EastEnders star Navin Chowdhry has paid an emotional tribute to his mum on social media.
The Nish Panesar actor, 52, shared a sweet snap of his late mother via Instagram Stories alongside a lyric from Ed Sheeran’s Visiting Hours.
He captioned the picture: ‘I wish that heaven had visiting hours.’
This time last year Navin posted a black and white snap of his mum on Instagram.
He wrote: ‘Miss you mum. There are no words to say how much. It’s no surprise that the hardest year of our lives was the year you were no longer here. One year ago today. Love you always mum.’
Earlier this year, the soap star’s wife, Mrs C, as he affectionately calls her, underwent surgery for breast cancer, which Navin revealed in an emotional video on Instagram – during which he reflected on his wife’s journey and shared his best wishes to all ‘cancer warriors’.
‘Miss you mum. There are no words to say how much.’ (Picture: Instagram)
Navin’s EastEnders character, Nish, is currently embroiled in a big storyline that sees the Panesar family take centre stage.
His on-screen wife Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal) finally found the courage to reveal her true feelings for husband Nish (Navin Chowdhry) in emotional EastEnders scenes.
Despite having fallen in love with soulmate Eve Unwin (Heather Peace), Suki has been trapped in her marriage with abusive Nish, who recently returned to her life after spending 20 years behind bars for murder.
Suki very nearly managed to escape her situation earlier this year, when she made plans to run away with Eve and leave Nish behind for good. However, her plan was rumbled by son Vinny (Shiv Jalota) who gave her an ultimatum: Eve or her family.
With Vinny having promised to tell Nish everything if she chose Eve, Suki panicked that her lover would end up hurt, seeing as Nish had previously killed a man in a jealous rage. Because of this, and the love of her children, she chose to stay with her family.
