Tara Mandal Tara Mandal was a love interest of Dev Alahan between 2008 and 2009 . Biography . Tara is the daughter of Prem and Nina Mandal . Her mother was a Bollywood star and had many affairs with other men , including Tara ' s boyfriends . Tara was introduced to Dev Alahan by her father in September 2008 . Dev found himself instantly attracted to her . Nina , who was having an affair with Dev at the time , was furious and warned him off her daughter in no uncertain terms . In October 2008 , Nina was further infuriated when she found Dev entertaining Tara at his flat . Nina left him in no doubt what would happen if he continued to see her . Nina continued to threaten him , telling him she ' d reveal their affair if the relationship went any further . Dev eventually to Prem himself and told Tara that their relationship wouldn ' t work , without telling her why . In November 2008 , Tara and Dev reconciled and Dev asked Prem not to tell Tara about his affair with Nina , and he reluctantly agreed for the sake of his daughter . Coincidentally , a few days later Dev was forced to comfort Tara when she discovered that her ex - boyfriend had had an affair with her mother . When Dev purchased the local kebab shop from Jerry Morton , Dev ' s daughter Amber was angry with her father for ruining her relationship with Jerry ' s son Darryl . Amber took the ultimate revenge on her father by revealing his affair with Nina to Tara . However , Dev managed to make amend with her and their relationship continued . She also moved into the Corner Shop flat . When Tara was planning to go to Scotland in January 2009 , Amber hatched a plan when Tara ' s heating broke down in an attempt to get her to stay , as she believed that her relationship with Darryl depended on the success of Dev ' s and Tara ' s . However , it backfired when it seemed to have the opposite affect and Amber confessed tampering to tampering her plumbing . Tara was impressed by her honesty and what she ' d tried to do for her dad and agreed to stick around . Tara later brought Amber a car for her 18th birthday . Tara later proposed to re - fit Dev ' s shop to turn it into an art gallery , she discussed the matter with Jason Grimshaw . Dev ' s uncle Umed got the wrong end of the stick and thought they were having an affair . Umed also began to suspect Tara was using Dev for her art gallery , but Dev defended her . Tara was later gutted when her art gallery received no reviews in the " Weatherfield Gazette " . Dev asked Amber ' s friend Minnie Chandra to phone her masquerading as an art dealer . Minnie found herself agreeing to buy £700 worth of art . However , Tara found out that Dev had arranged the buy and left him , feeling humiliated . Dev then slept with Prem ' s accountant Lisa Dalton and Tara turned up the next day to apologise for overreacting . In April 2009 , Lisa arrived at the shop to tell Dev she couldn ' t stop thinking about him , which caused to Dev to panic and he told her he was back with Tara . Tara saw her at the shop before he could usher Lisa out and assumed she was there to see her . She insisted they go for a drink at the Rovers , but barmaid Poppy Morales saw them all friendly and revealed Dev and Lisa ' s one - night stand to an oblivious Tara . Tara later decided to give Dev a chance to confess but when she questioned him he didn ' t comply . Tara then began planning her revenge on Dev . She suggested to Dev that they both pose naked for each other in photographs to declare their love for each other . However , the photographer was conveniently called away when it was Tara ' s turn to pose . Several weeks later , whilst Dev was planning to propose to Tara she unveiled a large picture of a nude Dev as " artwork " on the Victoria Court flats . Thoroughly humiliated , Dev realised Tara wasn ' t going to accept his proposal and she left , ending their relationship . Background information . The character ' s creation and casting was announced one month after " Coronation Street " was lambasted in a report by chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Trevor Phillips for being " too white " . Quotes . " Your father , when I found out what he ' d done , I was so angry and humiliated . " ( Final line , to Amber Kalirai )