Meet Bheem, India's superhero toddler

Since its launch last year, the Indian animated series 'Mighty Little Bheem' has been seen by more than 27 million households. Photo: Handout

It was a quest worthy of a superhero. Animator Rajiv Chilaka spent years flogging his pitch about a superhuman Indian child to Western executives, to no avail.

But today Mighty Little Bheem is a global hit, as viewers seek alternatives to white-dominated storylines.