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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.
1565845293 (US) / ISBN 9781565845299 (UK) Anita and Me is Meera Syal 's debut novel, and was first published in 1996. It is a semi- autobiographical novel, based on Syal's childhood in the mining village of Essington, Staffordshire, which won the Betty Trask Award. The story revolves around Meena, a British Indian girl (the "me" of the title ...
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).
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 ...
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 ...
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee is a three-part BBC television miniseries from 2005, adapted from Meera Syal's 1999 novel of the same name. Plot
18 September 2023. (2023-09-18) –. present. Mrs Sidhu Investigates is a British mystery crime television series, which is produced by and broadcast on Acorn TV. [1] The series was created by Suk Pannu, based off his BBC Radio 4 series, [2] and stars Meera Syal in the title role (which she also originated on radio). [3]
Meera Syal as D.C.I. Anita Wishart (Series 2), the Chief Inspector assigned to oversee the Murder Investigation Team having taken over four months prior to the events of series 2. Richard Hope as D.S. Barry Purvis (Series 1-2), an office-based detective who coordinates investigations and liaises between police stations.