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Article: Saeed Jaffrey moves into Coronation Street

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December 22, 1998
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THE actor Saeed Jaffrey is to appear in Coronation Street as television bosses yesterday announced the arrival of the soap's first Asian family.

Viewers will see the entrepreneurial Desais take over the corner shop from Fred Elliott in the New Year.

In a coup for the programme, Jaffrey has been signed up to play the head of the family, Ravi. Rebecca Sarker plays his daughter, Nita, and Chris Bisson his son, Vikram. Jaffrey, who has appeared in Gandhi, A Passage to India and My Beautiful Laundrette, said he wanted to join Coronation Street because of its "wonderful scripts, beautiful characters, truthful acting and magical twists". His character is a successful 61-year-old businessman who ...

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