Khul Ja Sim Sim was a dub of Sesame Street that aired in India, and recently Pakistan. It began airing in Pakistan on PTV, five days a week, beginning in early April on Pakistan Educational Network. The Pakistani selection included 104 dubbed episodes of Open Sesame.

It was superseded in India by Galli Galli Sim Sim, a local co-production. In Pakistan, it will be superseded by Gali, Gali Hamara.

SegmentsEdit

(incomplete)

• "Hammer Time with Hammer" (as "Hathora Hathora") (YouTube)
• "Healthy Food" (YouTube)
• (YouTube)

CrewEdit

• Executive producer: Ghazanfar Ali (founder of Ilm Film)
• Translator: Shoaib Hashmi
• Dubbing adviser: Shoaib Hashmi

Hashmi returned to television comedy writing in 2005, after a 25 year break; many of his shows were "classics" in Pakistan, but his final series (Balila) was banned.

External linksEdit

• "URDU VERSION OF SESAME STREET FROM APRIL", TV Explore, March 22, 2009.