Kal Nazir

Kal Nazir is a former army soldier and friend of Gary Windass who became a personal trainer after leaving the services and the death of his wife Jamila in 2012 who left him with children to bring up.

Kal was introduced by Gary to Dev Alahan who wanted to improve his level of fitness. Although he found Kal's training regime difficult, he and Dev became good friends and considered opening a gym together (with Dev's financial backing) on empty premises on Victoria Street. Conflict arose though when Kal needed his father, Sharif's money and Dev find that Mr Nazir Snr was demanding and overbearing to his son and his new business partner.

Another resident of Coronation Street who found Kal's services useful was Nick Tilsley who used his exercise advice as part of his recuperation from his August 2013 car crash. Kal had found himself attracted to Nick's wife Leanne (which Leanne in return felt about Kal). When Nick had decided to let Leanne go in January 2014 after accidentally striking her in frustration on Christmas, the pair had began a secret affair. However over the coming months Nick had felt he was regaining his right mind and was hoping for possible reconciliation with Leanne, which had caused her not to go further with their relationship for Simon's sake.

Nick however discovered their fling when Kal had let it slip he and Leanne where together with discovering Tina McIntyre's body, which had infuriated Leanne who decided to call an end to the relationship. However after Tina's funeral Leanne had decided life was too short, and together with Kal. This had caused Nick to lead a vendetta against the two, including winding Leanne up at the Bistro and exposing her murky past as a prostitute in front of Kal's family.

Background information

 * In January 2014 - a month after the character's debut - it was announced that Kal's family would be introduced to the series and would be the first Muslim family to appear in Coronation Street. Father Sharif (Marc Anwar) was introduced in February 2014 and daughter Alya (Sair Khan) in June.

Quotes
"Well this is a nice surprise, I didn't expect to hear from you." (First line to Gary Windass)