TLI Staff
New Delhi: Freida Pinto who won hearts with her portrayal of Latika in Slumdog Millionaire is excited about her upcoming kids show Mira, Royal Detective wherein she is lending her voice to a character called Queen Shanti.
Queen Shanti is a strong character with strong leadership skills and abilities to balance respecting traditions and customs. Freida feels a strong personal connection with the character in terms of leadership qualities also possessed by her.
Freida shares that giving voice to a character is a long process and in the process she happened to discover her connection with Queen Shanti. “I think Queen Shanti and I have this one thing in common. We both like to lead and I think while I was voicing the character of Queen Shanti, I did embody those leadership qualities.. So I feel the thing that I learned from her is to lead with grace and to come from a place of kindness.”
Apart from Freida, the voice cast comprises of Kal Penn, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Hannah Simone, Jameela Jamil, Aparna Nancherla and Aasif Mandvi. Leela Ladnier stars as the voice of Mira.
The show will premiere in the U.S. on March 20 (11:00 a.m. EDT/PDT on Disney Channel and 7:00 p.m. EDT/PDT on Disney Junior). Disney Channel India will also host a joint premiere, to give a sneak-peek that same day, followed by the entire series premiering on Sunday, March 22.