Freida Pinto is set to star in The Henna Artist on Netflix

Deadline

Netflix is developing a TV series based on Alka Joshi’s bestselling debut novel from Miramax TV. "The Henna Artist is an English language soapy drama and epic romance set against the lush and romantic backdrop of 1950s Jaipur, India’s famed 'pink city,' renowned for its opulent palaces and rich cultural landscape," according to Deadline. "Lakshmi (Pinto) is Jaipur’s most in-demand henna artist, with access to the inner sanctums of the city’s wealthiest women and privy to their most scandalous secrets. But Lakshmi harbors secrets of her own and as she falls in love and endeavors to create a life for herself in a newly-independent India, her past returns to threaten her position within Jaipur’s high society."