Bollywood celebrities took to social media to mourn the demise of casting director and producer Seher Aly Latif. Latif, who was in her early 40s, reportedly succumbed to a cardiac arrest in a city hospital on Monday. She worked as a casting director on films like "The Lunchbox" and "Durgamati", and co-founded Mutant Films, an independent film production company.
Many actors, filmmakers and casting directors mourned her demise on social media.
"This news is so heartbreaking Rest in peace Seher!!!" shared Manoj Bajpayee.
"Really sad to hear the demise of an outstanding Casting Director & a really amazing friend. Working with her was always fun. Rest in Peace #SeherLatif @smwhtlatelatif," posted Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
"Gone too soon. My dear friend Seher Latif. See you on the other side," director Reema Kagti expressed.
"Amazing casting director, Amazing producer Gold human being! This is so so hard to process... thank you @smwhtlatelatif for your kindness & love always.
Many actors, filmmakers and casting directors mourned her demise on social media.
"This news is so heartbreaking Rest in peace Seher!!!" shared Manoj Bajpayee.
"Really sad to hear the demise of an outstanding Casting Director & a really amazing friend. Working with her was always fun. Rest in Peace #SeherLatif @smwhtlatelatif," posted Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
"Gone too soon. My dear friend Seher Latif. See you on the other side," director Reema Kagti expressed.
"Amazing casting director, Amazing producer Gold human being! This is so so hard to process... thank you @smwhtlatelatif for your kindness & love always.
- 6/8/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
“The Lunchbox” casting director and producer Seher Aly Latif died in Mumbai on Monday of a renal failure. She was in her early 40s.
Latif was one of the most sought-after casting directors for international projects set in India or with a significant India component. Her casting director credits include “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” and its sequel “Million Dollar Arm,” as well as recent Bollywood films such as “Shakuntala Devi” and “Durgamati: The Myth.”
Latif’s credits for casting in India include “Eat Pray Love,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” “McMafia,” “Sense8,” “Furious 7” and “The Hundred-Foot Journey.”
Along with her associate Shivani Saran, Latif founded Mutant Films in 2016. The company produced Netflix film “Maska,” Netflix series “Bhaag Beanie Bhaag” and also co-produced the sports drama “Gold,” starring Akshay Kumar.
Nimrat Kaur, one of the leads of “The Lunchbox,” tweeted: “One of the kindest, most loving people Mumbai gifted my life with.
Latif was one of the most sought-after casting directors for international projects set in India or with a significant India component. Her casting director credits include “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” and its sequel “Million Dollar Arm,” as well as recent Bollywood films such as “Shakuntala Devi” and “Durgamati: The Myth.”
Latif’s credits for casting in India include “Eat Pray Love,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” “McMafia,” “Sense8,” “Furious 7” and “The Hundred-Foot Journey.”
Along with her associate Shivani Saran, Latif founded Mutant Films in 2016. The company produced Netflix film “Maska,” Netflix series “Bhaag Beanie Bhaag” and also co-produced the sports drama “Gold,” starring Akshay Kumar.
Nimrat Kaur, one of the leads of “The Lunchbox,” tweeted: “One of the kindest, most loving people Mumbai gifted my life with.
- 6/7/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Swara Bhaskar points out that an actor who plays a heroic character, or is great with the craft and is talented, is not necessarily a great human beings in real life, too.
Swara's "Tanu Wedns Manu" co-star Kangana Ranaut has faced a lot of social media ire lately for her nasty statements while talking about colleagues. She is also involved in frequent spast with people, the latest being one with Punjabi actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh. A while back, Kangana snubbed Urmila Matondkar calling her a "soft porn star". She has also described Swara, as well as Taapsee Pannu as "B Grade actress". Kangana has not spared a veteran like Jaya Bachchan, too.
Does Kangana Ranaut contradict the statement, "a great artist is a great human being"?
"I think it has nothing to do with Kangana in specific. Yes, in past we had our share of arguments but I think we really...
Swara's "Tanu Wedns Manu" co-star Kangana Ranaut has faced a lot of social media ire lately for her nasty statements while talking about colleagues. She is also involved in frequent spast with people, the latest being one with Punjabi actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh. A while back, Kangana snubbed Urmila Matondkar calling her a "soft porn star". She has also described Swara, as well as Taapsee Pannu as "B Grade actress". Kangana has not spared a veteran like Jaya Bachchan, too.
Does Kangana Ranaut contradict the statement, "a great artist is a great human being"?
"I think it has nothing to do with Kangana in specific. Yes, in past we had our share of arguments but I think we really...
- 12/15/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Dec 9 (Ians) Indian comedian Varun Thakur says the comedy scene in the country has evolved with people treating the art as a legitimate profession.
"I started out in 2010, and to just map my individual journey out from then and reflect on what we had done versus what is happening right now -- It's been a huge jump," Varun told Ians.
"When we were doing comedy in 2010, like the first batch of comedians from Mumbai, we had no idea what to do. When I say that, it is in the sense that where do we go and perform. We would literally go to bars and ask them to just give us a stage and 'keep all the money, keep alcohol, keep the food, just let us perform'. That's what we were doing back then," he recalled.
Now, the comedian says there are "many venues for doing comedy".
"That is...
"I started out in 2010, and to just map my individual journey out from then and reflect on what we had done versus what is happening right now -- It's been a huge jump," Varun told Ians.
