Lateef Binny assisted Rajkumar Santoshi for 8 years. He was associated with him for the films like Ghayal, Damini, Andaz Apna Apna, Ghatak, Barsaat and Pukar etc. Apart from direction he was involved in screenplay writing, production designing and casting. He has worked with N.Chandra and Mansoor Khan for a brief period.