Masood Ahmed
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| EastEnders character | |||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Nitin Ganatra | ||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2007–2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 3452 16 October 2007 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 5387 17 November 2016 |
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| Created by | Diederick Santer | ||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Diederick Santer | ||||||||||||||||
| Spin-off appearances |
EastEnders: E20 (2010) East Street (2010) Tamwar Tales – The Life of an Assistant Market Inspector (2013) |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Postman Caterer Minicab driver Restaurateur Teaching assistant Market trader |
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| Brothers |
Inzamam Ahmed AJ Ahmed |
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| Wife | Zainab Masood (until 2011) |
| Sons |
Syed Masood Tamwar Masood Kamil Masood |
| Daughters | Shabnam Masood |
| Grandsons | Zaair Kazemi |
| Granddaughters |
Yasmin Masood Jade Green |
| Nephews | Ali Inzamam |
| Nieces | Jamila Inzamam |
Masood Ahmed is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Nitin Ganatra. The character made his first appearance in episode 3452, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 16 October 2007. His storylines have included a problematic marriage to Zainab Masood (Nina Wadia) which ultimately ends in divorce, bankruptcy, struggling to come to terms with his son Syed Masood's (Marc Elliott) homosexuality, an affair with Jane Beale (Laurie Brett), a feud with Zainab's ex-husband Yusef Khan (Ace Bhatti), being involved in a love triangle with Carol Jackson (Lindsey Coulson) and David Wicks (Michael French), supporting his daughter Shabnam Masood (Rakhee Thakrar) through her stillbirth, his relationship with Carmel Kazemi (Bonnie Langford) and a whirlwind fling with Belinda Peacock (Carli Norris). On 1 September 2016, it was announced that Masood would be leaving the show, becoming the last member of the Masood family to do so. His final appearance was in episode 5388, broadcast on 17 November 2016.
When Masood arrves in Albert Square with Zainab, Shabnam and Tamwar in October 2007, both Masood and Zainab are active in the postal industry: Masood is a postman and Zainab is the new owner of the post office in Walford. Masood goes to Pakistan to look after his sick father, but when he returns he discovers that his family are in serious debt. He attempts to resolve the problems to no avail. Due to their financial problems the Masoods are forced to close down the post office. They lie to the local residents that the government has closed them down, and they are then forced to reveal the truth when the residents start protesting. As well as this, daughter Shabnam decides to leave Walford in October 2008 to travel in Pakistan. The Masoods attempt to turn their fortunes around, starting a catering business. Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) invests £2000 and the company merges with Ian and Christian Clarke's (John Partridge) catering company, becoming "Masala Queen". Zainab accuses Masood of stealing money from the business, but Tamwar admits taking the money – lending it to his older brother, Syed. Masood reveals that Syed's actions are why he left the family; he had stolen money from the family business and is continuing to do so. Despite this, Zainab contacts Syed and meets him away from Walford, making Masood think she is having an affair. However, the truth is revealed, and Syed moves to Albert Square. Syed also gets engaged to his girlfriend Amira Shah (Preeya Kalidas). Masood plans to take Zainab on a trip around the world. However, Zainab tells Masood she is pregnant, scuppering their plans. In order to earn extra income and money, Masood works an extra shift at the taxi firm, despite being exhausted. When he drives Rachel Branning (Pooky Quesnel) home to Tring, he falls asleep at the wheel and crashes the car. PC Henderson (Jem Wall) questions Masood about the incident and Amira says he swerved to avoid someone on a moped. The police leave and Amira says she lied because she does not want two fathers in prison.
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