INTERVIEW BY EMILY COOK
“How is my relationship with my daughter?”
Shobna Gulati is analysing her performance as Yasmin Khan’s mum Najia in Series 11. “I think the two of them are close,” she says, “but like any relationship that’s ready to go to the next level it has become a little strained. I’d say that Yaz is yearning for her independence because she’s a young woman who still lives at home, but she’s ready to move out. Mum doesn’t want to lose her daughter, though. As a mother, you’ve had the children at home for all these years and then suddenly, when they’re gone, what have you got to do? You’ve just got to hang out with your husband,” says Shobna, laughing.