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Leila is an Indian Hindi-language dystopian drama series directed by Deepa Mehta, Shanker Raman and Pawan Kumar. Based on the 2017 eponymous novel by Prayaag Akbar, Leila follows the story of Shalini, who tries to find her missing daughter in a totalitarian regime in the near future.
Leila: Created by Urmi Juvekar. With Huma Qureshi, Rahul Khanna, Siddharth, Leysha Mange. In a near-future world where an oppressive regime segregates society, one woman skirts the system to search for the daughter taken from her years ago.
In the future, where purity is law, this is the story of one womanstanding up to resist the nightmare. The only thing driving her to gothrough the depths of ...
Netflix’s latest Indian original series, Leila, opens with the lynching of a Muslim man. His formerly Hindu wife is arrested by the followers of an authoritarian political leader, and put...
Aug 21, 2019 · The dystopian TV series Leila is set in a totalitarian regime that suppresses women. Rahul Verma looks at how streaming is allowing new kinds of stories in Indian TV and film. It’s...
Jun 14, 2019 · Leila, Netflix’s next original series from India, is set in a dystopian world called Aryavarta, where a mother (Huma Qureshi) is looking for her daughter who was taken from her. Deepa Mehta is one of the directors.
Jun 14, 2019 · Based on Prayaag Akbar’s harrowing novel Leila, the new Netflix series, which has begun streaming Friday, serves up a chilling portrait of dystopia which is at once compelling and repelling. The series makes some sweeping departures from the book. Some work; the others are not as effective.
