Entertainment Desk :
Filming of children’s popular programme Sisimpur’s 15th season has started at a set in the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) of the
capital recently. Sesame Workshop Bangladesh
will produce 26 episodes in this new season,
said a press release.
Halum, Tuktuki, Ikri and Shiku will appear in this season joined by human cast Asha, Guni Moyra (brilliant confectioner) and other regular characters of Sisimpur along with the Muppets.
A new Muppet friend is also joining Sisimpur from this season.
New season’s episodes are designed emphasising equal opportunity and participation of all children. There will be many different segments highlighting language, alphabet, mathematics and social and group relations. In addition, control over emotion and self-care, imagination and overcoming obstacles and gender discrimination will come up in many episodes of season 15. For the first time in Sisimpur, an important issue of autism spectrum disorder will be addressed in this season.
In this inaugural session of the filming, alongside the popular faces of Sisimpur, the Member (primary curriculum) of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) Prof Dr A K M Reazul Hassan, Director (Training) of Directorate of Primary Education Dr Uttam Kumar Das were present as the guest of honour. The Director of USAID’s Education Office Sonjai Reynolds Cooper, the Education Adviser Sudeb Kumar Biswas were also present in this session. Along with the above important guests the Senior Vice President, Vice President, and Director of the International Social Impact Department of Sesame Workshop New York respectively John Jepsen, Danny Labin, Teresa Wolverton and the Managing Director of Sesame Workshop Bangladesh Mohammad Shah Alam were also present on the occasion.