"When we were doing comedy in 2010, like the first batch of comedians from Mumbai, we had no idea what to do. When I say that, it is in the sense that where do we go and perform. We would literally go to bars and ask them to just give us a stage and 'keep all the money, keep alcohol, keep the food, just let us perform'. That's what we were doing back then," he recalled.
Now, the comedian says there are "many venues for doing comedy".
"That is...
- 12/9/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
The trailer of Bhaag Beanie Bhaag shows the titular character, an aspiring stand-up comic in Mumbai.
Beanie Bhatnagar decides to escape her regular, boring life, with a long-term boyfriend, safe job and middle class family for a career in comedy. Varun Thakur plays her boyfriend turned much to her dismay – fiancé.
Right in the middle of what seems like her engagement party, Beanie flees. She later expresses her desire to be a stand-up comic, which comes as a shock to her closed ones. She faces rejection onstage, but is told by Ravi Patel's character: "Real comics, they get right back up there!"
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Bhaag Beanie Bhaag stars Swara Bhasker, Ravi Patel, Dolly Singh, Mona Ambegaonkar, Varun Thakur, and Girish Kulkarni.
It releases on Decemeber 4 on Netflix.
Check out Swara Bhasker's entertaining and funny dialogues from Bhaag Beanie Bhaag...
Beanie Bhatnagar decides to escape her regular, boring life, with a long-term boyfriend, safe job and middle class family for a career in comedy. Varun Thakur plays her boyfriend turned much to her dismay – fiancé.
Right in the middle of what seems like her engagement party, Beanie flees. She later expresses her desire to be a stand-up comic, which comes as a shock to her closed ones. She faces rejection onstage, but is told by Ravi Patel's character: "Real comics, they get right back up there!"
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A post shared by Swara Bhasker (@reallyswara)
Bhaag Beanie Bhaag stars Swara Bhasker, Ravi Patel, Dolly Singh, Mona Ambegaonkar, Varun Thakur, and Girish Kulkarni.
It releases on Decemeber 4 on Netflix.
Check out Swara Bhasker's entertaining and funny dialogues from Bhaag Beanie Bhaag...
- 12/3/2020
- by Shweta Ghadashi
- GlamSham
The year is almost over. The Hargreeves kids have saved the world and Beth Harmon has checkmated her last opponent. But in its new releases for December 2020, Netflix still has some tricks up its sleeve.
For starters, Netflix is ending this most curious year with some promising original films. David Fincher’s long-awaited Mank arrives on Dec. 4 to fill us in on the story of Citizen Kane‘s screenwriter. Then on Dec. 11, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, and James Corden do their best musical impression with The Prom. Chadwick Boseman’s final film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom debuts on Dec. 18. Then George Clooney rounds out the month with The Midnight Sky on Dec. 23.
But of course, it’s in the original series realm where Netflix does most of its work. The biggest one comes at month’s end this December. The final season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina premieres on New Year’s Eve.
For starters, Netflix is ending this most curious year with some promising original films. David Fincher’s long-awaited Mank arrives on Dec. 4 to fill us in on the story of Citizen Kane‘s screenwriter. Then on Dec. 11, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, and James Corden do their best musical impression with The Prom. Chadwick Boseman’s final film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom debuts on Dec. 18. Then George Clooney rounds out the month with The Midnight Sky on Dec. 23.
But of course, it’s in the original series realm where Netflix does most of its work. The biggest one comes at month’s end this December. The final season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina premieres on New Year’s Eve.
- 11/30/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Somehow, December starts on Tuesday even though it only feels like yesterday that the world was turning as normal and everyone was going about their business as usual before the Coronavirus pandemic came along and changed everything. As is the case every time we enter a new month, though, the various streaming services on offer are adding a whole host of new titles to their libraries and over the next seven days, Netflix has more than 50 movies and TV shows heading our way.
The list contains about everything you’d expect, from some all-time classics to several pretty terrible efforts that still stand a decent chance of cracking the Top 10 most-watched list, while there are even a couple of Adam Sandler films thrown in for good measure along with a handful of high-profile originals, and you can check out the full and exhaustive selection below.
Released November 30
A Love So Beautiful...
The list contains about everything you’d expect, from some all-time classics to several pretty terrible efforts that still stand a decent chance of cracking the Top 10 most-watched list, while there are even a couple of Adam Sandler films thrown in for good measure along with a handful of high-profile originals, and you can check out the full and exhaustive selection below.
Released November 30
A Love So Beautiful...
- 11/29/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
With just a few days of November left, we’ve now got a look at what’s coming to Netflix across December and the following breakdown gives us a strong idea of what to expect from the streaming giant next month. As you can see down below, it promises that a number of exciting original releases are on their way. Many of these are some of the most-anticipated titles of the year as well, meaning Netflix has truly saved the best for last.
On December 1st, we know to expect animated sequel Angela’s Christmas Wish and The Holiday Movies That Made Us, a documentary which looks at the best Christmas films around, while a ton of licensed titles will be added as well. Adam Sandler’s beloved 50 First Dates will be joining the platform, along with Jon Favreau’s excellent Chef, two Jurassic Park movies and more.
On the 2nd,...
On December 1st, we know to expect animated sequel Angela’s Christmas Wish and The Holiday Movies That Made Us, a documentary which looks at the best Christmas films around, while a ton of licensed titles will be added as well. Adam Sandler’s beloved 50 First Dates will be joining the platform, along with Jon Favreau’s excellent Chef, two Jurassic Park movies and more.
On the 2nd,...
- 11/24/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
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