Kay Kay Menon Discusses Restraint in Acting and New Series 'Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya'

In an interview with The Hindu, actors Kay Kay Menon and Naveen Kasturia, along with director Himank Gaur, discuss their upcoming Prime Video series 'Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya'. Set in a fictional government school in Delhi, the comedy series features Menon as a laid-back headmaster trying to bring order to a dysfunctional school. Menon reflects on his late realization that acting was his true calling, despite initially pursuing physics and an MBA. He emphasizes that acting is more about restraint than exposition and admits he feels he has failed more than succeeded in his performances. Naveen Kasturia, who plays a counselor in the series, shares how films influenced him more than school, while director Gaur highlights the importance of keeping characters real and maintaining rhythm in comedy. The show aims to evoke nostalgia through its familiar school setting and humorous situations.