Casting director Seher Aly Latif, recognized for her work on movies like `The Lunchbox` and `Durgamati`, handed away yesterday attributable to a cardiac arrest, her affiliate and director Neeraj Udhwani stated. She was in her early 40s. The co-founder of unbiased manufacturing firm Mutant Movies, Latif backed the Netflix collection `Bhaag Beanie Bhaag`, starring Swara Bhasker, and `Maska`, a movie for the streaming service, which featured Manisha Koirala.
Udhwani, who directed `Maska,` stated Latif was admitted to Lilavati Hospital eight days in the past attributable to kidney failure. “There was some an infection, which prompted renal failure. She was admitted final weekend. She was on antibiotics and was recovering. However at the moment she suffered a cardiac arrest and all of a sudden it was throughout,” the filmmaker stated.
Latif was recognized for her in depth work as a casting director on tasks like mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan’s biopic, The Man Who Knew Infinity, starring Dev Patel, filmmaker Gurinder Chadha’s interval movie Viceroy’s Home and Bhumi Pednekar-fronted drama function Durgamati.
She was the Indian casting affiliate for acclaimed worldwide tasks like Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Darkish Thirty, Julia Roberts-starrer Eat Pray Love, the Netflix collection Sense8, season 4 of the Showtime espionage thriller Homeland and the BBC One/AMC collection, McMafia.
Latif’s common works
. Latif was connected as the chief producer on movies like Shakuntala Devi, starring Vidya Balan, and Akshay Kumar’s Gold.
. A few of her worldwide credit embody Dev Patel-starrer The Man Who Knew Infinity, and Eat Pray Love, Livid 7, Viceroy’s Home, McMafia and Sense 8, by which she served because the Indian casting affiliate.
. Irrfan Khan-starrer The Lunchbox, and Dia Mirza’s Kaafir, had been different providing that Latif labored on.
. Maska, starring Manisha Koirala and Nikita Dutta, is among the many Netflix tasks she was related to.
Tribute pour in
. One of many kindest, most loving individuals Mumbai gifted my life with. Nonetheless attempting to course of this unreal information. Journey on into the sunshine, my dearest, sweetest, Seher. The unpredictable, ghastly shortness of life stays baffling
Nimrat Kaur, actor
. I do not consider it. Unfair parting with a sort soul and actual pal. I hope there’s one other facet
Ritesh Batra, filmmaker
. The heaven will probably be blessed along with your mushy hugs and infectious smile. Nonetheless cannot fathom this although.
Nikita Dutta, actor
. Her default expression was a smile. You’d all the time discover her smiling. She was one of many nicest, kindest individuals I ever met.
Neeraj Udhwani, director
With inputs from Businesses