Huma Qureshi completes shooting for Leila, pens heartfelt note

Based on a book by Prayaag Akbar, Leila is set in the near future and follows the journey of Shalini (Huma Qureshi), a mother in search of her daughter Leila whom she lost one summer

On Friday, Huma Qureshi completed the shooting of her upcoming web series Leila. The actress took to her Instagram account to express gratitude for being offered this web show. After wrapping up her last schedule, Huma penned a heartfelt post on Instagram, where she wrote that she is "grateful for the opportunity to play such a beautiful character" in this show.

Based on a book by Prayaag Akbar, 'Leila' is set in the near future and follows the journey of Shalini (Huma), a mother in search of her daughter Leila whom she lost one summer.

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And it’s a wrap !!! #Leila With my two producers @priyasreedharan @wazzzim who have given this project everything and for being the last ones standing (literally).. This has been a hard and long journey but I am grateful for the opportunity to play such a beautiful character .. Thank you #DeepaMehta for unlocking me .. your direction , your kindness , your friendship , your faith has impacted my life more than you can imagine ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0092u00c2u0095Thank you @shanksthekid for being our rock and always giving me ‘a safe place’ and support in the hardest times ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0092u00c2u0095Thank you @worldofsiddharth for being the talented cartoon that you are - a friend for life ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0092u00c2u008eand thank you #JohanAidt for being my DP, my brother , my love you are one of kind and I could not have done this without your love and compassion . Thank you to the whole team , my crew, my ad’s , each and every department and my first ADs @operationfail @ramankumar_ who all have worked so hard and still are working tirelessly behind the scenes ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0099u00c2u008fðu00c2u009fu00c2u008f»ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0099u00c2u008fðu00c2u009fu00c2u008f»ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0099u00c2u008fðu00c2u009fu00c2u008f»âu00c2u009d¤ï¸u00c2u008fâu00c2u009d¤ï¸u00c2u008fâu00c2u009d¤ï¸u00c2u008f I cannot wait for you all to see our #Leila. Its our labour of love ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0092u00c2u0095#senti #post #emotional #love #crew #series #wrap

A post shared by Huma Qureshi (@iamhumaq) onApr 5, 2019 at 1:00am PDT

The six-episode series is directed by Deepa Mehta, Shanker Raman and Pawan Kumar, and produced by Priya Sreedharan and Wasim Khan. She also expressed her love towards the show's cast and crew.

Thanking the team, she wrote: "With my two producers Priya Sreedharan and Wasim Khan who have given this project everything and for being the last ones standing (literally).. This has been a hard and long journey but I am grateful for the opportunity to play such a beautiful character.

"Thank you Deepa Mehta for unlocking me. Your direction, your kindness, your friendship, your faith has impacted my life more than you can imagine. Thank you Shanker Raman for being our rock and always giving me 'a safe place' and support in the hardest times." Huma also thanked her co-star Siddharth "for being the talented cartoon that you are - a friend for life."

"Thank you to the whole team, my crew, my assistant directors, each and every department who all have worked so hard and still are working tirelessly behind the scenes," she added, along with a couple of photographs from the show' s shoot. The trailer of 'Leila' will release soon, while the show itself will go live on Netflix on June 14.

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