How to Be Indie
| How to Be Indie | |
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| Genre | Comedy, children's |
| Created by | Vera Santamaria John May Suzanne Bolch |
| Starring |
Melinda Shankar Marline Yan Dylan Everett |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Suzanne Bolch John May Vera Santamaria Karen Lee Hall Neil Court |
| Producer(s) |
Colin Brunton Jennifer Pun Morrissette |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Heroic Film Company Sudden Storm Productions Decode Entertainment |
| Distributor | DHX Media |
| Release | |
| Original network | YTV |
| Original release | October 2, 2009 – October 24, 2011 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
How to Be Indie is a Canadian television show that aired on YTV from 2009 to 2011 and the Disney Channel until 2012. The main character is a 13-year-old Indian-Canadian teenager named Indira "Indie" Mehta. The program is a single-camera series intended for a youth audience.
The series was created by Vera Santamaria, John May, and Suzanne Bolch. The series ran for two seasons and aired its final episode on October 24, 2011 on YTV in Canada and May 26, 2012 on Disney Channel in the United Kingdom.
The program follows Indie's journey as she tries to get the most out of life despite the travails of junior high school and the expectations of her Indian parents. She is joined by her two best friends Marlon Parks and Abigail "Abi" Flores.
She often falls into the trap of caring more about what her peers think of her than who she wants to be herself, and consequently spends a lot of time trying to impress her classmates. When not focusing on Indie, the show focuses on Marlon and Abi.
A given episode will usually show Marlon's quirky antics getting him into a troublesome situation. Abi will have to help extricate him, which she willingly does, feeling pity on him. Sometimes, however, they swap roles as Marlon tries to play it cool.
The show is produced by Heroic Film Company in association with DHX Media and YTV and created by writer Vera Santamaria Suzanne Bolch and John May. Season one filmed 26 twenty-five-minute episodes and first premiered on 2 October 2009. The show was a part of YTV's 'Big Fun Weeknights'.
A second season began filming in summer 2010, shooting five episodes and resumed filming in November 2010. The second season premiered on October 11, 2010. The series was not picked up for a third season.
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