Emmy-winner Martha Adams spearheads the project from global education program Room to Read and Nexus Studios, directed by a collective of diverse women including Siqi Song, Neeraja Raj, Bonnie Taylor Forsyth, Hannah Lau-Walker, Prashanti Aswani and Claudia Chinyere Akole.
Inspired by India’ cultures and customs, the second season of the popular preschool animated series includes special episodes highlighting the Eid al-Fitr holiday and festivals of Teej and Dasara; Season 1 streams on Disney+ April 30.
Interspersed with show clips, Kal Penn, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Aasif Mandvi, Karen David, Parvesh Cheena, Sonal Shah, and Leela Ladnier talk about the upcoming Diwali holiday and what it means to them.
Showrunner Sascha Paladino and art director Dorothea Gerassimova discuss the challenges and rewards of celebrating India’s wonderful cultural diversity with an international kids’ audience.
Watch famed actor and first-time director Andy Serkis, Christian Bale and Benedict Cumberbatch don performance capture gear to recreate Rudyard Kipling’s famous tale of a young boy caught between the world of man and jungle.
