MUMBAI: Netflix has announced that Shanker Raman and Pawan Kumar will co-direct its upcoming series 'Leila'.
The two will share the directing duties with filmmaker Deepa Mehta who started working on the project, the streaming giant said in a statement.
Based on Prayaag Akbar's book, 'Leila' will feature Huma Qureshi and Siddharth Suryanarayan in the lead.
Set in a dystopian world, the series will follow Shalini, a mother in search of her daughter Leila whom she lost one tragic summer.
She deals with various hardships in the course of her search, in a story of longing, faith and loss.
Mehta is the creative executive producer while screenwriter Urmi Juvekar is serving as the showrunner on the six-episode series.
'Leila' will premiere on Netflix in 2019.