{"id":358511,"date":"2026-01-08T07:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T07:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/358511\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T07:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T07:01:15","slug":"eastenders-fans-work-out-ravi-gulati-twist-as-major-villain-returns-after-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/358511\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders fans ‘work out’ Ravi Gulati twist as major villain returns after death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ravi was drugged in an eventful night in Albert Square on the BBC soapRavi Gulati had a night to forget on EastEnders(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

EastEnders fans are claiming that they\u2019ve \u2018worked out\u2019 a Ravi Gulati twist after a major villain appeared to deliver him a message from beyond the grave a year after his death.<\/p>\n

The gangster is trying to redeem himself as a partner to his partner Priya Nandra-Hart and their kids Avani and Nugget. Ravi was responsible for a drugs scheme escalating to the point of Harry Mitchell <\/a>being kidnapped by his henchman Okie.<\/p>\n

Harry is furious with Ravi after pressuring him to sell drugs led to him relapsing, killing Okie and seeing his dad Teddy Mitchell taking the fall for him and being sent to prison. Things got so bad that Harry entered rehab before Christmas<\/a> in an attempt to get himself back on track.<\/p>\n

Returning to the BBC<\/a> soap last week, Harry has been on a revenge mission. Caught by Nicola Mitchell stalking Ravi with a lead pipe, his mum assured him that they could get back at Ravi without Harry ending up in jail.<\/p>\n

In scenes aired on Wednesday night (January 7), Ravi is left out when the rest of the family go for an interview with Suki and Eve\u2019s adoption assessors. Ravi later heads to the Nicola\u2019s pub Harry\u2019s Barn to drown his sorrows.<\/p>\n

Joined by Patrick Trueman, whose son Anthony <\/a>was murdered several weeks ago, the pair talked about how they both believed they\u2019ve failed as fathers. However, neither one of them agreed with the other.<\/p>\n

\"EastEndersNish Panesar made a vocal cameo on EastEnders(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

Offering them drinks on the house, Nicola managed to spike Ravi\u2019s drink with drugs as part of her plan. Ravi soon staggered outside, only for Harry to bring him to The Arches.<\/p>\n

Once there, Harry lowered Ravi into a pit and appeared to be preparing to bury<\/a> him. Just before he could move on to the plan\u2019s next phase, Billy knocked on the door to remind Harry that they had plans to have a chinese together.<\/p>\n

As Priya worried back home that she couldn\u2019t find her partner, Ravi was left alone in the pit as he began to suffer hallucinations. In a shocking twist, Ravi\u2019s dad Nish Panesar could be heard speaking to him a year on from his death.<\/p>\n

Hearing footsteps, Ravi <\/a>heard Nish saying: \u201cThere isn\u2019t a light here son.\u201d The episode concluded with Ravi cowering in terror screaming alone in the pit.<\/p>\n

On New Year\u2019s Day last year, Ravi killed Nish following years of Suki\u2019s ex-husband terrorising her and Eve. Ravi pushed Nish, who was played by Navin Chowdhry, off of a balcony when he attempted to ruin Suki and Eve\u2019s wedding day.<\/p>\n

Pronounced dead at the scene, Nish\u2019 reign of terror was brought to an end by his illegitimate son. Yet, it looks like Nish will be making one final appearance on Thursday (January 8).<\/p>\n

With the pressure mounting on Ravi, EastEnders<\/a> fans took to the soap’s Reddit page to reveal what they think the \u2018terrible incident\u2019 being teased during his hallucinations will end up being.<\/p>\n

@OutlandishnessFew498 said: \u201cSo I’m thinking then either Ravi attacks someone thinking it’s Nish, or ‘Nish’ goads him into attacking someone…which, given its Nish, surely would limit the potential victim pool to exactly 2 people.\u201d<\/p>\n

@ElevensMelody wrote: \u201cI initially thought it could be Eve who gets attacked but Jean being out on her own and Ravi living in the flats by the station is making me veer toward it being Jean now. I don’t think Nugget mentioning Jean was a coincidence. Jean will wake up and think it was Jasmine.\u201d<\/p>\n

@Annie-2006 commented: \u201cI really hope we see Nish physically tomorrow! My guess is attacks Vinny thinking he\u2019s Nish.\u201d @Bears_are_the_best_2 noted: \u201cRavi deserves this. For what he did, too, Harry and Kojo.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ravi was drugged in an eventful night in Albert Square on the BBC soapRavi Gulati had a night…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[243,1078,96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-358511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bbc","tag-eastenders","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}