On 15th november 2017, the soap opera unveiled the first look of nitin with the two actors. Ahmadi made her final appearance as shabnam on 24 october 2008. The masood family are an eastenders family it is the same family as the ahmed and the inzamam family, however they use the surnames interchangeably. E20 zsa zsa carter, leon small and fatboy as well as two members of the longestablished mitchell family, glenda mitchell and her son danny. First look at eastenders masood ahmeds new family as he returns one year after exit actor nitin ganatra is making a comeback to the soap after his character left for pakistan share.
The character made his first appearance in episode 3452, first broadcast. However, as is the way when any new family joins the eastenders cast, the ahmeds find themselves in the midst of all the walford drama, witnessing catfights and. Eastenders tv series 1985 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In this post i will analyse the reppresentation of the masood family, the only muslim family in the popular british soap opera eastenders. Eastenders masood ahmed to return to walford with new. Some people will come out and say indians and pakistanis look the same, but if you actually know pakistanis in real life, you should be able to tell what we look. Headed by masood ahmed nitin ganatra, the family broke onto our screens in 2007 and have been entertaining us ever since. Representation of the masood family in eastenders how. The actor, 49, will bid farewell to the postalworkerturnedmarketstallholder later this year but th. He reprised his role in 2017 as part of a storyline where he helped settle new family members in town.
The girlfriend, and later wife, of syed masood, amira first appeared on screen. Still trying to get into zainabs good books, amira takes over at bushra. Eastenders favourite masood ahmed to make a sensational. All three will appear on eastenders for the new year. Eastenders masood and his familys return to soap as his. Amira then secretly calls an unknown source, giving syeds address and surname. Go ahead and find out what you know about yourself and the world around you. Digital spy caught up with eastenders masood family to talk about the exit of syed and christian. A new family is arriving on eastenders and theyll be centred around one of the shows most popular characters. This is a list of characters currently in the bbc soap opera eastenders, listed in order of first appearance. Masood family crest is thoroughly researched and artistically rendered. Eastenders favourite masood is going to be kidnapped on thursday after announcing hes leaving walford to start a new life in pakistan, his friends are.
The final family in our timeline are the current, resident asian family, the masoods. Masood ahmeds aunt and uncle mariam and arshad are set to get a surprising welcome to eastenders as they find themselves in the midst of a. Please note, due to the custom nature of this item, it is nonrefundable. Madhav sharma and indira joshi made their first appearances in january as arshad ahmed and mariam ahmed, the uncle and aunt of masood ahmed nitin ganatra. Eastenders masood family talk syed and christian exit. Masood ahmeds attempt at getting his life back on track hits the buffers again in next weeks eastenders, when his career and romantic prospects both take a nosedive. From 16 july, characters were introduced by his successor, lorraine newman. The postman, played by nitin ganatra, was last seen in albert square in 2016 as he bid farewell to his friends. The character made his first appearance in episode 3452, first broadcast in the united kingdom on 16 october 2007. Eastenders favourite masood ahmed is set to make a return to the beloved bbc soap. Eastenders star nitin ganatra quits his role as masood ahmed. Eastenders the masood family spoilers lennie posts. Masood ahmed nitin ganatra will get some new family members when he returns to eastenders in the form of his auntie and uncle.
First look at eastenders masood ahmeds new family as he. Tamwar masood is a fictional character from the bbc soap opera eastenders, played by. I thought last night how syed was treated at the mosque and by his parents was very bad resulting in attempted suicide. Eastenders the masood family soaps are suppose to reflect life in reality. The 51yearold said he has been humbled by the love but was ready to leave albert square as the masood family expands.
Masood ahmed is a fictional character from the bbc soap opera eastenders, played by nitin ganatra. The first character to be introduced is bailey baker karaleah fernandes, the daughter of mitch baker. Tamwar was the third character in the masood family to make an appearance onscreen, joining. Syed masood is a fictional character from the bbc soap opera eastenders, played by marc elliott, and first appeared on screen on 21 april 2009. Eastenders airs more turmoil for masood ahmed next week as he tells his family a big lie about his work situation last nights episode revealed that masood nitin ganatra is actually homeless. Where as us europeans think he should be called mr ahmed he wouldnt be. Zainab is the strict mother of the family who brought shame on her family after having an affair with masood ahmed, when already married to yusef khan. Her sons, tamwar and syed also use masood as their surname. The first look at masood ahmed with his new family members auntie mariam and uncle arshad bbc max has been using carmel to. Since 2007 the masood family have been major characters in eastenders. Jack barnes he took a break from the show throughout 2017 before returning on new years day in 2018. Egos collide as piers morgan goes headtohead with the beast the celebrity chase duration. All characters are introduced by the shows executive consultant, john yorke. Syed is a british pakistani and is the eldest son of masood ahmed nitin ganatra and zainab masood, and brother of tamwar himesh patel, shabnam zahra ahmadi and kamil masood arian chikhlia.
