Anwar Kharral

Anwar Kharral
Skins character
Dev Patel as Anwar Kharral
First appearance	"Tony" (episode 1.01)
Last appearance	"Final Goodbyes" (episode 2.10)
Created by	Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain
Portrayed by	Dev Patel
Seasons	1-2
Centric episode(s)	"Maxxie and Anwar" (episode 1.06)
Information
Occupation	Student
Significant other(s)	Lucy "Sketch" (ex-girlfriend) Maxxie Oliver (best friend)
Religion	Sunni Islam

Anwar Kharral is a fictional character in the television series Skins portrayed by Dev Patel.

Anwar is portrayed as boy with Pakistani origin. Although raised in an Islamic household, he is not very serious about his faith as he takes drugs at parties, drinks, partakes in premarital sex and even eats pork; although he does pray five times a day and believes that homosexuality goes against his religion. His best friend is Maxxie Oliver, although his views on Maxxie's sexual orientation sometimes put a strain on their friendship. He does lament that as a Muslim boy, he feels he has no choice in his faith.

According to the official website, his favourite things are "tequila, dope, pills, Lupe Fiasco, breasts and X Factor".

According to fellow actors Mike Bailey (who portrays Sid Jenkins) and Hannah Murray (who portrays Cassie Ainsworth), the characterization of Anwar was partly based on the personality of the actor Dev Patel and the role was written specifically for him after he was cast for Skins.

In "Tony" he is convinced by best friend Maxxie, to go to a "big gay night out" (because Maxxie said "there would be lots of beautiful women there and they (Chris and Anwar) would be the only ones there to shag") along with Chris, but being bored they eventually go to 's party instead. In "Maxxie and Anwar", on a school trip to Russia, he finds himself at odds with Maxxie who views Anwar's pick-and-choose approach to Islam as hypocritical. He also loses his virginity to a married Russian girl, Anka, who he, along with Sid Jenkins, believed they were rescuing from her abusive father who turned out to be her husband.