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Zara Woodcock

Laila Rouass leads stars at London's Indian Film Festival for premiere of new ITV drama

Laila Rouass lead the stars at the screening of her new film at the London Indian Film Festival.

The Footballers' Wives star, 52, attended the BFI Southbank in London to watch a screening of The Effects of Lying.

The cast of the original ITV movie include Ace Bhatti, Laila, Bhasker Patel, Navin Chowdhry, Shaheen Khan, Adam Bregman and Deepal Parmar.

VIP guests at the event include actor Lauren Lyle and influencer Nila Varman.

The comedy-drama follows a South Asian family on the brink of a crisis, with Bhatti's character, Naveen, soon uncovering the first of three huge secrets that shake up his entire family.

Spooks' Laila plays his wife Sangeeta (who cheats on him with his brother) while Lauren plays his daughter Simran.

Laila at London's Indian Film Festival (Angie Owiti)

Laila was one of many stars at the screening to discuss the ins and outs of the new movie.

The star looked gorgeous in a casual low-cut black top and loose light blue jeans.

She let her brown locks flow over her shoulders as she answered questions about the project.

Laila looked in high spirits as she laughed with co-stars on stage at the event.

The actress previously opened up about the behind-the-scenes of the movie and revealed she was embarrassed about filming a sex scene with a 19-year-old boy.

However, she "felt great" wearing the revealing clothes and loved taking on the role of a "confident, sexual being."

She plays a sexually confident wife in the new movie (ITV)

Speaking to The Sun, Laila explained: "I've always hated doing sex scenes. They are so awkward, but this one was the most awful one I've been asked to do. I had to do a sex scene with a teenager.

"It was his first one and I was so worried that he would be uncomfortable. I couldn't stop thinking about how he was less than half my age."

She added: "I was worrying that he would find it too embarrassing, but when I was 19 I probably wouldn't have worried about it as much."

Laila said her Sangeeta is absolutely "nuts" and she loved taking on the role of the confident character.

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