Dev Alahan
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Jimmi Harkishin | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1999– | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 10 November 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Jane MacNaught | ||||||||||||||
| Spin-off appearances |
"East Street" (2010) Coronation Street: Text Santa special (2015) |
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| Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Businessman | ||||||||||||||
| Home | 7 Coronation Street | ||||||||||||||
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| Father | Ranjiv Alahan |
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| Mother | Urmila Alahan |
| Wife | Sunita Parekh (2004–2006) |
| Sons | Aadi Alahan |
| Daughters | Shareen Amber Kalirai Asha Alahan |
| Uncles |
Ravi Desai Raj Desai Sanjeet Desai Umed Alahan |
| First cousins |
Vikram Desai Nita Desai Naveem Alahan |
Devendra "Dev" Alahan is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by Jimmi Harkishin, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 10 November 1999. He is the ex-husband of Sunita (Shobna Gulati), and father to Amber Kalirai (Nikki Patel), Aadi Alahan (Zennon Ditchett) and Asha Alahan (Tanisha Gorey), though Amber is not Sunita's daughter. Dev departed on 13 February 2015, after Harkishin asked for an extended break from the show, Dev returned on 1 June 2015.
Amy Goskirk (Jayne Ashbourne), a former girlfriend, follows Dev to Weatherfield, claiming he had promised to marry her. He denies this, claiming she is mentally unstable so she claims to be pregnant and that she attempted suicide. When she returns to The Rovers Return with bandaged wrists, Dev exposes her lies by ripping off the bandages, revealing no cuts.
Some time later, Dev almost marries barmaid Geena Gregory (Jennifer James), but her mother is unhappy and pays Karen McDonald (Suranne Jones) to set him up so Geena will dump him. Although she forgives him for that, Geena and Dev later split and she starts dating Joe Carter (Jonathan Wrather). Dev saves shopworker Sunita Parekh (Shobna Gulati) from an arranged marriage, giving her a safe haven in the flat above the shop. Sunita develops feelings for Dev but he sees as just a friend but they later get involved. His other girlfriends include cruise ship hairdresser Debs Brownlow (Gabrielle Glaister), and Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford), who wrecks his flat after discovering he has no intention of marrying her. He also sleeps with Tracy's mother, Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride), who he employs.
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