{"id":8736,"date":"2009-10-16T13:31:49","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T13:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/10\/16\/albert-square-welcomes-new-asian-face\/"},"modified":"2009-10-16T13:31:49","modified_gmt":"2009-10-16T13:31:49","slug":"albert-square-welcomes-new-asian-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2009\/10\/16\/albert-square-welcomes-new-asian-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Albert Square welcomes new Asian face"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Ramon Tikaram joins Eastenders<\/h3>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"232\" height=\"213\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/Image\/ArticleImages\/RamonTikaram_232x180.jpg\"\/>BRIT actor Ramon Tikaram is to join the cast of Eastenders, the BBC have revealed.<\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The 42-year-old actor, famous for his role as Gay courier Ferdy Garcia in the hit BBC series This Life, will appear on our TV screens later this year. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>He will play Mohammed Qadim Shah, father of newcomer Amira Shah, played by Preeya Kalidas.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;It&#8217;s great to be joining a programme that represents a Muslim family in a positive light,\u201d the actor said. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>His character, Qadim, is described as an \u201cintelligent and dynamic\u201d man who \u201coozes charm and sex appeal.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Qadim\u2019s arrival on Albert Square will see him reunite with his daughter, Amira, who have endured a stormy relationship since the death of her mother Shahana. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>During their early years Qadim was a \u201cdoting father\u201d to Amira, \u201cspoiling her, indulging her and creating the princess she is today.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>But following the death of his wife from cancer he turned into a \u201cbitter, controlling tyrant\u201d, and was sent to prison as a result of dodgy bank loans and fraudulent investment schemes. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Viewers will initially see Qadim when Amira visits him in prison and later again when he&#8217;s released in time for his daughter&#8217;s wedding to Syed. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Tikaram said joining the Eastenders cast was a \u201cfantastic\u201d opportunity to be working with \u201cold friends including Nitin Ganatra and Preeya Kalidas.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramon Tikaram joins Eastenders BRIT actor Ramon Tikaram is to join the cast of Eastenders, the BBC have revealed. &#13; The 42-year-old actor, famous for his role as Gay courier Ferdy Garcia in the hit BBC series This Life, will appear on our TV screens later this year. &#13; He will play Mohammed Qadim Shah, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}