The corner shop king has a cheeky charm and likes to think of himself as a hit with the ladies, although in latter years he's been losing his touch. Despite being the father of several children, he's a rather reluctant dad.
"You could say I have a finger in a few pies"
Significant Others Ravinder Kalirai; Amy Goskirk; Debs Brownlow; Geena Gregory; Deirdre Rachid; Karen McDonald; Tracy Barlow; Maya Sharma.
Marriages Sunita Parekh
Jobs Corner shop king; Street Cars boss.
1999 Buys seven corner shops from cousin Ravi and moves to Weatherfield from Birmingham.
2000 Pestered by potty ex-girlfriend Amy who pretends she’s pregnant and spreads nasty lies about his treatment of her.
2001 Takes in frightened shop girl Sunita, who is fleeing an arranged marriage. Proposes to Geena Gregory but cheats on her with Deirdre Barlow.
2002 Geena dumps him when she finds out about Deirdre. Geena dates Joe and Dev tries to split them up to win her back but Geena leaves.
2003 Dates Deirdre's daughter Tracy. Goes to India and says he's a 'changed man'. Proposes to Sunita but she dumps him for Irish barman Ciaran. Dates solicitor Maya.
2004 Proposes to an increasingly erratic Maya but bonds with a now single Sunita during her cancer scare and dumps Maya to propose to Sunita again. Maya ruins their wedding and sets alight to his corner shops.
2005 Sunita falls pregnant with twins. Dumps Dev when she finds out that Dev has at least four children by three of his shopgirls! Gets to know his daughter by Ravinder, Amber.
2006 Becomes a dad to twins Asha and Aadi in January. Sunita leaves Weatherfield and takes the babies. Amber moves in when her mum relocates abroad.
Jimmi, who also goes by the name James, was born in 1965 and has enjoyed numerous TV roles, including dramas Under The Sun, Medics and Close Relations. He also popped up in acclaimed Brit flicks Bhaji On The Beach and East Is East.
