BBC EastEnders fans baffled by Ravi Gulati and Avani Nandra-Hart stars’ real-life age gap

EastEnders fans have been left baffled after discovering the small age gap between Ravi Gulati star Aaron Thiara and actress Aaliyah James who plays his on-screen daughter Avani Nandra-Hart.

Ravi arrived in Walford back in 2022 as the estranged secret son of local villain Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry).

Not long after he step foot in the Square, Ravi murdered his adoptive father Ranveer Gulati (Anil Goutam) and framed his stepmum Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal).

He then tried to romance Denise Fox (Diane Parish) behind the back of her husband Jack Branning (Scott Maslen), before finding love with Chelsea Fox (Zaraah Abrahams) - which didn't last long.

Ravi was then shocked when his estranged ex-lover Priya Nandra-Hart (Sophie Khan Levy) got in contact with her estranged son Nugget (Juhaim Rasul Choudhury) and introduced their daughter Avani to the Panesar family.

Schoolgirl Avani has made her mark in Walford thanks to her cheeky personality and brash attitude. But in this week's episodes of the BBC soap, Avani has been left shaken-up after her older boyfriend assaulted her.

The drama unfolded when Nugget craftily spotted Avani texting her older boyfriend Mason (Alex Draper) and threatened to spill the beans to their father Ravi.

Avani has been spinning a yarn to her mother Priya that her romantic interest is Albert Square's fresh face Barney (Lewis Bridgeman) who arrived in the summer with his elder brother Harry (Elijah Holloway) and their father Teddy (Roland Manookian).

However, Mason has been pushing Avani to progress their relationship. But when the pair met on Monday (October 21), Avani made it clear she wasn't ready to sleep with him as the pressure became overwhelming.

Her courageous honesty came after Mason