Pinto will star in and produce the project via her Freebird Films banner alongside Michael Edelstein under his first-look deal with Miramax.
“It was clear to me from the first chapter that Freida was born to play Lakshmi,” Edelstein said.
The Henna Artist has tremendous potential to become that bingeable, high quality, multilayered television show that honours the glory and beauty of India, its culture and its people.”
In addition to her perspective as a woman born and raised in India, Pinto is bringing to the project her deep connections in the Indian film community.