Anwar Kharral is a fictional character in the television series Skins portrayed by Dev Patel.

According to the official website, his favourite things are "tequila, dope, pills, Lupe Fiasco, breasts and X Factor".

[1] According to fellow actors Mike Bailey (who portrays Sid Jenkins) and Hannah Murray (who portrays Cassie Ainsworth), the characterization of Anwar was partly based on the personality of the actor Dev Patel and the role was written specifically for him after he was cast for Skins.

[2] In "Tony", Anwar and Chris are convinced by Maxxie to go to a "big gay night out" with him, believing that there would be many beautiful women there and they would be the only straight men there to have sex with.

He also loses his virginity to a married Russian girl, Anka, whom he, along with Sid Jenkins, believed they were rescuing from her abusive father who turned out to be her husband.

When the two are caught by Sid's Mum, Anwar once again expresses discomfort for his life under a Muslim household, stating that "sex hasn't been invented" in his house.

Unable to go to his friends or his family, Anwar visits Sketch, his ex-girlfriend, and confides to her about them, and she reveals to him that he never gave any thought to his future.

Cook mentions that he met "some skinny Asian kid named Anwar" busking and asked if he could join him.