‘Never Have I Ever’ Isn’t Based as Much on Mindy Kaling’s Life as We Thought
Those who have seen Netflix’s latest coming-of-age comedy, Never Have I Ever, may be wondering how much of it is based on creator Mindy Kaling’s childhood. So…is Netflix’s Never Have I Ever based on Mindy Kaling’s life? Well, the answer is complicated.
Never Have I Ever, which premiered on April 27, follows the life of Devi Vishwakumar, a 15-year-old Indian-American girl from Sherman Oaks, California, who’s unpopular as one can expect from a teen rom com. The 10-episode series starts with Devi’s return to high school after her father dies of a heart attack, which led her to be paralyzed from the waist down due to the emotional trauma of the incident. The show explores Devi’s relationship with her Indian-American identity, her mother and her best...
