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Amber Kalirai is the daughter of Dev Alahan, born through an affair that he had with one of his shop workers, Ravinder Kalirai.

First coming to live with her father temporarily in 2005, Amber became a permanent part of his life soon afterwards, staying with him after her mother emigrated to Finland. Amber soon began to harbour an unrequited crush on schoolmate David Platt and later had a relationship with Darryl Morton.

Academically gifted, Amber left Weatherfield for university in London in 2009 but returned in 2011 having been kicked out after failing her exams. Amber returned a party animal with a more rebellious attitude and came between Sophie Webster and Sian Powers after Sophie developed a crush on her. After continually clashing with her stepmother Sunita, Amber left the street again in 2012.

Biography[]

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Amber first arrived on the street in November 2005. When her mum Ravinder was taken into hospital, she was looked after by her father Dev and his wife Sunita. Amber started helping out in the Corner Shop but her incessant chat wound up Dev. Initially Dev did not want Amber in his life as he was married to Sunita at the time and she served as a reminder of his philandering ways. However, he warmed to her and she came to live with him after Ravinder moved to Finland with her partner.

In early 2008, Amber began working at Valandro's restaurant with Leanne Battersby, Paul Clayton and Luigi until it was set alight by Paul. Dev then claimed that he did not want her anywhere near Paul.

Amber had an infatuation with David after he tried to make his ex-girlfriend Tina McIntyre jealous, first by letting Amber use one of his gig tickets, which Tina had refused. On 27th August 2008, David invited Amber around to his house for lunch in a deliberate attempt to annoy Tina. Amber, unaware that she was being used, kissed a less than enthusiastic David. Unable to contain her anger any longer, Tina stormed around to the house demanding to know why David was playing games, leaving Amber humiliated.

In 2009, she broke up with her boyfriend Darryl Morton after finding out he was going to leave her after her father Dev paid him, although he changed his mind. She left Weatherfield for university in London. After some time away, Amber returned in July 2011 and was happy to find out that Dev and ex-wife Sunita were back together. She moved back in with them.

Amber made good friends with Sophie Webster upon her return, and on a drunken night out, Amber kissed Sophie to avoid some unwanted attention. Amber's flighty ways caused Sophie to misconstrue the situation and despite being engaged to her girlfriend Sian Powers, Sophie developed feelings for Amber. Amber never reciprocated, and tried to ignore how Sophie felt, taking her up on an offer to be her bridesmaid. Meanwhile Sophie had confided in Amber's stepmother Sunita that she loved Amber but that she had been rejected. As Sophie and Sian's wedding drew nearer, Sunita feared that Sophie was making a mistake ignoring her true feelings, and that it wasn't fair to Sian to go through with it. At the last minute, Sunita felt compelled to inform Kevin Webster in an attempt to encourage him to talk Sophie out of the wedding. Out of options, Kevin stopped the ceremony mid-service and Sophie couldn't deny that she was in love with Amber. Heartbroken, Sian left the service and took a taxi out of Weatherfield alone.

In March 2012, Amber planned to go to a house party but her plans were curtailed when Dev asked her to babysit Aadi and Asha Alahan while he and Sunita went out to dinner for the night. Feeling pressured, Amber reluctantly agreed, but when Dev and Sunita returned they found that Amber had instead decided to bring the party to her. Upon finding the twins out of bed, furious Sunita said she'd never forgive Amber and her actions caused a rift between Dev and Sunita, who chastised her husband for constantly defending Amber. Fed up of Sunita raining on her parade, Amber vowed to leave the street. Despite protests from Dev, the next day they shared a tearful goodbye as Amber drove away back to London.

Personality[]

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Background information[]

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First and last lines[]

"This shirt is well embarrassing... hiya!" (First line, to father Dev)

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"I will. Good luck with Sunita." (Final line, also to Dev)

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List of addresses[]

Address Duration
Eccles Unknown to 5th June 2006
15a Coronation Street 5th June 2006 to 25th August 2008
9 Victoria Court 25th August 2008 to 2nd October 2009
London 2nd October 2009 to 11th July 2011
7 Coronation Street 11th July 2011 to August 2011
15a Coronation Street August 2011 to 23rd March 2012
London 23rd March 2012 onwards

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