Leila (TV series)
Leila is an Indian dystopian drama web 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 near future. Written by Urmi Juvekar, it stars Huma Qureshi, Siddharth, Rahul Khanna, Sanjay Suri and Arif Zakaria. A teaser was launched on 8 March. The six-episode series premiered on 14 June 2019 on Netflix.Cast
- Huma Qureshi as Shalini
- Siddharth as Bhanu
- Leysha Mange as Leila
- Seema Biswas as Madhu
- Rahul Khanna as Rizwan Chaudhary
- Sanjay Suri as Joshiji
- Arif Zakaria as Guru Ma
- Ashwath Bhatt as Mr. Dixit
- Indu Sharma as Mrs. Dixit
- Pallavi Batra as Kanika
- Anupam Bhattacharya as Mohan
- Akash Khurana as Mr. Rao
- Jagjeet Sandhu as Rakesh
- Prasanna Soni as Ashish
- Neha Mahajan as Pooja
Production
In February 2018, Netflix announced that an original series will be made on the dystopian fiction novel Leila by Prayaag Akbar, with Urmi Juvekar serving as the writer and executive producer. In November, it was announced that Deepa Mehta along with Pawan Kumar and Shanker Raman, will be directing the series. To prepare for the role of Shalini, Qureshi went through physical training. The principal photography of Leila began in October 2018 in Delhi. It was finished in February 2019.Episodes
Season 1
