Miss Laila is a 2002 Hindi-language Thriller film directed by Chris Weitz and produced by Bill Carraro and Deborah Forte under the banner of New Line Cinema in collaboration with Ingenious Film Partners and Scholastic Productions. Miss laila stars Nicole Kidman in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Dakota Blue Richards, Daniel Craig, Sam Elliott, Eva Green, Ian Mckellen and Ian Mcshane. The screenplay is written by Chris Weitz which is inspired from Northern Lights by Philip Pullman. The music was composed by Alexandre Desplat. Cinematography was done by Henry Braham and editing by Anne V. Coates, Peter Honess and Kevin Tent. The film has a running time of 113 minutes. It was released on 1st January 2002. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by New Line Cinema.