Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for their new drama series, Unaccustomed Earth. The series is set to premiere on December 17.
Based on Jhumpa Lahiri's novel of the same name, the upcoming series centres on Parul Chaudhary (Freida Pinto) who returns to Cambridge, Massachussets, USA. When she meets her long lost love Amit Mukherjee (Siddharth), their romance is rekindled, and the elite Indian American society that they are a part of is forced to take sides.
The cast of the series includes Freida Pinto, Siddharth, Sarayu Blue, Indraneil Sengupta, Adi Roy, Iyla Sundarsingh McKaig, Justin Bartha, Jayant Kripalani, Parveen Kaur, Swayam Bhatia, and Palomi Ghosh.
Unaccustomed Earth is created by John Wells, with Madhuri Shekar as the showrunner. Wells and Shekar serve as executive producers with author Lahiri, Erica Saleh, Nisha Ganatra, Celia Costas, Erin Jontow, and Ritesh Batra. Batra will direct the first two episodes of the series, whose first season consists of eight episodes. Batra is known for directing films like The Lunchbox, Photograph, and Our Souls At Night.