| Coronation Street character | |
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| Dev Alahan | |
| Dev Alahan | |
| Portrayed by | Jimmi Harkishin |
| Duration | 1999— |
| First appearance | 10 November 1999 |
| Profile | |
| Date of birth | 1964 |
| Status | Divorced |
| Home | 15a Coronation Street |
| Occupation | Shopkeeper, owner of D&S Alahan's corner shop |
Devendra "Dev" Alahan is a character on the British soap opera Coronation Street portrayed by Jimmi Harkishin. James "Jimmi" Harkishin (born Paris, France, March 1965 is an actor best known for his role as shop owner Dev Alahan in Coronation Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) A shopkeeper is an individual who owns a shop. Generally shop employees are not shopkeepers but are often incorrectly referred to as shopkeepers A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. Coronation Street (commonly known as 'Corrie' is an award-winning Soap opera created by Tony Warren James "Jimmi" Harkishin (born Paris, France, March 1965 is an actor best known for his role as shop owner Dev Alahan in Coronation He first appeared on the show in November 1999. He is the owner of a chain of seven shops in the Manchester area and bought the shop on the street from his uncle Ravi after he returned to India.
Storylines
A former girlfriend of Dev's named Amy followed him to Weatherfield claiming to everyone that she had been promised marriage by him, which he denied and claimed she was a mad woman. She then claimed she was pregnant by him and pretended to attempt suicide. Upon returning to the Rovers Return Inn with bandaged wrists, Dev exposed her lies by ripping off the bandages revealing no cuts. The Rovers Return Inn is a fictional Public house on the long running British television soap, Coronation Street.
Sometime later Dev almost married barmaid Geena Gregory, but her mother wasn't happy with the situation and set him up by involving Karen McDonald, and they were caught together in the flat. Karen McDonald (née Phillips) is a Fictional character on the long-running British Soap opera, Coronation Street. Although she forgave him on that occasion, Geena later left Dev and took up with Joe Carter.
Dev saved shopworker Sunita Parekh from an arranged marriage in India and gave her a safe haven in the flat above the shop. Sunita Alahan, (née Parekh) is a Fictional character in the British television Soap opera Coronation Street. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Sunita developed feelings for Dev but he just saw her as a friend, though he later became involved with her. His other girlfriends included the sister of Natalie Horrocks (landlady of the Rover's Return), and Tracy Barlow, who wrecked his flat after discovering that he had no intention of marrying her. Natalie Felicity Barnes (née Brownlow; previously Horrocks) is a Fictional character in the British Soap opera Coronation Tracy Lynette Barlow (née Langton; previously Cropper and Preston) is a Fictional character on the British television Soap opera He also slept with Deirdre Barlow, who was employed by him at the shop. Deirdre Anne Barlow (née Hunt, previously Langton and Rachid) is a long-running Fictional character on the British Soap opera
Dev later met solicitor Maya Sharma, when he was on the rebound from Sunita, who had rejected him in favour of barman Ciaran. Maya Sharma is a Fictional character on the Soap opera Coronation Street. He set up home with Maya, but when Sunita was taken seriously ill, Maya became jealous, and Dev was forced to choose between them. Dev went back to Sunita, enraging Maya in the process, and she smashed up the flat and set up Sunita with an illegal immigration scam, and she was arrested at her marriage to Dev. Sunita was jailed, though not for long when a taxi driver came forward with information that got Maya arrested and Sunita freed.
Maya was released on bail, and with murder in mind she tied up Sunita and one by one set fire to each of Dev's shops. When Dev arrived she knocked him unconscious, and left both him and Sunita to die in the fire, but they were saved by Ciaran McCarthy and Charlie Stubbs. Charles "Charlie" Stubbs is a Fictional character in the British television Soap opera Coronation Street on ITV.
Dev's marriage to Sunita flowed smoothly for a while, and the couple were overjoyed to discover they were having twins, which resulted in Dev selling his share of Streetcars to Lloyd Mullaney so he could buy a house for his expanding family. Lloyd Mullaney is a Fictional character on the British ITV Soap opera Coronation Street played by actor Craig Charles However during 2005, Sunita took in Amber Kalirai, the daughter of one of his shop workers who was ill in hospital. Coronation Street is an award-winning UK Soap opera created by Tony Warren, produced by Granada Television and aired by ITV Dev was ill at ease having Amber in the flat, and Sunita found out from her mother that Dev had fathered the girl during an affair years ago. However it turned out that Amber was just the tip of the iceberg. . . Dev has several other daughters by women who worked in his shops. It also turned out that Dev was a grandfather. Sunita was devastated not only by the secret, but also that Dev was more than happy having little to no contact with his children and promptly left him although she did allow him to be present at the birth of the twins, Asha and Aadi. While Dev was overjoyed at their birth (especially as, despite having several other children, Aadi was his first son) Sunita was unable to forgive him. Eventually in January 2006 Sunita finally left Dev for good with the twins moving into the house that Dev bought for them, although she still lets him see them.
The following February Amber (who had learned the truth about her parentage) came to stay with Dev at the shop as her mother was leaving for Finland with her new boyfriend but Amber wished to remain in Weatherfield. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. At first Dev refused point blank to allow her to live with him, as he was still bitter about the part Amber played in his marriage breakdown, but eventually he thawed towards her and allowed her to move in.
In July 2006 Dev learned that Sunita was seeing another man and he feared that it would alter his relationship with the twins.
Dev continues to run the corner shop with daughter Amber.
On New Years Eve 2007, Dev took over as best man for Vernon Tomlin at his wedding to Liz McDonald. Vernon Tomlin is a Fictional character of the ITV1 Soap opera Coronation Street, portrayed by Ian Reddington. Elizabeth "Liz" Jayne McDonald (née Greenwood, previously Tomlin) is a Fictional character on the ITV1 Soap opera
Recently, Dev has had few storylines, appearing only as a background character.
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