Shobna Gulati 'overwhelmed by Corrie fans'

Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati has admitted that she was "overwhelmed" to be mobbed by fans of the soap.

The actress, who plays Sunita Alahan in the Weatherfield drama, told RTÉ TEN that she was "astonished" by the reception the cast received at the premiere of the new Corrie! play.

"What really astonished me the other day is, they're doing a new play called Corrie! and we went to the press night, and I've never been mobbed before," she said.

"I was quite scared. But then I was overwhelmed by the love of the show. It was so weird. It was in the theatre and usually we're quite heavily protected."

Gulati recently spoke of her shock at her current Corrie plot in which Sunita and husband Dev are suspected of causing their on-screen son's head injury.