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crazygirl
26-03-2005, 10:56
Former EastEnders actor Dalip Tahil has won his fight with the Government to be allowed to remain in Britain after 14 months of legal wrangling.

Tahil came to the public's attention when he joined EastEnders in 2003, playing tyrannical Elvis fan Dan Ferreira.

A well-known star in India, the actor originally came to Britain to appear in West End musical Bombay Dreams.

However, he was spotted by BBC producers, who cast him as the head of a new Asian family in EastEnders - the ill-fated Ferreiras.

Shortly after his debut, doubts were raised about the status of his work permit and British Asian actors were said to be unhappy that a homegrown thespian was not cast in the role. Actors' union Equity also raised objections.

As a result, Tahil was dropped from the show and his character hastily and unconvincingly written out.

Determined to fight the ruling, he launched an appeal against the Home Office, claiming they were making an unfair example of him because of his public profile.

'I'm not a criminal, I'm just a jobbing actor who, due to bad advice from my previous solicitors, has been put in this position,' claimed the actor.

Now he has received an apology from Immigration Minister Des Browne for the poor handling of the case.

Although he plans to remain working in the UK, the chances of his returning to EastEnders are slim, with his on-screen family having left the show on Tuesday.

brenda1971
30-03-2005, 11:13
I think that they would be stupid to let dan back on Eastenders

Debs
30-03-2005, 11:24
i dont see how they could write him back in now that the whole family have left.

parkerman
30-03-2005, 12:13
He could come after Johnny for forcing his family out! :hmm:

chance
30-03-2005, 12:27
god,please no!

Siobhan
30-03-2005, 12:28
god,please no!

I am with you on this one

Meh
30-03-2005, 12:31
But EE does need another Asian family. Thinking about it, I've not seen any asylum families on there either.

parkerman
30-03-2005, 12:38
I am with you on this one

But just think, one Elvis impression and Johnny would flee the Square... :rolleyes:

harissa
30-03-2005, 12:55
I thought that he was the wrong kind of actor for soaps. I presume he acted in Bollywood films before and some of the actors in those (not all I hasten to add) are a bit hammy. He was VERY hammy!

Siobhan
30-03-2005, 13:05
he was brilliant in East is East

callummc
30-03-2005, 13:27
Whether he was good in EE or not ,he should have been allowed to carry on working while his case was being looked at,lets face it he wasn't trying to hide or scrounge of the state,he would have been paying plenty of tax to,by now he'd probably have gone from EE anyway,and it would have saved us all having to endure the kidnetgate storyline which we only got cos they had to do a quick rewrite due to what went on with dalips immigration problem.

harissa
30-03-2005, 15:50
What character did he play in East is East? I saw that and thought it was really great but can't remember him in it.

.:SpIcYsPy:.
30-03-2005, 15:56
Agree with you too!!

brenda1971
30-03-2005, 15:58
i think that you are getting him mixed up with someone else

Siobhan
30-03-2005, 16:00
i think that you are getting him mixed up with someone else

I probably am.. there was a lot of people in East is East who went on to become soap stars.. Dev and his cousin (can't remember his name) in corrie and Ash in EE...

dddMac1
30-03-2005, 16:23
i don't want Dan to come back but i feel Eastenders needs to have Asian familys in it but they need to give them better storylines unlike the ferreira's

brenda1971
30-03-2005, 16:26
And Vikram

helen_166
30-03-2005, 20:06
nooo! he needs to never be seen on tv again! he was awful!!! send him back to india!

crazygirl
30-03-2005, 21:35
he wont come back because there is nothing for him to come back to

Debs
31-03-2005, 11:21
if the ferreiras were still there then it woukd be ok to bring him back but whats the point now??

Siobhan
31-03-2005, 13:17
if the ferreiras were still there then it woukd be ok to bring him back but whats the point now??

exactly.. the only reason I can think off it to get revenge on Johnny Allen for kicking his family out of Walford but that is just stupid