Maska, Bhaag Beanie Bhaag producer Seher Aly Latif passes away

Seher Aly Latif, identified for producing Swara Bhasker’s Netflix collection Bhaag Beanie Bhaag and dealing as a casting director for movies like Lunchbox and Monsoon Shootout, handed away on Monday following a cardiac arrest. The producer, who was in her early 40s, breathed her final at Mumbai’s Lilavati hospital, the place she was admitted for renal failure.
Director Neeraj Udhwani, who labored with Seher on her Netflix manufacturing Maska (2020), confirmed the information of her demise to indianexpress.com. “It’s unbelievable. It’s so hard to process. Last week only I donated blood for her and I was told she was recovering. And this morning, 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 photograph of Seher along 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,” learn Nimrat Kaur’s tweet.
Actor Nikita Dutta, who starred in Maska, wrote that she discovered the information of Seher Aly Latif’s demise unbelievable. “The heaven will be blessed with your mushy hugs and infectious smile. Still can’t fathom this though.@smwhtlatelatif,” Nikita wrote alongside a photograph of herself and Seher.
Seher Aly Latif started her profession as a casting director. Seher not solely solid for Indian movies, like Lunchbox, Shakuntala Devi and Bhaag Beanie Bhaag, but additionally labored on worldwide initiatives. Some of her worldwide credit embrace Eat Pray Love, Furious 7, Viceroy’s House, McMafia and Sense 8. She was additionally the chief producer on motion pictures like Akshay Kumar’s Gold, Vidya Balan-led Shakuntala Devi and Noblemen.
Her first manufacturing was the brief movie Masterchef helmed by Lunchbox director Ritesh Batra for the Sundance Institute. In 2016, she and producer Shivani Saran based Mutant Films, which has to date produced Netflix movie Maska and Bhaag Beani Bhaag.
Recalling his expertise of working with Seher Aly Latif , Neeraj mentioned she was not solely a supportive producer but additionally somebody who epitomised kindness. “Her default expression was a smile. You would always find her smiling. She was one of the nicest, kindest people I ever met. I didn’t know her and Shivani before Netflix introduced me to them to collaborate on Maska. Seher also helped me with casting for the film. This is tragic.”
Seher Aly Latif is survived by her husband and oldsters.