How to Be Indie - How to learn to be me
Television series | |
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German title | How to Be Indie - How to learn to be me |
Original title | How to Be Indie |
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 | |
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 |
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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 |
Web links
- How to Be Indie - How do I learn to be me in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website ( Memento of June 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) of YTV (English)
- How to Be Indie - How I learn to be myself at Fernsehserien.de
- How to Be Indie - How I learn to be myself in the German dubbing index