NationalityUnited-kingdom Birth 21 february 1968 (56 years)
Nitin Chandra Ganatra (born 21 February 1968) is a Kenyan-born English actor, best known for playing Masood Ahmed in the BBC soap-opera EastEnders since 2007.
, 1h25 Directed byEran Creevy OriginUnited-kingdom GenresThriller, Crime ActorsRiz Ahmed, Daniel Mays, Jason Flemyng, Nitin Ganatra, Francesca Annis, Jay Simpson Roles Rez Rating64% After four years, Chris returns to where he grew up, it seems at first to attend a party, but his real motive is to catch up with his old buddy, Shifty who he left behind. Whilst away, Chris has settled into responsible adult life, with a mortgage and a good job, but he is shocked to discover that Shifty has been dealing cocaine for some time, supplied by the double dealing Glen.
, 1h50 OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Thriller ThemesPolitique, Political films ActorsDonald Sutherland, Ralph Fiennes, Tom Hollander, Marc Warren, Lara Flynn Boyle, Don Warrington Roles Prison Official Rating63% Hollander plays Maximilian II (often called Junior), the ignorant, vindictive and petulant ruler of a troubled (but unnamed) country. Maximilian has two main interests: enjoying himself and running his country's movie industry. The output of the nation's film studios under Maximilian is limited to terrible action-adventure schlock with names like Out For Vengeance 4. While it is heavily implied that Junior is a childish sadist, it is conceded that his excesses are only bolstered by the encouragement of his beautiful, yet cruel, wife Josephine (Boyle) and the violence dealt by anti-government terrorists.
, 1h55 Directed byTim Burton OriginUSA GenresFantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical ThemesCooking films, Films about children, Films about families, Children's films ActorsJohnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Geoffrey Holder, Julia Winter, Helena Bonham Carter Roles Prince Pondicherry Rating67% Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) is a kind and loving boy living in poverty with his parents (Noah Taylor and Helena Bonham Carter) and four bedridden grandparents. They all rely on his father for income, employed at a toothpaste factory, responsible for putting the caps on the tubes. Down the street is Willy Wonka's (Johnny Depp) chocolate factory, which reopened after industrial espionage forced him into seclusion and to sack his employees. Charlie's Grandpa Joe (David Kelly) worked for Wonka before the termination.
, 2h OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Crime ActorsSteven Mackintosh, Keith Barron, Camille Coduri, Preeya Kalidas, Nitin Ganatra, Adam James Rating61% The story follows former football hooligan Ray Knight (Steven Mackintosh), a normal everyday family man who works as a security guard at a financial trading company in Canary Wharf, the symbol of corporate wealth which looms high over the impoverished communities below. Newfound social responsibilities are trampled underfoot when Ray's racist past is revived amid tensions between Whites and Asians jostling for position on the council housing list. Among those who are wanting to be rehoused in a new development is Ray's alcoholic ex-wife Sadie (Camille Coduri), and his teenage daughter Nikki (Sadie Thompson). After a failed attempt to rehouse Sadie and Nikki, and soon discovering that Nikki is involved in heroin addiction, Ray's anger drives him to re-join a BNP organisation led by his old friend Larry Knowles (Keith Barron).
, 1h36 Directed byGillies MacKinnon OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama ThemesMedical-themed films, Films about drugs ActorsMolly Parker, Harry Eden, Keira Knightley, David Wenham, Marsha Thomason, Geraldine McEwan Roles Abu Rating67% Following the death of her husband, 10-year-old Paul's mother Mel (Parker) comes to rely on an old friend, Lenny (Wenham), who is also a pimp and drug dealer. Soon Paul (Eden) must take care of both his mother and his younger brother. When Mel's friend and fellow user dies, Paul must confront the fear that has been gathering in the pit of his stomach: having lost his father, his mother too may abandon him due to her heroin addiction. Even with his limitations as a child, he takes action to stop this from happening. As this is happening, Paul befriends a pregnant Louise (Knightley), an older girl who is also a drug addict.
, 2h15 Directed byMike Leigh OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Comedy ThemesFilms about adoption, Films about children, Films about families ActorsTimothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Claire Rushbrook, Liz Smith Roles Potential Suitor Rating79% The film tells the story of Hortense Cumberbatch, a successful black middle class optometrist in London, who is adopted and has chosen to trace her family history after the death of her adoptive mother. After being warned by public officials about the troubles she could face by tracking her birth mother down, she continues her investigation and is baffled to learn that her birth mother is white but does not resent her and wants to know more about her past. Her birth mother, Cynthia Purley, is working class and downwardly mobile. Hortense meets her and later meets Cynthia's brother, Maurice Purley, a photographer, his wife Monica, and Cynthia's daughter Roxanne, a street cleaner.