Leila: Check out the first look poster of Huma Qureshi’s upcoming web series
Here's the latest poster of webseries 'Leila' starring Huma Qureshi and Siddharth
Powerhouse actress Huma Qureshi is all set to venture into the world of web. She will be seen in a Netflix original series titled ‘Leila’ a Deepa Mehta directorial. Qureshi will be teaming up with ‘Rang De Basanti’ fame Siddharth Suryanarayan for the same.
Today the maker has unveiled the new poster of the web series that has been shared by Huma on her social media handle.
Check it out here:
Will you join me? #Leila, coming soon @IamDeepaMehta @NetflixIndia pic.twitter.com/Y0PRET2vns
— Huma Qureshi (@humasqureshi) May 13, 2019
The story of the film is based on a book by Prayaah Akbar, it is set in the near future and follows the journey of Shalini (Huma), a mother in search of her daughter Leila whom she lost one summer.
The six-episode series is directed by Deepa Mehta, Shanker Raman, and Pawan Kumar, and produced by Priya Sreedharan and Wasim Khan. The trailer of ‘Leila’ will release soon, while the show itself will go live on Netflix on June 14.
Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh too tweeted the first poster:
Huma Qureshi makes her digital debut… First look poster of the upcoming series #Leila… Directed by Deepa Mehta… Streams from 14 June 2019 on Netflix. pic.twitter.com/1T7FQ0YCrT
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 13, 2019
The dystopian drama web-series also features Seema Biswas, Rahul Khanna, Sanjay Suri & Arif Zakaria. It will start streaming on 14th June.
This is not the only web series the actress has taken up. Reportedly, she has also signed a show for Eros Now. Titled Flesh, the web show is being directed by ‘Break Ke Baad’ director Danish Aslam.
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