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			'''Renu Saluja''' (5 July 1952 – 16 August 2000) was an Indian film editor. In the 1980s and 1990s, she worked with both mainstream and art house [[Hindi cinema]] directors, including [[Govind Nihalani]], [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]], [[Sudhir Mishra]], [[Shekhar Kapoor]], [[Mahesh Bhatt]], and [[Vijay Singh (writer and filmmaker)\|Vijay Singh]]. Her work encompassed multiple feature films, documentaries, short films, and television series.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=12899 Prolific Editor: Renu Saluja] [[Screen (magazine)]], 30 June 2006.</ref>
	'''Renu Saluja''' (5 July 1952 – 16 August 2000) was an Indian film editor. In the 1980s and 1990s, she worked with both mainstream and art house [[Hindi cinema]] directors, including [[Govind Nihalani]], [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]], [[Sudhir Mishra]], [[Shekhar Kapoor]], ~~and~~ [[Mahesh Bhatt]], [[Vijay Singh (writer and filmmaker)\|Vijay Singh]]. Her work encompassed multiple feature films, documentaries, short films, and television series.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=12899 Prolific Editor: Renu Saluja] [[Screen (magazine)]], 30 June 2006.</ref>

	Renu was a four-time winner of [[National Film Award (India)\|National Film Award]] for [[National Film Award for Best Editing\|Best Editing]] for ''[[Parinda]]'' (1989), ''[[Dharavi (film)\|Dharavi]]'' (1993), ''[[Sardar (1993 film)\|Sardar]]'' (1993) and ''[[Godmother (film)\|Godmother]]'' (1999) and won [[Filmfare Award]] for best editing for ''[[Parinda]]'' (1989) and ''[[1942: A Love Story]]'' (1994).<ref>[http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=199066 Cut to perfection-Invisible: The Art of Renu Saluja deconstructs the late film editor] [[Indian Express]], 31 August 2006.</ref>		Renu was a four-time winner of [[National Film Award (India)\|National Film Award]] for [[National Film Award for Best Editing\|Best Editing]] for ''[[Parinda]]'' (1989), ''[[Dharavi (film)\|Dharavi]]'' (1993), ''[[Sardar (1993 film)\|Sardar]]'' (1993) and ''[[Godmother (film)\|Godmother]]'' (1999) and won [[Filmfare Award]] for best editing for ''[[Parinda]]'' (1989) and ''[[1942: A Love Story]]'' (1994).<ref>[http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=199066 Cut to perfection-Invisible: The Art of Renu Saluja deconstructs the late film editor] [[Indian Express]], 31 August 2006.</ref>
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	==Legacy==		==Legacy==
	In 2006, GraFTII, the Alumnus association of FTII released a book on her titled, 'Invisible - The Art of Renu Saluja'.<ref name=bu/> In a 2005 interview, noted director, [[Sudhir Mishra]], said that the principal character, Geeta in his acclaimed film, ''[[Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi]]'' (2005), "..is the amalgamation of all the spirited women I've known, my tribute to Renu Saluja.".<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2005/05/08/stories/2005050800220500.htm INTERVIEW: Search for understanding] [[The Hindu]], 8 May 2005.</ref> Later in 2006, she became the first editor to have Editing Award named after her.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=12944 Jethu Mundul reveals why the late Renu Saluja is the first film editor to have an editing award named after her] [[Screen (magazine)]], 7 July 2006.</ref>		In 2006, GraFTII, the Alumnus association of FTII released a book on her titled, 'Invisible - The Art of Renu Saluja'.<ref name=bu/> In a 2005 interview, noted director, [[Sudhir Mishra]], said that the principal character, Geeta in his acclaimed film, ''[[Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi]]'' (2005), "..is the amalgamation of all the spirited women I've known, my tribute to Renu Saluja.".<ref>{{usurped\|[https://web.archive.org/web/20201208073238/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2005/05/08/stories/2005050800220500.htm INTERVIEW: Search for understanding]}} [[The Hindu]], 8 May 2005.</ref> Later in 2006, she became the first editor to have Editing Award named after her.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=12944 Jethu Mundul reveals why the late Renu Saluja is the first film editor to have an editing award named after her] [[Screen (magazine)]], 7 July 2006.</ref>

