Morgan Braithwaite - Shobna Kumari

Shobna Kumari
Shortland Street character
Portrayed by Leela Patel
Introduced by Jason Daniel (2008)
Steven Zanoski (2009, 2011)
Duration 2008, 2009, 2011
First appearance 7 July 2008
Last appearance 11 February 2011
Classification Former; recurring
Family
Husband Naveen Kumari (1978—)
Sons Sunil Kumari
Daughters Shanti Kumari
Grishma Kumari
Dipali Kumari

Shobna Kumari was the troublesome mother of Shanti Kumari (Nisha Madhan). She arrived in 2008 to attend Shanti's marriage to Scotty (Kiel McNaughton) and revealed troubles in her marriage to Naveen (Ajay Vasisht). Following the wedding Shobna was led astray by Yvonne Jeffries (Alison Quigan) and decided to stay in New Zealand. However she and Naveen reconciled and the family returned to India. She returned in 2009 to visit Shanti and Scotty but the couple were shocked when Shobna renovated their house and announced her intention for plastic surgery. The plastic surgery clinic went broke and Shobna lost thousands of dollars before she departed again. She returned later in the year when Shanti suddenly died from illness. She helped Scotty through the ordeal and left shortly afterwards. In 2011 Shobna returned and offered Yvonne a job in Sydney. She helped reconcile Scotty with his fiance Tracey (Sarah Thomson) and departed again with Yvonne following shortly after.

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