“She was one of the crucial light, uncommon, loving individuals, who was additionally very terrific at her work,” that is how actor Nimrat Kaur remembers casting director Seher Aly Latif, who handed away in Mumbai on Monday. “Seher would champion uncommon expertise, and was so forward of her time. What she did with casting 10 years in the past, is what persons are doing now,” says Kaur of Latif, who had picked the latter for the function of Ila Sehgal in The Lunchbox (2013). Latif was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai a few week in the past after a cardiac arrest, and handed away on Monday owing to renal failure.
In addition to The Lunchbox, her casting credit embrace 2020 movies Shakuntala Devi and Maska. Aside from scouting expertise for the Hindi movie trade, she had additionally labored on a number of worldwide initiatives. Worldwide present McMafia (2018) credit Latif for ‘Indian Casting’ for 5 of its episodes. Her different notable initiatives embrace Sense 8 (2017, 20 episodes), Quick and the Livid (2017) and Zero Darkish Thirty (2012).
“I knew her from my modeling days, and we each form of hailed from the identical metropolis. She was from Noida, the place my dad and mom additionally keep. We have been assured and buddies. For The Lunchbox, she made the director of the movie (Ritesh Batra) come and watch a few my performs. She was the voice in his ear when he was in search of a contemporary face for the movie. Seher was instrumental in making that occur for me. I owe a giant a part of my working life to her in that manner,” provides Nimrat Kaur, “I used to be supposed to maneuver to a spot near her’s. We have been fairly excited to be neighbors. She is gone too younger and too quickly.”
Not too long ago, Seher Aly Latif had additionally turned producer with Manisha Koirala-starrer Maska, which streamed on Netflix. The opposite challenge she helmed as a producer was Bhaag Beanie Bhaag, a present that had actor Swara Bhasker and American actor of Indian origin Ravi Patel within the lead roles.
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who was forged for McMafia by Latif, took to Twitter to mourn her demise. “Actually unhappy to listen to the demise of an impressive Casting Director & a extremely wonderful buddy. Working along with her was at all times enjoyable. Relaxation in Peace #seherlatif @smwhtlatelatif,” he wrote on the microblogging website.
.