Sesame Street’s First Desi Character: Leela
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 16th, 2008Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Diaspora, Life, Living In America
Sesame Street, the popular TV show for pre-school kids in the USA will feature its first desi character: Leela. The next season of Sesame Street debuts on PBS Kids on August 11, 2008.
Leela works in a laundromat in the show. She is steeped in her desi culture and will be seen singing and dancing with her other Sesame Street friends. I wonder if Leela will speak any Indian language in the show? I wonder if there will be any Bollywood-inspired song and dance routine while helping kids learn math and other subjects?
Nitya Vidyasagar will play the role of Leela on Sesame Street. She has a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where she trained at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. She has appeared on play like he Glorious Ones, Love’s Labor’s Lost and, Serendib among others.
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Kamla Bhatt is the host and producer of an Internet Radio show where listeners can find stories about the new and emerging India and the global Indian community. As a pioneer of 'internet radio' format in India Kamla started her first show News about India, followed by TalkNewsIndia in 2005. In 2006 she premiered her new show: The Kamla Bhatt Show: Life, People and Ideas. 
