Discovery Kids Joins Hands With Doordarshan To Entertain Kids Across The Country

Jyothi Venkatesh

Discovery Kids has joined hands with Doordarshan to inspire and entertain children across the country, according to the portal exchange4media. From July, select episodes of animated series, Little Singham, Kisna and Sheikh Chilli and Friendz are being showcased at 8:00 am on DD National, every day. “Discovery Kids is committed towards bringing high quality content for the little minds that also keeps them inspired,” says Megha Tata, Managing Director – South Asia, Discovery, Shashi Shekhar Vempati, CEO, Prasar Bharati, said, “Over the last 3 months, we have showcased iconic programming to engage and entertain audiences even as the country braced with a pandemic. Discovery Kids’ programming on Doordarshan is another important chapter in this journey”.

Little Singham, launched by Discovery Kids in collaboration with Rohit Shetty Picturez and Reliance Animation, is an animated adaptation of ‘Singham’, India’s most successful blockbusters of all time, which showcases the fun and thrilling adventures of a brave kid super-cop with Lion powers as he defends his town, country and the world from bad guys, scary mutants and alien invasions. ‘Sheikh Chilli and Friendz’, co-produced by Apsons Entertainment Pvt Ltd, revolves around the adventures of an innocent boy Sheikh Chilli and his friends of Jhunjhun Nagar. Kisna, co-produced by Cosmos Maya, is a story of an adventurous and amusing young boy from Anandnagri and his adversary the wicked Raja Durjan of Andhernagri, who try to solve every problem with wit and valour and also super power.