Western India’s Konkan region, where beaches, coconut trees and mango orchards abound, has been the setting for many shows and films. In Andhar Maya, the Konkan is the stage for ghosts and greed.

In ZEE5’s first Marathi horror series, an extended family arrives at its ancestral home with the aim of observing the death rites of an elder and selling the property. Long-time housekeeper Gonya (Kishore Kadam) is happy to see the entire brood under the same roof. Now that you are here, don’t be in a hurry to leave, Gonya says.

The reunion is far from amicable. Keshav’s father – the one who has died – used to perform female roles in the local Dashavtar festival, making him the butt of ridicule. Keshav is still justifying his father’s behaviour to his nasty cousins Kartik (Shubhankar Tawde) and Manoj (Omprakash Shinde).

The plan to sell the house and property isn’t unanimous. Keshav (Anup Belwalkar) is against the sale, annoying Kartik and Manoj. The wives are divided too.

Nayana (Shubhangi Bhujbal), behaving like the woman from Satyajit Ray’s Monihara, is obsessed with how the jewellery will be divided. The pregnant Madhavi (Rujuta Bagwe) prefers the sprawling abode to her modest dwelling in Mumbai. Meanwhile, Manoj’s daughter Sayali (Pihu Gosavi) is insisting that...