While in the past Disney had given movies based on fairy tales a European setting in keeping with their heritage (Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast), directors Ron Clements and John Musker decided to set The Princess and the Frog in 1920s New Orleans, creating a truly American fairy tale.
What country does Princess and the Frog take place in?
The movie is loosely based on the novel The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker. That novel is in turn based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, "The Frog Prince". The takes place in 1920s New Orleans, Louisiana.
The creators of The Princess and the Frog chose, during its development period in the 2000s, to set the film in New Orleans. They also chose to set it during the era of Jim Crow and barely touch upon the racial implications of the time.
Maldonia is a fictional country mentioned in The Princess and the Frog. It is where Prince Naveen, his mother, father, brother and the rest of the ruling family were born. The name is a portmanteau of the real-life countries of the Maldives and North Macedonia.
The character Prince Naveen from Disney's "The Princess and the Frog" is a fictional character, and his ethnicity is depicted as Maldonian, which is a fictional country in the movie. Maldonia is not associated with any real-world ethnicity or race.
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What is Naveen's accent?
Pin for Later: 21 Disney Prince Facts You Never Knew as a Kid Prince Naveen is the only prince to have a non-American accent. He is from the fictional kingdom of Maldonia, and voice actor Bruno Campos ad-libbed the accent as a combination of Portuguese and French.
Naveen or Navin (Sanskrit: नवीन, IAST: navīna; /nəˈviːn/ na-VEEN) is an Indian male given name and surname. The word means "new", "fresh", "young", "bright", "creative". Naveen is chiefly used in Indian languages, and its origin is Sanskrit.
Henn was inspired by studio employee Jaimie Milner, a film intern who was working in post production. The fact that Tiana is African American was "never a big issue" for Henn when it came to animating her, but drawing her as both a human and a frog proved difficult.
Tiana is the star of "The Princess and the Frog," which is set in south Louisiana. Tiana was inspired by Chef Leah Chase of Dooky Chase's Restaurant in New Orleans.
Tiana is the protagonist of Disney's 2009 animated feature film, The Princess and the Frog. She is a gifted cook living in New Orleans during the Jazz Age, with dreams of opening a restaurant of her own.
Rapunzel's story takes place in Germany far in the past. The garden in the story is owned by an evil witch. Rapunzel's birth parents can see into the garden but it has a high wall around it. Rapunzel's birth mother craves the rapunzel (German for 'field salad') that is growing in the garden.
Tangled is a movie based on the story of Rapunzel, which takes place in Germany. In the movie, the kingdom, likely in Germany, in which Tangled is set is that of Corona. Further, according to an article on the locations of Frozen and Tangled, the Kingdom of Corona is along the Baltic Sea coast along Germany or Poland.
Moana is set on the fictional island of Motunui in the Pacific Ocean and draws inspiration from elements of the real-life island nations of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.
Naveen is an Indian name (meaning "new"), which suggests that Maldonia is a Eurasian country (the name of Maldonia is a mix between Maldives and Macedonia), although his fluency in English, French and Italian might also indicate that Maldonia is a Mediterranean country, possibly near Monaco.
At some point, James was possibly killed in action (K.I.A.) during the war, so he probably never got to see Tiana get her restaurant. As shown briefly in the film, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (given for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force).
In Disney's nearly 100-year history, there has been only one Black Disney princess — Princess Tiana in “The Princess and the Frog,” a 2009 animated feature starring Anika Noni Rose.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs came out in 1937, debuting the very first Disney princess with Snow White herself. Voiced by Adriana Caselotti, she's incredibly of her time (i.e. dated af).
As mentioned above, Prince Naveen is native to the kingdom of Maldonia, where he lives alongside his parents, the king and queen, and his younger brother,Prince Ralphie.
Bruno Campos as Prince Naveen, the prince of Maldonia. Naveen is a 20-year-old musician and playboy who has been cut off from his family's riches until he learns the value of responsibility. Randy Haycock served as the supervising animator of Naveen in both human and frog form.
From Wikipedia, (https://en.m.wikipedia) Naveen is a Sanskrit word navina which means new, young. People with that name include: Ampasayya Naveen, Indian novelist… Naveen Jindal, Indian politician. And from Urban dictionary, Naveen means kindhearted.
