MUMBAI: Sahara India Pariwar paid tribute to former Miss India and TV personality Nafisa Joseph on 5 September. Her family (father and sister), her closest friends and also people from the film and fashion fraternity were present to pay their last respects at the ITC Grand Maratha.
 

The service began with a short film on Nafisa's life with ex Miss World and one of Nafisa's closest friends, Diana Hayden, recounting fond memories. Sameer Malhotra read a short poem, Sameer Soni, Cyrus Broacha, Pradeep Guha and photographer Vikram Bawa also shared their memories while MTV VJs Ramona and Sophia sang in Nafisa's memory.

Among others who came to pay tribute were Kim Sharma, Preeti Jhangiani, Nethra Raghuraman, Suchitra Pillai and Tapur. Nafisa Joseph who passed away on 29 July had apparently committed suicide over personal problems.

Sahara India Pariwar and Nafisa had jointly worked on several of their events over the years. The most recent one being where Nafisa hosted the Laureus World Sports Academy Gala night in Amby Valley, as stated in an official release.

Percept D'Mark (PDM) had previously done many shows with Nafisa and were actually planning on having her host the recent Anti Piracy Show. They, therefore, thought that a tribute celebrating the life of late Nafisa would be befitting.