Aftab Sachak

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as Ashraf Karim

The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.

Drama Series - 1990, 16 episodes • as Mr Patel

Refusing to succumb to old age, Tom Ballard and Diana Trent are a pair of seasoned delinquents that cause many headaches. Their uneasy alliance is destined to make life difficult at the Bayview Retirement Village.

Drama Series - 1995, 16 episodes • as Mr Mamoud

Ambitious DS Franky Drinkall's life is turned upside down when he is diagnosed with epilepsy. His refusal to accept his condition leads him into a downward spiral and ultimately to his demise. DS Rebecca Bennett gives an ever-present emotional charge as she finds herself the subject of both PC Holder's and DC Allen's affections.

Drama Series - 2001, 16 episodes • as Fareed Iqbal

Crime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe.

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as Bipan

Tandoori Nights is a Channel 4 sitcom broadcast in two six-episode series from 1985 to 1987. The programme focuses on the rivalry between two Indian restaurants in East London: The Jewel in the Crown and The Far Pavilions.

Movie - 1995, 2h 15m • as Sakib's Uncle

Amir is an illegal Pakistani immigrant smuggled into England in the 1960's to work, to send money to his family and perhaps even bring them over with him. A skilled laborer, he is forced to do unskilled work like shoveling sheep dung and processing wool. He lives in a boarding house with nearly a dozen other men, under the supervision of Hussein Shah. He befriends a young student, Sakib, who dreams of being a writer. Their existence is punctuated by secret movies, a visiting prostitute, fear of detection and deportation, and the gangster-like smuggler who comes by for his take every week. The household is shaken up by the arrival of a white girl, Shah's girlfriend, and the sense of femininity and family she brings.

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes • as Riaz Miah

An idealistic former soldier helps unite and house ethnic minorities in a run-down area of London's east end.

Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • as Farroukh

Young, handsome and alone in London at the start of a great career. But will Sunil's luck hold out against the seductions of pretty girls, the wiles of con-men and a hundred temptations of the great city?

Movie - 1986, 2h 15m • as Riaz Miah

An idealistic former soldier helps unite and house ethnic minorities in a run down area of London's east end