	In June 2009, GRAFTII, an Alumni Association of the FTII and E-City ventures, held a tribute festival of her films, including a documentary in which all the directors Saluja worked with shared their memories of her.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/print.php?content_id=12795 GRAFTII pays tribute to Renu Saluja] [[Screen (magazine)]], 17 April 2009.</ref>		In June 2009, GRAFTII, an Alumni Association of the FTII and E-City ventures, held a tribute festival of her films, including a documentary in which all the directors Saluja worked with shared their memories of her.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/print.php?content_id=12795 GRAFTII pays tribute to Renu Saluja] [[Screen (magazine)]], 17 April 2009.</ref>

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{{Infobox person
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1952|07|05}}
|birth_place = [[Delhi]], India<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT644&dq=%22Renu+Saluja%22&hl=de&sa=X&ei=eZyjUZ_0Oef44QST_YGYDQ&ved=0CEYQ6AEwAA Encyclopaedia Of Hindi Cinema], p. 620</ref>
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|death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
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|occupation = [[film editor]]
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|spouse = [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]] (divorced) [[Sudhir Mishra]] (Widower)
|relatives = [[Radha Saluja]] (sister)
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'''Renu Saluja''' (5 July 1952 – 16 August 2000) was an Indian film editor. In the 1980s and 1990s, she worked with both mainstream and art house [[Hindi cinema]] directors, including [[Govind Nihalani]], [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]], [[Sudhir Mishra]], [[Shekhar Kapoor]], and [[Mahesh Bhatt]], [[Vijay Singh (writer and filmmaker)|Vijay Singh]]. Her work encompassed multiple feature films, documentaries, short films, and television series.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=12899 Prolific Editor: Renu Saluja] [[Screen (magazine)]], 30 June 2006.</ref>

Renu was a four-time winner of [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] for [[National Film Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] for ''[[Parinda]]'' (1989), ''[[Dharavi (film)|Dharavi]]'' (1993), ''[[Sardar (1993 film)|Sardar]]'' (1993) and ''[[Godmother (film)|Godmother]]'' (1999) and won [[Filmfare Award]] for best editing for ''[[Parinda]]'' (1989) and ''[[1942: A Love Story]]'' (1994).<ref>[http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=199066 Cut to perfection-Invisible: The Art of Renu Saluja deconstructs the late film editor] [[Indian Express]], 31 August 2006.</ref>

==Early life and education==
Renu was born into a Punjabi family. She applied to the direction program at the [[Film and Television Institute of India]] in Pune in 1974, but was not accepted and ended up on the editing program instead. She graduated in 1976 and began a career as a film editor in India, a field dominated by men at the time.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305052129/http://www.sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jegs4Qeedff&title=Women_break_into_another_male_bastion_in_Bollywood Women break into another male bastion in Bollywood] [[Sify.com]], 2009-03-12.</ref><ref>[http://www.graftii.com/renu_book.aspx?PageID=1 Invisible: the art of Renu Saluja] GraFTII.</ref>

