Ravi Roy is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Stephen Uppal.
Details of Ravi's character were announced at the same time as Leila Roy, with Stephen Uppal and Lena Kaur being cast in the roles.
His cocky attitude gets him a job as doorman at The Loft and he certainly wins over resident bad-boy, Warren, with his cheek.
"[3] Uppal decided to leave Hollyoaks in 2010, following the beginning of Paul Marquess's new role as series producer.
I thought that it was about time that a soap portrayed a bisexual or gay character who isn't overtly feminine or camp.
[2] After several dizzy spells, Kris urged Ravi to see a doctor when he did so, he was told he had an aneurysm, which could kill him at any time.
Ravi struggled with the prospect of having to live without things including alcohol and sexual intercourse, which both could trigger the aneurysm to kill him.
But now their relationship's taken to another level because you realise that Kris does genuinely have strong feelings for Ravi as a friend and he does care about his well-being and his welfare.
When the rest of his family found out, they became over-protective, this sending Ravi over the edge, threatening Leila violently.
Ravi went into a coma and had to undergo an emergency craniotomy, to remove the tumour, with a 60% chance of his death or being severely brain-damaged.
Ravi starts work at The Loft as a bouncer and briefly moves in with Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas) and Louise Summers (Roxanne McKee).
Ravi takes her application as a joke and sleeps with Mercedes McQueen (Jennifer Metcalfe) after her interview.
During a talk about relationships, Ravi attempts to kiss Russ Owen (Stuart Manning), revealing himself as bisexual.
He befriends Caleb Ramsey (Michael Ryan), who is also helping with brother Zak (Kent Riley).
Ravi runs out of the hospital after receiving devastating news, which he then reveals to Kris and tells him that he was diagnosed with a cerebral aneurysm, which could kill him at any moment.
In August, Ravi and Loretta Jones (Melissa Walton) begin flirting and go to The Dog on a date.
Despite his family's pleas, Ravi arranges another illegal fight without anyone knowing until Kris finds out and alerted the Roys.
When Ravi wakes up fully, he tells his family what he heard, despite Ash claiming Anita had found her birth certificate and came to him.
Ravi reopens Ash's business Relish with the help of Dominic Reilly (John Pickard).
Ravi begins dating a woman called Kate Simpson, who in secret is actually Eva Strong (Sheree Murphy), Anita's birth mother.
Someone sprays racist graffiti on Relish and sets off a smoke bomb whilst Ravi is still inside.
Following this, Ravi begins a relationship with Jem Costello (Helen Russell-Clark), but cannot control his feelings for Eva.