She is portrayed as a proud mother and wife, but her overbearing ways uncover anger issues as she gets into violent altercations with three characters.

Her stories have included an assault on Jake Hendra (Guy Greenstone), a near death experience, her turbulent marriage to Shane and constant interference in Mishti's life.

[1] Johal originally auditioned for the role of Dipi's sister Mishti Sharma, but the character's age was lowered and Scarlet Vas was cast instead.

She concluded that the previously mentioned character traits meant that "starfish" would be a good nickname for Dipi, especially because "she likes to see herself as a bit of a star.

[8] Dipi establishes herself as a local gossip when she befriends Susan Kennedy (Jackie Woodburne) and Sheila Canning (Colette Mann).

Similar make up is applied daily to provide the show with continuity and Dipi wears dark shades of lipstick.

[3] She describes herself as curvy and likes to wear tight dresses to show her figure, but noted that is not allowed as it clashes with Dipi's style.

"[3] When the actress first began filming she needed to demonstrate that Dipi and Shane had "big long strong history" together.

She explained that Dipi views him as her "husband that wears his flannelette shirts, who makes all these genius inventions that do not work out, but is such a good bloke."

[11] Vas told an Inside Soap reporter that "Dipi is left fuming - she feels that Mishti should have gone easy on Shane."

When Dipi witnesses fellow spectator Jake Hendra (Guy Greenstone) mocking Yashvi's performance she reacts violently and punches him in the face.

[12] When Chloe Brennan (April Rose Pengilly) starts a paid-escort service, Shane meets up with her to talk about his marriage troubles.

[15] The scene was originally supposed to feature Dipi becoming violent with Chloe, grabbing her neck choker and pushing her into the trash.

[14] The scene instead played out with Chloe falling into the rubbish, while Johal added in a line about her husband being dishonest to demonstrate it is not always the woman's fault.

[17] Dipi believes that Leo has ill-advised Shane over a business deal to secure backing for his urine powered generator.

[21] When the Rebecchis meet Pavan's disapproving mother, Menna Nahal (Mala Singh-Narayan), Dipi decides to interfere and talk to her.

[24] Writers planned a story for Dipi which saw her fall victim to a violent attack during the show's New Year's Eve episode.

[25] Susannah Alexander of Digital Spy reported it as a "dramatic" plot which would see the character's "life hang in the balance".

[25] The story begins with Dipi carrying out tarot card readings and the results lead her to believe that someone close to her will die.

[26] The attack occurs when Gary believes that Kev McNally (Troy Davis) has planted stolen goods in the coffee hut to frame him.

[29] In September 2020, producers established an affair storyline between Dipi and Pierce Greyson (Tim Robards; Don Hany).

[30] Concurrently, Pierce and Chloe Brennan's marriage is strained as she suffers a miscarriage and develops romantic feelings for Nicolette Stone (Charlotte Chimes).

"[31] He revealed that Sharon Johal was enjoying the storyline and "her pride in her work requires her to tell the story and perform to the best of her ability however she can, (and) on this occasion that included having me to help in those pivotal scenes.

"[31] Sharon Johal said later in an Instagram post with intimate pictures between her and Robard's characters, "If the pandemic didn't happen, it's likely you would've seen more of this vibe, and I often wonder how the story would've played out if we were in fact, able to touch, but these were the cards we were dealt with this year.

[34] The exposure comes as Shane and Dipi's son, Jay Rebecchi (Dhruv Malge), is introduced to the serial, whose introduction Johal had previously advocated for.

[39] When a lip-sync battle in The Waterhole pairs Dipi and Amy together, a fight between them occurs on stage, where they "exchange jabs before their clash turns physical right in front of the cameras.

[42] Although Johal's final scenes aired at the end of the month,[44] executive producer Jason Herbison confirmed that she would make a guest appearance later in the year.

[48] Anna Vlach from news.com.au wrote that Johal made "history as the first Punjabi Sikh actor on national television in a mainstream show.

"[10] Kelsey Munro and Sarah Abo from SBS Australia also made note of the show's change in diversity values, stating "Rebecchi is one half of an interracial couple with two kids.

While that might sound unremarkable in real life, the once exclusively Anglo-Celtic soap has been slow to reflect Australia's multicultural diversity.