==Career==
She first edited [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]]'s diploma film, ''[[Murder at Monkey Hill]]'' (1976), for which she also received an Associate Director credit.<ref>[http://www.rudraa.com/main/Master_b&w.htm Murder At Monkey Hill (35mm / B&W / 35 min)]</ref> The film subsequently won the National Film Award for the Best Experimental Film in 1977–78.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070805/spectrum/main6.htm Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s diploma film was Murder at Monkey Hill (1976),...] [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 5 August 2007.</ref> Once out of the FTII, Renu made her debut with classmate [[Saeed Akhtar Mirza]]'s ''[[Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai]]'' (1980), followed by [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]]'s ''[[Sazaye Maut]]'' (1981), then another classmate [[Kundan Shah]]'s comedy, ''[[Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro]]'' (1983), where her work received critical acclaim.<ref name=st>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000817/spotlite.htm Film editor Renu Saluja dead] [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 17 August 2000.</ref> Her early work was in [[parallel cinema]] with her FTII colleagues, [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]], [[Saeed Mirza]], [[Kundan Shah]], and [[Ashok Ahuja]].

The first offer that Renu got from outside the circle of FTII filmmakers was [[Govind Nihalani]]'s ''[[Ardh Satya]]'', filmed in 1983. After this her career took off, including a stint with [[Doordarshan]].

Chopra's ''[[Parinda]]'' was among the first mainstream films that Renu edited, and she also assisted direction. Unlike the smaller films which were made in one schedule, with the entire film completed before she started editing, ''[[Parinda]]'' was a more complex production shot over a period of three years.

In the 1990s Renu was involved in both mainstream cinema and the new crop of independent films that appeared following the success of ''[[Hyderabad Blues]]''. Some of the well-known films edited by Renu include ''[[Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron]]'' (1983), ''[[Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa]]'' (1993),'' [[Bandit Queen]]'' (1995), ''[[Jaya Ganga]]'' (1996),
''[[Pardes (1997 film)|Pardes]]'' (1997), ''[[Rockford (film)|Rockford]]'' (1999) and ''[[Hey Ram]]'' (2000). [[Nagesh Kukunoor]]'s ''[[Bollywood Calling]]'' and finally ''[[Calcutta Mail]]'' released in 2003 was her last edited film.<ref name=bu>[http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=502 Nasseruddin Shah releases book on Renu Saluja] Businessofcinema. 1 September 2006.</ref>

==Personal life==
Her elder sister [[Radha Saluja]] was a film actress, who worked in numerous Hindi, Punjabi and other regional films, and younger sister Dr. Kumkum Khadalia is a plastic surgeon. Renu married director Vidhu Vinod Chopra, a fellow FTII alumnus when they graduated in 1976. They later worked together on ''[[Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron]]'' (1983), where Vinod was the production manager and she was the editor. Even though they later separated, she continued to edit all his films and was his assistant director. Later in life, she became close with director [[Sudhir Mishra]], many of whose films she worked on, including ''[[Dharavi (film)|Dharavi]]'' and ''[[Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin]]'' (1996).<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/aug/17renu.htm 'Editing for her was like cooking'] [[Rediff.com]] Movies, 17 August 2000.</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/hyderabad-times/straight-answers/articleshow/1502303.cms Straight Answers: Sudhir Mishra, Filmmaker on Indian cinema] TNN, [[The Times of India]], 24 April 2006.</ref>

She died in Mumbai, on 16 August 2000, after a long bout of stomach cancer.<ref name=st/>

==Legacy==
In 2006, GraFTII, the Alumnus association of FTII released a book on her titled, 'Invisible - The Art of Renu Saluja'.<ref name=bu/> In a 2005 interview, noted director, [[Sudhir Mishra]], said that the principal character, Geeta in his acclaimed film, ''[[Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi]]'' (2005), "..is the amalgamation of all the spirited women I've known, my tribute to Renu Saluja.".<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2005/05/08/stories/2005050800220500.htm INTERVIEW: Search for understanding] [[The Hindu]], 8 May 2005.</ref> Later in 2006, she became the first editor to have Editing Award named after her.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=12944 Jethu Mundul reveals why the late Renu Saluja is the first film editor to have an editing award named after her] [[Screen (magazine)]], 7 July 2006.</ref>

