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Emmerdale's Rishi Sharma star Bhasker Patel's life from surprising age to stunning daughters

Emmerdale star Bhasker Patel is best known for his role as Rishi Sharma on the long-running ITV soap. Rishi Sharma has been a long standing resident in the Yorkshire based soap and the character has become a firm favourite amongst fans since joining back in 2011.

He is the ex-husband of Georgia Sharma, the father of Jai, Nikhil and Priya Sharma and grandfather of Mia, Archie, Molly, Amba and Eliza.

The much-loved character has been at the forefront of the soap's storyline this week after he was left thinking a mystery intruder was living in his house.

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Rishi, who currently lives in the house alone, noticed some odd goings on from kitchen jars being moved, to the kettle being filled up and the weird noises too.

In recent scenes Rishi was so spooked he left the house after hearing noises upstairs and calling out, but getting no reply. Rishi's son Jai believed Rishi was making it up due to just loneliness, after his daughter Priya left the village.

However, in the last night's episode Rishi's fears were confirmed when it was revealed that Arthur’s school friend, Marshall, was the one hiding at the property and eating food in Rishi's house.

While we await Rishi finding out the truth of whats been going on, we have taken a nosedive into actor Bhasker Patel's life off air - which seems much more simple and drama free than that of his on-screen character!

Here's everything we know about Rishi Sharma star Bhasker Patel's life away from the cameras.

What else has Bhasker Patel been in?

Bhasker Patel has had a long and colourful acting career. The 67-year-old is undeniably best known for his current role as Emmerdale's Rishi Sharma.

However, he has also previously appeared in Holby City, The Bill, Spooks, Only Fools and Horse, Birds of a Feather, Coronation Street, My Family, Skins and Doctor Who to name all but a few.

Bhasker's family life

When not filming, Bhasker is very much a family man and enjoys spending time with his loved ones. The actor is a dad of two.

He is very active on social media and often shares snaps of his stunning daughters and his beloved cavapoo, Minnie, with his 18.9K followers.

He spends a lot of time with his Emmerdale co-stars outside of work and often shares snaps alongside his colleagues enjoying socialising together, especially Eric Pollar star, Chris Chittell, with whom he is close friends.

When he's not working or spending time with family, Bhasker enjoys playing cricket and hiking.

Bhasker's charity work

While his family and career are his top priorities, the actor is also heavily involved in supported causes which are close to his heart. Last year, Bhasker led a campaign to raise awareness around male sexual assault partnering up with charity SurvivorsUK, which helps boys and men who have been victims of sexual abuse.

Bhasker documented the story of a man experiencing abuse in the new film titled SAFE, which has been created by award-winning director Dan Lowenstein. The movie follows three men at different stages of their lives sharing the same abuse story.

Bhasker was joined by actors Vic Zander, who has appeared in Emmerdale and Isaac Money, who appeared in award winning film Cat Skin. Meka Beresford, Digital Communications Officer at SurvivorsUK, said: "Working alongside Dan, House of Create, the Media Trust and the incredible actors on this project was such a joyful experience.

"Dan truly poured his heart and soul into creating a film that accurately depicts the experiences of so many survivors of sexual abuse." We hope this film will go far in helping people to understand the impact that sexual violence can have on men, whilst also highlighting that support services like SurvivorsUK exist."

Emmerdale continues to air from 7.30pm on ITV.

You can visit our Emmerdale homepage to find the latest gossip about the soap and its stars.

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