Acclaimed Indian actress Nandita Das will be heard as the voice of the title character in Save The Bengal Tiger!, a primetime Wonder Pets! special premiering Monday, Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon. The Bollywood-themed half-hour adventure aims to capture the passionate spirit of Hindi cinema, and features the work of sibling composers Salim and Sulaiman Merchant.
In this latest musical extravaganza, the Wonder Pets get a call from a young white Bengal Tiger in India who has a thorn stuck in her foot. After Linny, Tuck and Ming-Ming realize their hands are too big to pull out the thorn, they enlist the help of famous mouse Raji, the Puller of Thorns. At first, the Bengal Tiger is resistant to having a small, insignificant mouse help her, but the Wonder Pets show the snooty tiger that all living things are important.
Nickelodeon Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment will release The Wonder Pets!: Save The Bengal Tiger on home video on Tuesday, Sept. 9. The disc will feature the double-length title episode, as well as two extra installments of the show. Bonus features will include a music video for the featured song ‘I Like Being Small’ and a Teamwork Tips! photo gallery.
Nick Jr. will also roll out content from Save The Bengal Tiger! across multiple platforms, including Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter, Cablevision, Verizon FiOS and Cox Video On Demand services, and Nick Jr.’s own broadband video service available on Nickjr.com. Beginning Monday, Sept. 1, Nick Jr. Video will begin streaming a two-minute sneak peek and song clips from the special. The Wonder Pets! season two will be available for purchase on iTunes in early September.
The Emmy award-winning The Wonder Pets!, from creator/executive producer Josh Selig of Little Airplane Prods. Inc., is a mini-operetta for preschoolers that features a lineup of Tony award-winning and nominated Broadway composers, including lead composer Larry Hochman (orchestration for Monty Python’s Spamalot), Bobby Lopez (Avenue Q), and Jason Robert Brown (Parade). Grammy Award-winning producer and recording engineer Jeffrey Lesser serves as music producer/music supervisor for the series. All of the music is recorded with a live orchestra and much of the dialogue is sung in operetta style.
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