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"EastEnders star Nitin Ganatra has revealed that he is keen to explore Masood Ahmed&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;wild side&amp;quot; in the coming months. Masood will soon be a single man again as his long-time partner Zainab (Nina Wadia) bows out from Albert Square at the end of this week.  Speaking to Inside Soap, Ganatra promised that his character still has a bright future in Walford despite Zainab&amp;#039;s departure. Ganatra commented: &amp;quot;It was very sad to see the end of that relationship, but the positive side is that we can explore a new side to Masood now. I&amp;#039;m an optimist - when one door shuts, another will open. And I&amp;#039;m very excited by what our executive producer Lorraine Newman has planned. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;d be great to see Masood&amp;#039;s wild side finally come out - the party animal! It&amp;#039;s something that I&amp;#039;ve pitched to the writers, so if I talk about it enough, they might just go with it!&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;It would be nice if one of Masood&amp;#039;s ex-girlfriends turned up and revealed what he was like in his early years, before he was a practising Muslim. It would have to be someone like, well\u2026 a shorter Uma Thurman, I reckon!&amp;quot;  In the meantime, Masood strikes up a bond with Carol Jackson (Lindsey Coulson) next week as he helps her out at the caf\u00E9. Discussing the pair&amp;#039;s new spark, Ganatra added: &amp;quot;There may well be a hint of something there. Lindsey Coulson is one of my favourite actresses. She&amp;#039;s very funny and quirky. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s often the case in EastEnders that you don&amp;#039;t get to interact with too many different characters. But now the doors are open, Masood should flirt with all the ladies!&amp;quot; EastEnders airs Zainab&amp;#039;s final episode on Friday (February 8) at 8pm on BBC One.  New! Digital Spy Soap Scoop video - watch Amie Parker-Williams reveal the biggest storylines on the way in Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks next week.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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