Set in the late 2040s, this Indian series takes after a mother, Shalini Pathak, who struggles to find her daughter after her family is dispersed by the order of the ruler there, Joshi. Shalini has to face a series of dangers and difficulties to reunion her family again.
Qureshi shares a special intensity with her co-star Siddharth, an actor whose simmering stares are put to terrific use as Bhanu, a ruthless labour camp guard who has a soulful desperation in his eyes.
Leila fills a longstanding void in the arena of Indian speculative fiction, and will be considered in the future, along with 2018's Ghoul, as a show that captured the zeitgeist of a nation, at a very pivotal moment in its history.