Sunita Alahan

Sunita Alahan
Coronation Street character
Portrayed byShobna Gulati
Duration2001–2006, 2009–2013
First appearanceEpisode 5007
23 March 2001
Last appearanceEpisode 8096
3 April 2013
ClassificationFormer; regular
Introduced byJane Macnaught (2001)
Kim Crowther (2009)
Spin-off
appearances
"East Street" (2010)
In-universe information
OccupationShop assistant
Barmaid
FatherSuresh Parekh
MotherMena Parekh
BrothersJayesh Parekh
HusbandDev Alahan (2004–2006)
SonsAadi Alahan
DaughtersAsha Alahan
StepdaughtersAmber Kalirai
AuntsGrishma Parekh
Upma Parekh
NiecesJaya Parekh

Sunita Alahan (also Parekh) was a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Shobna Gulati. She made her first screen appearance on 23 March 2001 and remained in the show until 2006, when the character was axed from the serial by producer Tony Wood. In 2009, Sunita returned to Coronation Street as a full-time character, reintroduced by producer Kim Crowther. In November 2012, Gulati announced that she had quit the soap once more, this time permanently. Sunita died on 3 April 2013 as she succumbed to the injuries she sustained during the Rovers Return fire, caused by her illicit ex-lover Karl Munro (John Michie).

Sunita's storylines saw her escape an arranged marriage, diagnosed with an aneurysm and a brain tumour, falsely imprisoned, held hostage, falling pregnant with twins, becoming a single parent after divorcing her husband, surviving a tram crash, embarking on an affair with Karl, becoming trapped in a fire at The Rovers Return Inn and later dying in hospital of a cardiac arrest after her breathing tube was removed by Karl.