dan ferreira, played by dalip tahil, is the head of the ferreira family, and father to ash (raji james), adi (ameet chana), ronny (ray panthaki) and kareena (pooja shah). when he first arrives in albert square, he claims to be a widower, talking about his wife, pushpa (madhur jaffrey) as being dead, both to the neighbours and his children, but they have merely separated after she had an affair. dan disappears suddenly and clears out the family's bank account, and it is later revealed that tariq larousi (nabil elouahabi) is his illegitimate son.