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  • Netflix announces Indian original series ‘Leila’

    Netflix announces Indian original series ‘Leila’

    MUMBAI: Leila, a Netflix Original series from India, is now in production and will be available exclusively to Netflix members around the world in 2019. The series is based on the widely popular book by Prayaag Akbar. Deepa Mehta (Earth, Midnight's Children) is the creative executive producer for the show and Urmi Juvekar (Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!) is the showrunner.

    A dystopian work of fiction set in the near future, Leila is the story of Shalini: a mother in search of her daughter Leila whom she lost one tragic summer. Shalini deals with various hardships in the course of her search, in a story of longing, faith and loss. The series is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Deepa Mehta, Shanker Raman and Pawan Kumar.

    Leila will be a 6-episode series available only on Netflix globally in 2019.

  • NFDC shortlists 6 for Screenwriters’ Lab 2012

    NFDC shortlists 6 for Screenwriters’ Lab 2012

    Mumbai: The National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) has announced the names of six participants who will travel to the Venice International Film Festival to take part in the Screenwriters‘ Lab 2012.

    They are Kanu Behl of Titli, Umesh Kulkarni of Antaraal, Ruchika Oberoi of Island City, Siddharth Sinha of Behind the Camera, Alankrita Shrivastava of Lipstick under My Burkha and Anupam Barve of The Shadow Lines.

    These screenwriters will attend the first working session of the Lab with mentors like Marten Rabarts, Olivia Stewart, Urmi Juvekar and Bianca Taal.

    The 2nd session will be held at Film Bazaar, Goa during the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in November next where participants will apply their training and pitch their revised screenplays to participants at the film market.

    Conducted by NFDC, in association with Binger FilmLab, Netherlands and Venice International Film Festival; Screenwriters‘ Lab is a 2-part workshop designed to prepare screenwriters with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking community.