Aarti Bajaj

Aarti Bajaj is an Indian film editor. She an editor working in Bollywood currently. She has edited films such as Jab We Met and Aamir.[1]

Aarti Bajaj
Born10 Feb 1974
Delhi
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm editor
Years active1995 - present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1997; div. 2009)​
Children1

Education

Aarti Bajaj moved from Delhi to Mumbai to pursue her dream of working in films at the age of 21. She did a film course in 1994 at the Xavier Institute of Communication, Mumbai. She said in an interview with India Today], "My dad threw a fit when he heard of my decision to head to Mumbai. But I told him I would run away if he didn't let me go, so he reluctantly gave in." In her internships with Bardroy Baretto and Shyam Ramanna, she "fell in love with the whole process of rewriting a film at the edit table." Having gained some experience, she began editing for music videos and advertisements. Over eight years, she became an established independent editor.

Career

Aarti Bajaj began editing with Anurag Kashyap's unreleased film Paanch. She followed it with his controversial and acclaimed film Black Friday for which she was nominated for a Star Screen Award in 2008.[2] She has also edited Reema Kagti's Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., Imtiaz Ali's Jab We Met, Rockstar, Tamasha, Highway and Rajkumar Gupta's Aamir, for which she was nominated for her second Star Screen Award.[3] Later, she edited Kashyap's Dev.D, Gulaal, Ugly, Raman Raghav 2.0, Mukkabaaz, Sacred Games and Manmarziya. An article on The Hindu describes her as "one of those rare new-age film editors who lets the narrative breathe, supremely confident of her pacing."

In the same article, Bajaj describes her process of deciding which film she wants to contribute to. It is true that many of her works are films which are different from what one expects from the average Bollywood movie. She answers in The Hindu interview, "I enjoy mainstream Bollywood, but I don't know if I can edit them. What's the point of doing the same formula again? What do you look forward to? I know I will go brain-dead." She also adds, "I like quirky, I like different." She goes on to emphasise the importance of mental stimulation and how every project she does must present to her some sort of challenge. Her professionalism is such that she only does one project at a time to ensure compete focus.

Bajaj has worked on films across different genres, from Rockstar to Sacred Games, which demand different editing styles, and has proved herself to be a versatile editor.[4]

Filmography
FilmYearNote
Love Aaj Kal2020
Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai?2019
Manmarziyaan2018
Sacred Games2018TV series
Cake2018Pakistani film
Mukkabaaz2017
Jab Harry Met Sejal2017
Raman Raghav 2.02016
Love Shagun2016
Tamasha2015
Revolver Rani2014
Highway2014
Ugly2013
Ghanchakkar (film)2013
Ishaqzaade2012
Paan Singh Tomar2012
Rockstar2011
No One Killed Jessica2011
Do Dooni Chaar2010
Mumbai Cutting2010Segment: "Pramod Bhai 23"
Karthik Calling Karthik2010
Love Aaj Kal2009
Gulaal2009
Dev.D2009
Aamir2008
Maharathi2008
Jab We Met2007
No Smoking2007
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.2007
Black Friday2007
Paanch2003Unreleased

References
  1. "Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare Cast, Trailer, Release Date, Story". Bollywood News 23. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  2. "14th Annual Star Screen Awards nominations". Screenindia.com. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  3. "15th Annual Star Screen Awards nominations". Bollywoodhungama.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  4. "Aarti Bajaj; an editor who chases the art of deconstruction and reconstruction". The Compass. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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