Seher Aly Latif, known for making Swara Bhasker’s Netflix series Bhaag Beanie Bhaag and working as a casting director for films like Lunchbox and Monsoon Shootout, departed on Monday following a cardiac arrest. The producer, who was in her early 40s, breathed her last at Mumbai’s Lilavati hospital, where she was admitted for renal failure.
Director Neeraj Udhwani, who worked with Seher on her Netflix production Maska (2020) that she also cast for, confirmed the news of her death saying “It’s unbelievable. It’s so hard to process. We were told she was recovering. And today, I got to know about it. She had an infection due to which she suffered renal failure. She was admitted to the hospital last weekend. Doctors had put on her antibiotics, and we thought she was recovering.”
Her collaborators from Bollywood mourned her demise with emotional social media posts. Lunchbox star Nimrat Kaur shared a photo of Seher with her cat and tweeted that the late producer was “one of the kindest people” Mumbai gifted her with. “One of the kindest, most loving people Mumbai gifted my life with. Still trying to process this unreal news…. Travel on into the light my dearest, sweetest Seher. The unpredictable, ghastly shortness of life remains baffling… Await to meet you on the other side,” read Nimrat Kaur’s tweet.
One of the kindest, most loving people Mumbai gifted my life with. Still trying to process this unreal news….
Travel on into the light my dearest, sweetest Seher. The unpredictable, ghastly shortness of life remains baffling…
Await to meet you on the other side. pic.twitter.com/18jnHvytTL— Nimrat Kaur (@NimratOfficial) June 7, 2021
Seher Aly Latif started her career as a casting director. Seher not only cast for Indian films, like Lunchbox, Shakuntala Devi and Bhaag Beanie Bhaag but also worked on international projects. Some of her international credits include Eat Pray Love, Furious 7, Viceroy’s House, McMafia and Sense 8. She was also the executive producer on movies like Akshay Kumar’s Gold, Vidya Balan-led Shakuntala Devi and Noblemen.
