I am still married, yes - no children. I have Benzo, though; he's my dog, a Lhasa apso.

I am one of the new characters in the brand new series of 'Postman Pat.' It has been a joy to do.

The generation that migrated to the West in the 1970s or 1960s has now lived more in the West than India, and India has changed so much. My parents fall into that category.

At the end of the week, it's nice to just hang out in a pair of jeans and let my hair down. I need a break from all that fashion!

Since I was a baby my goal was to be on TV because film was just impossible - you never got any Asian women in Western cinema. I grew up wanting to be in 'East-Enders' because film wasn't even a dream. The community were very much like, 'How can you want to act? It's such a low-class profession.

I don't ever want to be hugely famous because I had a little taste of it after 'East Is East' and 'Bend It.'

I went to Brunel University and very much wanted to go on to do a PhD in management, but then my acting career started to take off. In those days when you switched on the box there were hardly any brown or black faces.