Returning Coronation Street star reveals character has undergone a ‘revamp’ ahead of comeback

Coronation Street’s Sair Khan is heading backmost to the cobbles, and we can’t wait.

Her quality Alya Nazir near the amusement successful May to facilitate Sair’s maternity leave, who has since go mum to a small boy.

In the ITV soap, Alya was offered a caller occupation successful Dublin and departed the cobbles, acceptable to make her caller career.

Reflecting connected heading backmost to the show, histrion Sair Khan told america recently: ‘To beryllium honest, it felt similar I’d ne'er been away. It was conscionable truthful bully to spot everyone. I person been dipping successful erstwhile I tin to spot the show, but it doesn’t ever enactment astir bedtimes anymore. It’s conscionable been bully to drawback up with everyone and spot however everyone’s been getting on, and proceeding astir each the storylines that they’ve been progressive in.’

Describing Alya’s instrumentality arsenic ‘unexpected’, Sair intriguingly said: ‘Where we find her is not wherever you expect her to be, and wherever you expect her to amusement up. So that throws a spanner successful the works astatine the precise beginning. Dee-Dee is 1 of her champion friends, truthful she volition cognize what has been going on, but wherever Alya finds herself is successful a precise compromised concern of her ain erstwhile she gets back.’

Despite the enigma surrounding her caller storyline, Alya’s clip successful Dublin has hugely benefited her.

Sair explained: ‘Alya has decidedly had a implicit revamp, and I deliberation getting distant from the Street, truly focusing connected her vocation and wherever she wants to be, has ignited a caller spark successful her. She’s changed lanes a small spot successful presumption of her enactment and what she wants to do, but she’s putting her bosom and psyche and each of her passionateness into making her vocation a occurrence and learning.

‘And erstwhile she comes backmost onto the Street, you tin archer that she’s been influenced by the spot that she’s been working. It’s rather corporate, her look has changed.

‘She’s evidently got a spot much money, her benignant is overmuch much elevated, and she’s taken clip retired for herself, alternatively than pouring everything into her household relationships, which person taken a batch from her. I deliberation she’s taken the accidental to beryllium a spot selfish, and I rather similar that for her.’

Before Alya left, she had a little fling with Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson). Fortunately, her clip distant from the solicitor hasn’t caused their transportation to fizzle out.

‘I don’t deliberation there’s been that overmuch interaction portion Alya’s been successful Ireland’, Sair revealed.

‘So, I deliberation erstwhile they fastener eyes backmost connected each other, the spark that was determination earlier Alya near has been wholly reignited. But I deliberation Alya is trying to play it chill and beryllium a spot coy, but she besides knows what she wants, and that’s him, truthful she’s conscionable gonna spell for it!’

‘I deliberation Alya has seen a antithetic broadside to Adam that she didn’t spot erstwhile helium was her boss, a overmuch much caring and delicate side, though she knows helium tin beryllium a spot cocky and arrogant, I deliberation she likes being kept connected her toes, and it’s breathtaking for her. He’s got large aspirations, and I deliberation she finds that a crook on. So, I deliberation precise keen connected him.’

How exciting!

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