Amira is introduced as the girlfriend of character Syed Masood, played by Marc Elliott.[4] She made her first on-screen appearance on 7 May 2009.[5] On 24 January 2010, it was announced that Kalidas had quit the show to concentrate on a career in music.[6] According to Kalidas, her final scenes were filmed on 5 March[7] and were shown on 26 April 2010.[8] Kalidas teased about her exit the day it was transmitted. She told BBC News: "We were quite looking forward to this moment and we're both really excited about playing these scenes tonight.