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EastEnders star Shiv Jalota teases "unreal" Panesar family story
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EastEnders star Shiv Jalota has opened about the Panesar family's upcoming storyline, calling it "unreal".
In scenes airing next week, Suki Panesar and Eve Unwin plan to send Suki's husband, Nish, to prison so they can finally leave Walford and start a new life together.
Suki and Eve get all the details on Nish's latest dodgy deal and report him to the police as soon as he leaves, but things take a shocking turn when Nish arrives home from the deal and accuses their son, Vinny, of grassing him up.
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Speaking about his reaction to the storyline after reading it in the script, Shiv, who plays Vinny, said: "I remember I actually emailed [executive producer] Chris Clenshaw and said: 'These are unreal!'.
"I think I was on a bit of a high because there was just so much drama within this story. It was a mega excitement to have a play with the script. I was quite nervous in terms of the storytelling but I was also so excited to get started and unpick the scripts."
Before Nish returns home from the deal, Suki has an emotional heart-to-heart with Vinny, who's completely unware that Suki is actually saying goodbye.
"Her main point here to Vinny is to stress that he's enough as he is and to stop trying to be a person that Nish wants him to be," Shiv explained "He's different from his other siblings and family members so she just wants him to be his own man."
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The soap star went on to say that it's a "really beautiful moment between them", adding: "You get the sense here that she really has his back and that he'll always have a sense of belonging with her."
Teasing what fans can expect to see after a furious Nish arrives home after his deal, Shiv said: "There's an incident in the house and Vinny is unsure of the truth behind it, so he has to make a decision. Is his dad all he cracks up to be? Is his mum at risk? Vinny's illusion that they're a happy family perhaps isn't true."
EastEnders airs on Mondays - Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer.
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