'Mira, Royal Detective' premieres March 20

From left, Aparna Nancheria, Aasif Mandvi, Leela Ladnier and Kal Penn got a sneak peek of the animated series.

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The cast of the upcoming Disney Channel and Disney Jr series Mira, Royal Detective attended a New York screening last weekend.

The Indo-American Arts Council hosted the screening at the Cinépolis Chelsea Theater in New York City on Saturday.

Cast members including Kal Penn, Leela Ladnier, Aasif Mandvi and Aparna Nancherla were in attendance. Freida Pinto, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Hannah Simone, Jameela Jamil, Aasif Mandvi, Karan Soni, Maulik Pancholy, Sarayu Blue and Sarita Choudhury are also set to star in the animated series.

Sixteen-year old newcomer Leela Ladnier will voice the lead character.

Mira, Royal Detective takes place in the magical Indian-inspired land of Jalpur, and focuses around Mira, a commoner who the queen appoints to be the royal detective.

A music video has been released in advance of the series.

Disney Junior has given an early season 2 renewal to Mira, Royal Detective, ahead of its  debut this Spring. The news was announced in by Joe D’Ambrosia, SVP Original Programming and general manager, Disney Junior.

“Mira, Royal Detective hasn’t even premiered yet and we have already seen the excitement building for this series featuring a brave and empowered young girl who will stop at nothing to solve a case,” D’Ambrosia told Deadline. “To ensure that we have plenty of new mysteries ahead for Mira, we are thrilled to begin production on a second season and can’t wait to introduce her to the world in 2020.” 

Mira, Royal Detective will premiere in the US on Friday, March 20 (11 a.m. EDT/PDT on Disney Channel and 7 p.m. EDT/PDT on Disney Junior).

New Disney animated series features a South Asian cast

Leela Ladnier will voice Mira in the new Disney animated series. 

Wow! if you put the voice actors who worked in the new animated series, Mira, Royal Detective, and put them in a live-action movie, it would be promoted as a star-studded blockbuster.

Disney is so confident of the success of the new series of 11-minute episodes that the studio has already ordered a second season before the first season premieres in March of this year.

"Mira, Royal Detective hasn't even premiered yet and we have already seen the excitement building for this series featuring a brave and empowered young girl who will stop at nothing to solve a case,” said Joe D'Ambrosia, senior vice president, original programming, and general manager, Disney Junior. “To ensure that we have plenty of new mysteries ahead for Mira, we are thrilled to begin production on a second season and can't wait to introduce her to the world in 2020."

In an exclusive by EW, the cast for the animated series reflects Disney's goal to introduce more racial diversity in its productions.

The new mystery-adventure animated series is inspired by the cultures and customs of India. Set in the fictional land of Jalpur, it follows Mira, a commoner who is appointed to the role of royal detective by the queen herself.

Newcomer 16-year-old newcomer Leela Ladnier will do the voicee of Mira. The cast surrounding her are well-known Indian American actors.

Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) wil provide the voice of Queen Shanti.

Jameela Jamil of 'The Good Place' will voice Auntie Pushpa.

Kal Penn of 'House' and 'Designated Survivor' voices Mikka the mongoose sidekick.

Utkarsh Ambudkar of 'The Mindy Project' voices Chikku, a fellow mongoose.

Hannah Simone from 'New Girl' will give voice to Pinky, a commoner.