Leila- a dystopian drama series mainly portrayed the search of a helpless mother for her daughter. But the actual story behind the whole series is even deeper than this. The series mainly showed how religious extremism can reach to the worst, and the nightmares of living in the wrong side of a authoritarian state. This show is mainly based on the future time zone -showing what may happen in 2050. Well advanced technology in parallel with Water crisis, polluted air & water, women being treated like animals even in that time, everything is quite relatable as we are already facing it, heading towards it.
The show started at a great peace in the very first episode, but afterwards started to slow down and storyline looked like being unnecessarily stretched and predictable at some stages which is quite boring at some points. Cinematography was good, not the best though, but the cast was totally top notched. Huma qureshi should be remembered for this outstanding performance as the main cast, and the other supporting casts were as brilliant as her. The whole series can be binge-watched at one go if u don’t have problems with slow pace series. Season 1 ended up With so many questions but the ending looked little bit sloppy and forced.
Its extremely surprising to see how india,being a hindu state,is allowing Netflix to make such original dramas that may trigger the anti-Hinduism propaganda in people. But kudos to the director and the team for this courageous attempt.
