Netflix Commercial Never Have I Ever | Mindy Kaling & Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Celebrate Ganesh Puja Episode 2025

VIDEO Netflix Never Have I Ever | Mindy Kaling & Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Celebrate Ganesh Puja Episode TV commercial 2020 • Creator Mindy Kaling and breakout star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan take us inside the Ganesh Puja episode, explaining the importance and nuances of the Hindu celebration. About Netflix: Netflix is the world's leading streaming entertainment service with 183 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, documentaries and feature films across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on any internet-connected screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or commitments. 00:08 We're here on the set of our show, 00:11 celebrating Ganesh Puja. 00:15 Showing Ganesh Puja, which is 00:16 a huge holiday for Indian Hindus, 00:18 felt really fun. 00:19 And Maitreyi's character, Devi, is brought by her family 00:23 to their local high school, 00:25 which has been transformed by the local Hindu Association. 00:28 So, why are you at this lame fest? 00:29 I actually really wanted to come. 00:31 To Ganesh Puja, 00:32 at a public high school in the Valley? 00:34 Are you insane? 00:35 Ganesh Puja is really important for a lot of Hindus 00:38 because Ganesha himself 00:39 is a very important god all over India. 00:41 He's known for being the remover of all obstacles, 00:44 which I think is very relevant to Devi, 00:47 because she has a lot of obstacles in her life. 00:48 And I remember writing it 00:50 because it's a holiday that I celebrated, 00:52 and there's certain things that I really wanted to show 00:54 as a kid, like, you're kind of told, 00:56 just follow the group, 00:57 then you'll go up to the front, 00:59 and you'll offer offerings to Ganesh. 01:01 Like, you're sitting there, and a man is saying Sanskrit 01:03 that nobody understands, 01:04 and you have to repeat it. 01:06 Everybody, repeat after me. 01:14 Just kidding. 01:16 Background. 01:17 Action. 01:18 For the character of Devi, 01:20 it's really important of an episode 01:22 because she's finding out who she is in her own identity, 01:25 and where she stands with her culture. 01:27 You know, for a lot of South Asian youth, 01:30 it's hard to figure out 01:31 what makes you South Asian enough, 01:33 and I feel like Devi's trying to figure out where she belongs. 01:37 Some old loser was telling me that I'm too Indian, 01:39 and some other people think I'm not Indian enough. 01:42 And honestly, all I want to do is eat a doughnut, 01:44 but I'm stuck here. 01:46 I grew up Indian and Hindu 01:48 in a predominantly white community, 01:51 and I did not feel comfortable with my Hinduism, 01:53 because, you know, it's so overtly colorful, 01:56 and it's kind of inherently confident 01:58 even when I didn't feel confident, 01:59 and I think that the character of Devi, we wanted her to feel 02:03 the same way in these surroundings. 02:05 This sari is so uncomfortable. 02:07 Why does it itch so much? 02:08 Itchiness of saris is a rite of passage for Indian women. 02:11 Deal with it. 02:12 She's going through so much herself as a teenager, 02:15 and then to be put in this environment, 02:16 where there's other Indian people and Hindu people 02:17 who feel so much more comfortable with it, 02:19 is unnerving for her. 02:21 And so that's why it makes it 02:22 such a juicy event to see her at. 02:24 Good job. Up here. 02:26 Hell yeah.- advertisement spot 2020