In June 2009, GRAFTII, an Alumni Association of the FTII and E-City ventures, held a tribute festival of her films, including a documentary in which all the directors Saluja worked with shared their memories of her.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/print.php?content_id=12795 GRAFTII pays tribute to Renu Saluja] [[Screen (magazine)]], 17 April 2009.</ref>

== Partial filmography ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#d1e4fd;"
! Film !! Year
|-
| ''[[Murder at Monkey Hill]]'' || 1976
|-
| ''[[Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai]]'' || 1980
|-
| ''[[Sazaye Maut]]'' || 1981
|-
| ''[[Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro]]'' || 1983
|-
| ''[[Ardh Satya]]'' || 1983
|-
| ''[[Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!]]'' || 1984
|-
| ''[[Party (1984 film)|Party]]'' || 1984
|-
| ''[[Janam (1985 film)|Janam]]'' || 1985
|-
| ''New Delhi Times'' || 1986
|-
| ''[[Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin]]'' || 1987
|-
| ''Mil Gayi Manzil Mujhe'' || 1988
|-
| ''Pestonjee'' || 1988
|-
| ''[[Main Zinda Hoon]]'' || 1988
|-
| ''[[Parinda]]'' || 1989
|-
| ''[[Dharavi]]'' || 1991
|-
| ''[[Miss Beatty's Children]]'' || 1992
|-
| ''[[Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa]]'' || 1993
|-
| ''[[Sardar (1993 film)|Sardar]]'' || 1993
|-
| ''[[1942: A Love Story]]'' || 1994
|-
| ''[[Tarpan (film)|Tarpan]]'' || 1994
|-
| ''Papa Kehte Hain'' || 1995
|-
| ''[[Bandit Queen]]'' || 1995
|-
| ''[[Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin]]'' || 1996
|-
| ''Do Rahain'' || 1997
|-
| ''[[Pardes (1997 film)|Pardes]]'' || 1997
|-
| ''[[Kareeb]]'' || 1998
|-
| ''[[Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai]]'' || 1998
|-
| ''[[Hyderabad Blues]]'' || 1998
|-
| ''[[Jaya Ganga]]'' || 1998
|-
| ''[[Godmother (film)|Godmother]]'' || 1999
|-
| ''Senso Uniquo'' || 1999
|-
| ''[[Split Wide Open]]'' || 1999
|-
| ''[[Rockford (film)|Rockford]]'' || 1999
|-
| ''[[Hey Ram]]'' || 2000
|-
| ''[[Bollywood Calling]]'' || 2001
|-
| ''[[Calcutta Mail]]'' || 2003
|}

==Awards==
* [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]]
** 1990: [[National Film Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]: ''[[Parinda]]''
** 1992: [[National Film Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]: ''[[Dharavi (film)|Dharavi]]''
** 1994: [[National Film Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]: ''[[Sardar (1993 film)|Sardar]]''
** 1999: [[National Film Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]: ''[[Godmother (film)|Godmother]]''
* [[Filmfare Award]]
** 1989: [[Filmfare Best Editing Award|Best Editing]]: ''[[Parinda]]''
** 1995: [[Filmfare Best Editing Award|Best Editing]]: ''[[1942: A Love Story]]''
* [[Star Screen Award]]
** 1996: [[Star Screen Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]: ''[[Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin]]''

==Further reading==
* ''Invisible: the art of Renu Saluja''. by Chandita Mukherjee and Jethu Mundul. GraFTII, 2006.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0759183}}
* [http://www.shekharkapur.com/blog/archives/2006/05/the_editor_of_b.htm Shekhar Kapur on Renu Saluja in his blog]
* [http://www.screenindia.com/old/print.php?content_id=13069 The nimble tightrope walker (Excerpts from GRAFTII Book, Invisible: the art of Renu Saluja)] at [[Screen (magazine)]]
* [http://www.graftii.com/renu_book.aspx?PageID=1 GRAFTII Book, Invisible: the art of Renu Saluja]

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