Ravi Gulati (EastEnders)

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. Ravi was introduced as a fellow prisoner of established character 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, as there was no announcement prior to the plot twist.

Since the character's first appearance, Ravi has been involved in with some of the serial's key storylines including being in multiple feuds, reuniting with his estranged son Davinder "Nugget" Gulati (Juhaim Rasul Choudhury) and discovering another child, Avani Nandra-Hart (Aaliyah James), murdering his adoptive father, Ranveer Gulati (Anil Goutam), and allowing stepmother Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal) to believe that she killed him. Later, he seduces a married Denise Fox (Diane Parish), which saw viewers having the opportunity to vote for either Ravi or Jack to be Denise's lover in the "EastEnders 40th Anniversary Week" – they ultimately voted for Jack. Further plots have seen Ravi recruited by Nish to kidnap Eve Unwin (Heather Peace), learning Nish has a terminal illness and later killing him following a final confrontation where Nish attempts to murder Suki and Eve, turning back to crime after he is defrauded by Bernadette Taylor (Clair Norris), rekindling his relationship with Priya Nandra-Hart (Sophie Khan Levy), embarking on a cuckooing plot against Harry Mitchell (Elijah Holloway) and Kojo Asare (Dayo Koleosho) after they lose his drugs, becoming a police informant to evade prosecution, accidentally assaulting Nugget after being drugged by Harry and Nicola and self-harming out of guilt.