Dev Alahan
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| Coronation Street character | |
| Devendra Alahan | |
|---|---|
| Played by | Jimmi Harkishin |
| Duration | 1999- |
| Date of Birth | 1964 |
| Marital Status | Divorced |
| Address | 15a Coronation Street |
| Occupation | Shopkeeper |
| Family | Sunita, Amber, Aadi, Asha |
Devendra "Dev" Alahan is a character on Coronation Street who 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.
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 with bandaged wrists, Dev exposed her lies by ripping off the bandages revealing no cuts.
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. 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 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. He also slept with Deirdre Barlow, who was employed by him at the shop.
Dev later met solicitor Maya, when he was on the rebound from Sunita, who had rejected him in favour of barman Ciaran. 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.
Dev's marriage to Sunita hit the rocks in 2005, when after announcing she was pregnant with twins, she found out he had other children by other shop girls at his shops. In January 2006 Sunita finally left Dev for good, with the twins, although she still lets him see them. In February, his teenage daughter from a previous relationship, Amber, came to stay with him at the shop.
In July 2006 Dev learned that Sunita was seeing another man and he fears this may alter his relationship with the twins.
[edit] Family
- Son: Aadi Alahan
- Daughters: Shareen, Amber Kalirai, Asha Alahan
- Uncle: Ravi Desai
- Cousins: Vikram Desai, Nita Desai
