‘Hey Kay Navin?’ review: New-old ideas about marriage and motherhood
· Scroll
Rama has reached the comparing-notes stage in her marriage. Her relative Nikhil and his live-in partner Sakshi, her new neighbours with their baby and dog – everything ranks higher on the personal achievement scale than Rama (Priya Bapat) and her husband Aditya (Umesh Kamat).
Visit betsport.cv for more information.
They seemingly have nothing to complain about. They are deeply in love. They have steady jobs. They are child-free. Aditya is supportive and goofy, a human teddy bear. His favourite word, “kadak”, or superb, is enough to make Rama laugh.
Yet, neither of them is prepared for Rama’s decision to take a break from her job and set up a clothing label. Having taken the plunge, Rama thrashes about in self-doubt.
Her unsupportive mother (Shubhangi Gokhale) piles on the agony. Her father (Uday Tikekar) is on Rama’s side but can’t get her to ease up. Aditya’s calming abilities are in higher demand than before.
Varun Narvekar’s Marathi series Hay Kay Navin? (What’s This Now?) explores scenes from a marriage in a seriocomic vein. The eight-episode series on ZEE5 is an often honest, superbly performed but ultimately conservative examination of a relationship that one of the two halves comes to regard differently.
The early episodes balance Rama’s FOMO with her distress. Rama envies Sakshi (Rajasi Bhave), her youth...