  • AJ Mehta ( Varun Saranga ) is Indie's older brother. He's intelligent and is called a geek in school .
  • Jyoti Mehta ( Ellora Patnaik ) is Indie's tradition-conscious mother. She likes to show off Chandra in front of her relatives.
  • Vikram Mehta ( Vijay Mehta ) is Indie's father.
  • Prakash Mehta ( Errol Sitahal ) is Indie's paternal grandpa. He is called "Babaji" in the family.

In addition, many recurring minor characters belong to the ensemble of the series. Among them is Carlos Martinelli, who was played by Atticus Mitchell .

synchronization

The German dubbing is done by Lavendelfilm GmbH in Potsdam with a dialogue book by Fritz Rott and dialogue direction by Petra Barthel.

role actor Voice actor
Indie Mehta Melinda Shankar Marie Christin Morgenstern
AJ Mehta Varun Saranga Christian Pointer
Marlon Parks Dylan Everett Michael Wiesner
Abi Flores Marlin Yan Sarah Everything
Chandra Mehta Sarena Parmar Rubina Kuraoka
Jyoti Mehta Ellora Patnaik Melanie Pukass
Vikram Mehta Vijay Mehta Rainer Fritzsche
Babaji Mehta Errol Sitahal Tobias Lelle
Ruby Patel Nikki Shah Jodie Blank
Chad Tash Jordan Hudyma Konrad Bösherz
Ms. Roland Deborah Grover Liane Rudolph
Sara Bren Eastcott Millie Forsberg

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