She predicted that it will help Zainab and Syed get closer as she'll want her grandchild and it may make her feel like her son is a proper man.[12] Amira eventually gives up on trying to win Syed back, and after he and Christian offer to buy her out of the business, Amira makes her exit. However, she leaves her daughter, Yasmin, behind.[13] Amira departed on 8 March 2012.[14] Speaking to Lorraine in April 2012, Kalidas said that it's possible that Amira would return again.[15] She said that Amira has been through a lot and that her life needs to be sorted out.[15] She added: "It was really difficult playing her because there were so many times when I thought, 'You poor thing — just be strong'. And by the end of it she was, and she left!"[15] Kalidas also said that Amira needs some time out.[15]