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Leila (TV series)

Leila is an Indian Hindi-language dystopian drama series directed by Deepa Mehta, Shanker Raman and Pawan Kumar.[1] 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.[2] Written by Urmi Juvekar, it stars Huma Qureshi, Siddharth, Rahul Khanna, Sanjay Suri and Arif Zakaria.[3] A teaser was launched on 8 March.[4] The six-episode series premiered on 14 June 2019 on Netflix.[5][6]

Cast

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.[7] In November, it was announced that Deepa Mehta along with Pawan Kumar and Shanker Raman, will be directing the series.[8] To prepare for the role of Shalini, Qureshi went through physical training.[9] The principal photography of Leila began in October 2018 in Delhi.[10] It was finished in February 2019.[11]

Episodes

Season 1

Reception

Rohan Naahar of Hindustan Times gave the show a 4/5 and said of it "What the show cannot achieve in terms of streamlined storytelling, it more than makes up for with the sheer audacity of its ideas, and for having the bravery of following through on them." He also said that the show's YouTube trailer was dislike bombed by individuals calling the show "Hinduphobic".[12]

Soumya Rao of Scroll.in said that "In [the] Netflix series, the future isn’t very different from the present" and elaborated that "Although Leila is set in the distant future, there are unmistakable allusions to the present. Dissenters are branded as traitors, intellectuals are attacked and the Repeaters have unchecked powers."[13]

Hiba Bég of The Quint rated the show a 4/5 and said "‘Leila’ Is a Show That Will Force You to Re-Think Everything".[14]

References

  1. ^ "Filmmaker Deepa Mehta to direct Netflix's Indian original Leila". India Today. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Deepa Mehta's Netflix Show Leila Gets a Release Date". CNN-News18. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Netflix series 'Leila' gets release date". The New Indian Express. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Huma Qureshi's Netflix series Leila to launch globally on June 14". The Indian Express. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Netflix Indian original series 'Leila' will be out in June". Scroll.in. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Leila review: Provocative and political; Huma Qureshi owns Netflix India's most courageous show yet". Hindustan Times. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Netflix announces three new original Indian web series - Leila, Ghoul and Crocodile". First Post. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  8. ^ Frater, Patrick (22 November 2018). "Netflix's Indian Series 'Leila' Adds Shanker Raman, Pawan Kumar as Co-Directors". Variety. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Thanks to 'Leila', Huma Qureshi hooked to gym". The Quint. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Huma Qureshi shares first set picture from Netflix's Leila series". Hindustan Times. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Huma Qureshi wraps up Netflix's Leila, posts heartfelt note". India Today. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Leila review: Provocative and political; Huma Qureshi owns Netflix India's most courageous show yet". Hindustan Times. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  13. ^ Rao, Soumya (15 June 2019). "'Leila' review: In Netflix series, the future isn't very different from the present". Scroll.in. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  14. ^ Bég, Hiba (15 June 2019). "'Leila' Is a Show That Will Force You to Re-Think Everything". TheQuint. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

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