5/7/2023 0 Comments Prayaag akbar booksThe city (could be any modern Indian one) has been ghetto-ised into segregated communities - the Tamil Brahmin Sector, Leuva Patel Residency, Bohra Muslim Zone, Catholic Commons, Syrian Christian Co-op, and so on - and the misfits (aka oppressed classes and castes) have been cordoned off beyond the Purity Wall, to the Slums and the Towers, where filth and garbage pile up into sky high mountains, with pockets of fire adding to the smog that overpowers the skyline. The family lives secretly, and in danger, as inter-religious marriages are frowned upon by the Council. Shalini (Qureshi) has married her college sweetheart Riz (Rahul Khanna) and they have a daughter together, Leila. The series begins in 2047 (in the "near future" - interesting choice of words, sigh). Leila: How Netflix's upcoming dystopian drama series was conceptualised and executed Leila: Huma Qureshi, Rahul Khanna's dystopian drama to premiere on Netflix on 14 JuneĪt its core, Leila is a story of a mother's search for her missing daughter.
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