Noted
casting
director
Seher
Aly
Latif
known
for
her
work
on
films
like
The
Lunchbox,
Shakuntala
Devi,
Durgamati,
Maska,
Bhaag
Beanie
Bhaag
and
others,
breathed
her
last
due
to
renal
failure
on
Monday
(June
7,
2021).
She
was
in
her
early
40s.
The
news
of
her
demise
was
confirmed
by
her
associate
and
director
Neeraj
Udhwani.
He
told
Mid-day
that
Seher
was
admitted
to
Lilavati
Hospital
eight
days
ago
due
to
kidney
failure.
Udhwani
was
quoted
as
saying,
"There
was
some
infection,
which
caused
renal
failure.
She
was
admitted
last
weekend.
She
was
on
antibiotics
and
was
recovering.
But
today
she
suffered
a
cardiac
arrest
and
suddenly
it
was
all
over."
When
the
news
of
Seher's
demise
broke
on
social
media,
many
celebrities
took
to
their
respective
social
media
handles
to
pay
their
last
respects.
Actress
Nimrat
Kaur
tweeted,
"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."
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
The
Lunchbox
director
Ritesh
Batra
reshared
her
post
on
his
Twitter
page
and
added,
"I
don't
believe
it,
unfair
parting
with
a
kind
soul
and
real
friend.
Goodbye
Seher,
I
hope
there
is
another
side."
I
don’t
believe
it,
unfair
parting
with
a
kind
soul
and
real
friend.
Goodbye
Seher,
I
hope
there
is
another
side.
https://t.co/S93m6wXQu5
Swara
Bhasker's
tweet
read,
"There
are
no
words.
Seher
Latif
is
no
more.
This
is
cruelty.
So
young,
so
much
to
give.
Can't
even
utter
RIP.
We
spoke
only
two
weeks
ago,
I
teased
her
&
she
laughed..
It
is
unimaginable
that
we
won't
see
her
wide
smile
anymore.
I
can't
fathom
this.
No,
not
@smwhtlatelatif."
There
are
no
words.
Seher
Latif
is
no
more.
This
is
cruelty.
So
young,
so
much
to
give.
Can’t
even
utter
RIP.
We
spoke
only
two
weeks
ago,
I
teased
her
&
she
laughed..
It
is
unimaginable
that
we
won’t
see
her
wide
smile
anymore.
I
can’t
fathom
this.
No,
not
@smwhtlatelatif
💔
pic.twitter.com/X81CQYO6DX
Besides
casting
for
Hindi
films,
Seher
was
also
the
Indian
casting
associate
for
acclaimed
international
projects
like
Kathryn
Bigelow's
Zero
Dark
Thirty,
Julia
Roberts-starrer
Eat
Pray
Love,
the
Netflix
series
Sense8,
season
four
of
the
Showtime
espionage
thriller
Homeland
and
the
BBC
One/AMC
series,
McMafia.
Filmibeat
offers
heartfelt
condolences
to
Seher's
family.