in may 2009, umed claimed that he knew and inspired the band cornershop, giving them the incentive for the name as he has a history of running indian corner stores. he also commented about the fact that their hit song, brimful of asha, was about bollywood singer asha bhosle. umed spent most of his time in the corner shop, which dev owned; he also worked there. umed usually spent his time chatting to his great niece amber (nikki patel) or employee molly compton (vicky binns) while in the shop.