Viewers already know that postman masood ahmed nitin ganatra is returning. The surname masood was first found in piedmont italian. Amira masood is a fictional character from the bbc soap opera eastenders, played. They will play the roles of masoods auntie and uncle. Eastenders star nitin ganatra has quit his role as masood ahmed after nine years on the soap. Masood agrees to do so and books three tickets to pakistan and thailand. The family returned to the soap at just the wrong time as the heist was underway. Why doesnt eastenders just admit the masoods are indians. The alpha mail of the masood family, goodnatured postman masood spends much of his time smoothing over the problems in his family. Masood went to pakistan to be with estranged wife zainab image. Some surnames will print with a family motto on the top ribbon. In eastenders, zainab was known as zainab masood when she was married to masood using his first name as her surname even though he was called masood ahmed. Nitin, who plays masood ahmed in awardwinning eastenders, has learned that his grandmother married at the age of six. The masood family is the only musilm family in eastenders, therefore they are representatives of a large part of our society.
Cant wait to see masood back and his uncle and aunt, and their fostering story eastenders plans a devastating fostering setback for masood ahmeds family. Masood ahmed returns with members of his family duncan lindsay tuesday 3 oct 2017 8. Masood was introduced as part of the masood family, a pakistanimuslim family. Eastenders viewers will be bidding farewell to masood ahmed once again after it was confirmed that nitin ganatra is leaving the show officially. Be sure to tune in next week to eastenders to find out how masood extricates himself from his latest predicament. The characters are introduced by the shows executive consultant, john yorke, or his successors, senior executive producer, kate oates, and executive producer, jon sen.
Indira joshi best known for playing madhuri in the kumars at no 42. If his name is masood ahmed, he can go by either masood or ahmed as a first name its up to the individual. Eastenders stars grandmother was married at the age of. Eastenders masood ahmed to return to walford with new family one year after exit actor nitin ganatra is making a comeback to the soap after his character left for pakistan share. Bbc asian network bobby friction, bobby celebrates eastenders. Masood ahmed is a fictional character on the bbc soap opera eastenders. Since their arrival in eastenders over a decade ago, the masood family have gone on to establish. Santer introduced five new main characters in january, three from the online spinoff eastenders. From the first ever asian character shreela ghosh to the current masood family.
The book of guidance into the lives of the twelve imams. The following are characters who first appeared in the bbc soap opera eastenders during 2012 listed by order of first appearance. Family tree ahmed married an unnamed woman masood ahmed is the son of ahmed and unknown woman. With fires, weddings, family betrayals and gay relationships, the masoods have seen it all.
Sarita malik, the actor who plays zainab masood, the mother figure in the masood family, discusses the negative representation of asians and africancaribbeans in television during the 50. The following is a list of characters introduced to the bbc soap opera eastenders in 2019, by order of first appearance. Quizmoz offers one of the internets largest collection of quizzes for you to tease your brain and pit your wits against the experienced quizmoz quiz masters. I understand that they dont have surname s like we do in europe. Indigenous pakistanis are a completely separate ethnicity to indians so to put someone so indian looking as tamwar and masood into eastenders playing a pakistani is just off putting. Eastenders star nitin ganatra has confirmed he is leaving the soap just over a year after he returned as masood ahmed, the role he first played back in 2007. Where more than one actor has portrayed the same character, the current actor is listed first. The pair will arrive in the new year when the decide to rent masood s house at number 41 albert square. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the bbc soap opera eastenders in 2018, by order of first appearance. Shabnam masood also kazemi is a fictional character from the bbc soap opera eastenders, played by zahra ahmadi from 2007 to 2008, and by rakhee thakrar from 2014 to 2016. Thakrar took over the role on 1 december 20, and shabnam returned on screen on january 2014.
When i was asked to return to eastenders it was always with the intention of helping set up new asian characters that continue the masood family adventures. In 2016, ganatras character masood left the soap after playing the role for nine years. Welcome to the quizmoz masood family eastenders quiz. The popular character, introduced 11 years ago as the postman husband of zainab and father to the masood brood. For one thing, the arranged date takes place at the family dinner table, with mariam hovering about pouring tea, and masood stiff as a board with a sour look on his face.
Eastenders masood and his family return to soap as his uncle reveals details of aidans heist to the police. February saw the shows first birth of 2010, with kamil masood, the fourth child of the established. Piemont in the th century where early records show the masini family, decedents of a long line of counts, lived and whose members included oddone, elected captain of the commune in 1284, and oddonnino, governor of a town, vercelli, in 1290. The representation on race and ethnicity in eastenders. The following article contains mention of suicide that some readers may find upsetting.
Masood was introduced as part of the masood family, a pakistanimuslim. Eastenders favourite masood ahmed departed the soap after sailing off into the sunset in australia earlier this year however, the former. Spoiler masood is returning to eastenders with family. The fans favourite has already filmed his final scenes image. Eastenders spoilers masood ahmed tells his family a huge lie. Zainab masood, a fictional character in the british tv soap opera eastenders played by comedienne nina wadia. New characters were introduced by bryan kirkwood, executive producer. Auntie and uncle arrive to eastenders with masood ahmed. I assumed this was a muslim tradition to take your husbands first name as your surname. Tamwar bin masood tamwar son of masood or simply conversely abu tamwar father of tamwar.
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