Ghazal Javed

Ghazal Javed is the puppeteer of Chamki on Galli Galli Sim Sim, the Indian co-production of Sesame Street.

Javed has been working in the field of puppetry since 2006, with Galli Galli Sim Sim marking her first television experience. She has earned a number of awards including the Gold Plaque Award at the Hague Film Festival for "Chamki Karate Arc" and Special Jury Award at the Paryavaran Film Festival for "Paudhe Ka Rahasya" in which Chamki was the protagonist. She has co-produced and directed "Funda Matlab Piddu Bola" for TV Today Network and has worked in the online channel "TeeHee Town" for Puppet Studio.

A History Honours graduate from Delhi University, Javed is also a trained Odissi dancer and has learned Jazz and Contemporary dance forms. She is an Assistant Director in Mumbai and has worked with many industry stalwarts like Anurag Kashyap and Vishal Bhardwaj.

In 2016, Javed was a guest speaker at the Women Deliver conference along with Chamki and Sherrie Westin (Sesame Workshop's EVP of Global Impact and Philanthropy).