Gurinder Chadha casts actors on instincts

London: Indian-British filmmaker Gurinder Chadha says she uses her instincts when casting.

The 50-year-old filmmaker has a new movie on the big screen this week with `It`s A Wonderful Afterlife`, which stars noted Indian actress Shabana Azmi, Goldy Notay and Sendhil Ramamurthy, a news website reported. But over the years with movies such as `Bend it Like Beckham` and `Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging` she has helped launch the careers of Keira Knightley, Parminda Nagra and Aaron Johnson. "My secret is when they come in, I watch them, and if I feel something [inside]... people just often read lines and act it out. There`s something about feeling something deep inside. It`s the moments when they`re not reading, the moments before they start reading or after they finish," Chadha said. "It`s the way they say hello and goodbye and the way they talk about themselves. It`s just things like that that give a little window into people," she added. "It`s just instinct, I think, `That person`s got something.` It`s also their luck, their fate, I believe in fate as well!," Chadha added. Her new movie `It`s A Wonderful Afterlife`, releasing on April 23, is a comedy centered on an Indian mother who takes her obsession with marriage into the world of serial murder. PTI