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 with Kheerat, Nish, Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal), Denise Fox (Diane Parish), Jack Branning (Scott Maslen), and Teddy Mitchell (Roland Manookian). He also reunited with his estranged son Davinder "Nugget" Gulati (Juhaim Rasul Choudhury) and discovered that he has another child, Avani Nandra-Hart (Aaliyah James). As well as this, he murdered his adoptive father Ranveer Gulati (Anil Goutam) and allowed his stepmother Suki believe that she killed him. Later, he seduced a married Denise and used her daughter Chelsea Fox (Zaraah Abrahams) to make her jealous. He is later recruited by Nish to kidnap and murder Eve Unwin (Heather Peace) after he discovers that she has been having an affair with Suki. Later, Ravi has had to cope with Nish's terminal illness; reconciling with Denise and eventually being involved in a love triangle with Denise and Jack, 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; and killing Nish after a final confrontation where Nish attempts to murder Suki and Eve.