Ravi Gulati (EastEnders)

Ravi Gulati
EastEnders character
Portrayed by	Aaron Thiara
Duration	2022–present
First appearance	Episode 6515 4 July 2022 (2022-07-04)
Classification	Present; regular
Introduced by	Chris Clenshaw
In-universe information Occupation Drug dealer Career criminal Restauranteur Businessman Father Nish Panesar Mother Haspira Gulati Adoptive father Ranveer Gulati Stepmother Suki Panesar Nina Gupta (adoptive) Half-brothers Kheerat Panesar Jags Panesar Vinny Panesar Half-sisters Ash Panesar Sons Davinder "Nugget" Gulati Daughters Avani Nandra-Hart Nephews Tyrion Ahmed

Ravi Gulati is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders and is portrayed by Aaron Thiara. Ravi made his first appearance in episode 6515, originally broadcast on 4 July 2022.^[1] Ravi was introduced as a fellow prisoner of Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) and a former associate of Kheerat Panesar (Jaz Deol), though later revealed as the illegitimate son of Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry) however viewers did not originally know this beforehand as there was no announcement prior to the plot-twist.^[2][3][4]

Since the characters first appearance, Ravi has been involved in with some of the serial's key storylines including being in multiple feuds with Kheerat, Nish, Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal), Denise Fox (Diane Parish), Jack Branning (Scott Maslen), and Eve Unwin (Heather Peace); reuniting with his estranged son Davinder "Nugget" Gulati (Juhaim Rasul Choudhury), murdering his adoptive father Ranveer Gulati (Anil Goutam) and letting his stepmother Suki believe that she killed him, seducing a married Denise and using her daughter Chelsea Fox (Zaraah Abrahams) to make her jealous, and discovering that he has another child, Avani Nandra-Hart (Aaliyah James).