Emmerdale has issued an update on Priya Kotecha (Fiona Wade) in the wake of Rishi Sharma’s (Bhasker Patel) tragic demise, revealing that the wedding planner is utterly heartbroken.
Rishi, as viewers know, met a shocking fate earlier this week after he failed to show up to son Jai’s (Chris Bisson) wedding.
The patriarch was subsequently found dead at the bottom of the stairs at Holdgate, with Jai being the one to make the heartwrenching discovery.
News of Rishi’s death travelled around the village like wildfire, with a number of mainstays including Bob Hope (Tony Audenshaw) and Eric Pollard (Chris Chittell) utterly bereft by his sudden passing.
Another resident who took the news to heart was none other than Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker), who was formerly married to Rishi, with the GP arriving in the Woolpack to notify everyone of the popular resident’s sad death.
Manpreet took it upon herself to inform Priya of her father’s passing, calling her from the pub to share the heartbreaking news, with her dialogue suggesting that the wedding planner was left devastated.
‘Darling, I wish I was there to give you a hug’, said Manpreet, explaining that no-one currently knows what it was that led to Rishi’s demise.
Our hearts are broken.
Priya, as fans will recall, left the eponymous village earlier this year for an exciting new opportunity in London, shortly after a falling out with business partner Leyla Cavanagh (Roxy Shahidi).
Rishi, meanwhile, was killed off as part of a big twist, with star Bhasker Patel subsequently confirming that it wasn’t actually his choice to depart but rather that of producers, who were keen for a big shocking moment.
‘When the producer rang me they said: “We need to talk to you and we are killing you off because we want a big story and we want it to be a big surprise,”‘ the soap star said on Lorraine on Friday (July 28).
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‘I felt part of ITV and part of Rishi. When producers said they were going to kill me off I thought, that part of my life is over and I am going to move off.’
We’ll miss you, Rishi.
Emmerdale continues Monday July 31 at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
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