How to Be Indie
TV Show · Kids & Family · Comedy

Indira 'Indie' Mehta is a typical Canadian teenager trying to make her way through school, friendships, and modern life--often clashing with her parents' traditional Indian values. With the help of her best friends Abi and Marlon, Indie is figuring out how to be herself, one step at a time.

2009 · 22m
  • 10+
Starring Melinda Shankar, Marline Yan, Dylan Everett

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    How to Make Your Rep
    It is the first day of eighth grade and Indie's determined to make this her year - no matter what it takes.
    21m
  • EPISODE 2
    How to Have Your Samosa and Eat It Too
    Indie wants to show the school that South Asian food is awesome! But chaos ensues when nemesis Ram Ramachandran challenges her to a cook-off.
    21m
  • EPISODE 3
    How to Get On Carlos Martinelli's Capital "L" List And Live
    Indie must throw the world's best party to keep cruel class clown, Carlos Martinelli, from making fun of her, but live chickens make the event anything but normal.
    21m
  • EPISODE 4
    How to Trick Your Parents Into Treating You Like a Grown-Up
    How can Indie show her family that she's brave enough to watch scary Halloween movies when a creepy doll is watching her?
    21m
  • EPISODE 5
    How to Strike a Balance
    When Indie and Abi try put an end to their mothers' 'my kid is better than your kid' competition, a cut-throat piano recital tests the girls' mettle.
    21m
  • EPISODE 6
    How to Be a Mehta
    When Indie gets an F in gym and tries to hide it, Indie's parents sign her up for the world's scariest, strictest, awful-est boarding school ever!
    21m

Related

Cast & Crew

  • Melinda Shankar
    Indie
  • M‌Y
    Marline Yan
    Abi
  • Dylan Everett
    Marlon
  • Sarena Parmar
    Chandra
  • E‌P
    Ellora Patnaik
    Actor
  • Varun Saranga
    AJ

About

How to Be Indie

Kids & Family

Indira 'Indie' Mehta is a typical Canadian teenager trying to make her way through school, friendships, and modern life--often clashing with her parents' traditional Indian values. With the help of her best friends Abi and Marlon, Indie is figuring out how to be herself, one step at a time.

10+

COMMON SENSE

Racially diverse, female-centric tween comedy is very corny.

Information

Studio
YTV
Released
2009
Rated
TV-Y7
Region of Origin
Canada
© 2009 ABC Australia

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (Canada)
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Africa, Middle East, and India

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
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  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific

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  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
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  • Singapore
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