Tara Mandal is a fictional character from the British soap opera Coronation Street, played by Ayesha Dharker.

In April 2009, it was announced that Dharker would leave Coronation Street as Tara's storyline reached a natural conclusion.

Her departure features Tara discovering Dev's affair with Lisa Dalton (Ruth Alexander Rubin) and her subsequent revenge plot.

Tara tricks Dev into posing for nude photographs and uses them to create an art installation which she publicly unveils and humiliates him in front of his neighbours.

[1] Dharker's casting followed critism in a report by chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commissioner Trevor Phillips, who accused Coronation Street of being "too white".

[2] The report noted the show's tokenism in having existing Asian character Dev playing a stereotypical role of a shopkeeper.

[3] A show publicist told an Inside Soap reporter that "there's undeniably a massive attraction" and Nina is "furious" about it.

Dev ignores her threats, believing that Nina is bluffing because revealing their affair would ruin her marriage with Prem.

He invites Tara back to his home for food but when they arrive they catch his daughter, Amber Kalirai (Nikki Patel) and Darryl Morton (Jonathan Dixon) about to have sex.

Dharker admired her character's confidence, revealing to a Daily Mirror reporter that "I like the fact that Tara is flirtatious, because in real life I am the opposite.

[8] Dharker believed that she and Harkishin had "this weird screen chemistry which is really nice" and writers picked up on it and expanded it into a full relationship.

[8] When Tara continues to pursue Dev and kisses him, he rethinks his decision and decides to ask Prem for permission to date his daughter.

Childs added that Dev would concoct a plan to keep Tara in Weatherfield and offers her accommodation in the flat above his shop.

[12] Tara and Amber form a close bond, which Dharker credited to her own good rapport with Patel, which "found it's [sic] way into the script.

"[8] In March 2009, writers continued to explore Dev's unfaithful ways when he has sex with Lisa Dalton (Ruth Alexander Rubin).

She convinces Dev to pose nude for professional photographs and then asks him for £9000 to fund a public art installation.

[16] Of Tara's revenge plan, Dharker told Green that "I think it's one of those awful things where you're so mad at someone that you don't really know what to do, so you kind of make it up as you go along.

"[8] Tara hangs a large painting of a naked Dev down the side of his apartment exterior, with the word "liar" covering his manhood.

"[15] A show publicist told Brian Roberts from Daily Mirror that Harkishin had been a "great sport" posing naked for the storyline.

Keen to please her, Dev has Minnie Chandra (Poppy Jhakra) to pose as a London art dealer who is interested in purchasing some work.

[14] Digital Spy's Green described Tara's departure scenes as a "jaw-dropping moment" and a "cruel and publicly humiliating revenge" plot.

[8] Katie Fitzpatrick Manchester Evening News included Tara in a list of 10 women Dev has "dated and bedded" and assessed that "their relationship came to a typically humiliating end".

[21] Writing for Daily Mirror, Roberts described Tara as the "scorned girlfriend" and that she "hilariously exposed" Dev as "a bare-faced love cheat.

"[17] Another Mirror reporter branded her as a "unlucky in love" character who suffered the "ultimate humiliation" when Dev had sex with Lisa.