Mira, Royal Detective will be debuting this Spring season on Disney Junior. Excitingly, the show has not debuted yet, but it has been renewed for a second season! The news of season 2 was announced by Joe D’Ambrosia, SVP Original Programming and General Manager, during a special advance screening of the series in California.
Mira, Royal Detective Premise
The kids’ series follows Mira, a commoner appointed as the royal detective by the Queen of the kingdom. Mira will take on adventures with friend Prince Neel, cousin Priya, and comical mongoose sidekicks Mikku and Chikku, on adventures though Jaipur that instill critical thinking skills and use deductive reasoning. Episodes will include two 11-minute segments. Each segment is said to include celebrations of cultures and customs of India with references to music, food, fashion, language, art and dance.
Crew
Sascha Paladino (Miles from Tomorrowland) is executive producer of the series, which was developed by Becca Topol (Elena of Avalor), who also serves as story editor and co-producer. IW Group’s Shagorika Ghosh Perkins is the series’ cultural consultant and consulting producer. Additional consultants include Bollywood dancer and choreographer Nakul Dev Mahajan (So You Think You Can Dance) and music producer Deepak Ramapriyan (Basmati Blues). Emmy nominees Matthew Tishler (Fancy Nancy) and Jeannie Lurie (The Muppets) write and produce the original songs, and Amritha Vaz (Miss India America) serves as composer. The series is produced by Wild Canary in association with Disney Junior, with animation provided by Technicolor India.
