Leila Archives

Leila Review: A Tedious Netflix Series that is Neither Political Commentary Nor Dystopian Drama

It’s hard to remain invested in a show whose physical universe doesn’t come across as dystopian at all. Leila’s identifiers of the future — social inequality, water shortages, and extremism — aren’t as shocking for these are troubles that play out in present-day India with alarming regularity.

Poulomi Das July 9, 2016

Pop Culture

What Prayaag Akbar’s Leila Says About the Caste-Illiterate Upper Class

In Prayaag Akbar’s Leila, now adapted into a Netflix series, the journey of its protagonist Shalini, echoes the social deafness of most privileged men and women in India. People who over-elaborate their progressiveness but remain blind to the segmentations that widen due to their choices.

Manik Sharma May 22, 2016