Palvi Jaswal

A family living in the mountains wherein a mother is finding a way to deal with her pre-teen son’s secret gender identity at the same time her husband copes from a life altering trauma.

The narrative revolves around Latika, a simple, optimistic young woman. She represents one of the countless girls whose societal norms forbid them from experiencing love, intimacy, or friendship with a man prior to marriage. Strangely, these same girls are expected to effortlessly transform into sensual goddesses overnight upon entering matrimony.

Pushpavalli was supposed to finish her Food Science degree and marry a Brahmin man that her mother approved of. All that changed after meeting the charming Nikhil Rao. After secretly following him to Bangalore, she juggles working at a children’s library, dealing with her unpredictable landlady, all the while trying to convince herself that it’s not stalking if you know the person, right?

A cohabiting couple in their 20s navigate the ups and downs of work, modern-day relationships and finding themselves in contemporary Bengaluru.