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from the BBC programme Front Row, 30 April 2013. [1] Meera Syal CBE FRSL (born Feroza Syal; 27 June 1961) is an English comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress. She rose to prominence as one of the team that created Goodness Gracious Me and by portraying Sanjeev's grandmother, Ummi, in The Kumars at No. 42.
The show stars a fictional British Indian family, including Madhuri and Ashwin Kumar (played by Indira Joshi and Vincent Ebrahim), their adult son Sanjeev (played by Sanjeev Bhaskar), and Sushila, Sanjeev's grandmother, normally referred to as Ummi (played by Meera Syal, later Bhaskar's real-life wife). The family lives in Wembley, London, England.
Plot. Childhood friends Tania, Sunita and Chila, now in their thirties, are each at a crossroads in life. Sunita, the eldest, used to be 'super swot' until she flunked out of university to marry her psychotherapist sweetheart, Akaash. She now feels trapped by two children and an unfulfilling job.
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The band is (finally) getting back together: After a three-year layoff, We Are Lady Parts has locked down a Season 2 premiere date on Peacock. Season 2 of the comedy about an all-female Muslim ...
David Oyelowo, Meera Syal, Emma D’Arcy and Tobias Menzies are among the actors leading a trio of fall productions at the U.K.’s National Theatre in London. At the National Theatre’s Olivier ...
Goodness Gracious Me is a BBC sketch comedy show originally aired on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998 and later on BBC Two from 1998 to 2001. The ensemble cast were four British Indian actors, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia. The show explored British Asian culture, and the conflict and integration between traditional ...
HONOR Actor and screenwriter Meera Syal has been honored with a BAFTA Fellowship. The U.K. top film and TV org describes its fellowships as “the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA upon an ...