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'''Aarti Bajaj''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[film editor]]. She is an editor working in Bollywood currently. She has edited films such as ''[[Jab We Met]]'' and ''[[Aamir (film)|Aamir]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-04|title=Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare Cast, Trailer, Release Date, Story|url=https://www.news23.in/dolly-kitty-aur-woh-chamakte-sitare-cast-trailer-release-date-story/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Bollywood News 23|language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Aarti Bajaj''' (born 10 February 1973) is an Indian [[film editor]] who predominantly works in [[Hindi cinema]]. She has won several awards for her work. She has edited critically acclaimed movies such as ''[[Jab We Met]]'', ''[[Black Friday (2004 film)|Black Friday]]'' and others. Aarti Bajaj is known for her ability to bring out the emotional depth of the characters and the story through her editing.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-12-30 |title=The Saturday Interview — The finishing touch |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-saturday-interview-the-finishing-touch/article2760780.ece |access-date=2025-02-02 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
 
== 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==
==Career==
Aarti Bajaj began editing with [[Anurag Kashyap]]'s unreleased film ''[[Paanch]]''. She followed it with his controversial and acclaimed film ''[[Black Friday (2004 film)|Black Friday]]'' for which she was nominated for a [[Star Screen Award]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web | title= 14th Annual Star Screen Awards nominations | url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/screenawards08/best-editing.html | access-date=2009-03-08 | publisher=Screenindia.com }}</ref> 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 (film)|Aamir]]'', for which she was nominated for her second [[Star Screen Award]].<ref>{{cite web | title= 15th Annual Star Screen Awards nominations | url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2009/01/07/4702/index.html | access-date=2009-03-08 | publisher=Bollywoodhungama.com | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090227014718/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2009/01/07/4702/index.html| archive-date= 27 February 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> Later, she edited Kashyap's ''[[Dev.D]]'', ''[[Gulaal (film)|Gulaal]]'', ''[[Ugly (film)|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."
Aarti Bajaj began editing with [[Anurag Kashyap]]'s unreleased film ''[[Paanch]]''. She followed it with his controversial and acclaimed film ''[[Black Friday (2004 film)|Black Friday]]'' for which she was nominated for a [[Star Screen Award]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web | title= 14th Annual Star Screen Awards nominations | url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/screenawards08/best-editing.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216053203/http://www.screenindia.com/old/screenawards08/best-editing.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=16 February 2008 | access-date=8 March 2009 | publisher=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]] }}</ref> She has also edited [[Reema Kagti]]'s ''[[Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.]]'', Imtiaz Ali's ''[[Jab We Met]], [[Rockstar (2011 film)|Rockstar]], [[Tamasha]], [[Highway]]'' and Rajkumar Gupta's ''[[Aamir (film)|Aamir]]'', for which she was nominated for her second [[Star Screen Award]].<ref>{{cite web | title= 15th Annual Star Screen Awards nominations | url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2009/01/07/4702/index.html | access-date=8 March 2009 | website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090227014718/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2009/01/07/4702/index.html| archive-date= 27 February 2009 | url-status= dead}}</ref> Later, she edited Kashyap's ''[[Dev.D]]'', ''[[Gulaal (film)|Gulaal]]'', ''[[Ugly (film)|Ugly]]'', ''[[Raman Raghav 2.0]]'', [[Mukkabaaz]], [[Sacred Games (TV series)|Sacred Games]] and [[Manmarziyaan]]. 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.
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thecompass.in/aarti-bajaj-an-editor-who-chases-the-art-of-deconstruction-and-reconstruction-1260|title=Aarti Bajaj; an editor who chases the art of deconstruction and reconstruction|date=2018-10-31|website=The Compass|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thecompass.in/aarti-bajaj-an-editor-who-chases-the-art-of-deconstruction-and-reconstruction-1260|title=Aarti Bajaj; an editor who chases the art of deconstruction and reconstruction|date=31 October 2018|website=The Compass|language=en-US|access-date=23 November 2019|archive-date=23 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123101630/http://thecompass.in/aarti-bajaj-an-editor-who-chases-the-art-of-deconstruction-and-reconstruction-1260|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
 
{{Pending films key}}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
|-
!Film !! Year !! Note
! Year  
! Film
! class="unsortable" | Notes and {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|-
|''[[Love Aaj Kal (2020 film)|Love Aaj Kal]]'' || 2020 ||
| 1999
| ''[[Last Train to Mahakali]]'' || Short film
|-
|-
|''[[Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai?]]'' || 2019 ||
| 2003
|-Sacred Games-2 2019
| ''[[Paanch]]'' || Unreleased
|[[Manmarziyaan]] || 2018 ||
|-
|-
| [[Sacred Games (TV series)|Sacred Games]] || 2018 || TV series
| rowspan="5" | 2007
| ''[[Salaam-e-Ishq]]'' ||
|-
|-
| [[Cake (2018 film)|Cake]] || 2018|| Pakistani film
| ''[[Black Friday (2007 film)|Black Friday]]'' ||
|-
|-
|[[Mukkabaaz]] || 2017 ||
| ''[[Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.]]'' ||
|-
|-
| [[Jab Harry Met Sejal]] || 2017||
| ''[[No Smoking (2007 film)|No Smoking]]'' ||
|-
|-
| [[Raman Raghav 2.0]] || 2016 ||
| ''[[Jab We Met]]'' ||
|-
|-
| [[Love Shagun]] || 2016 ||
| rowspan="2" |2008
| ''[[Aamir (film)|Aamir]]''||
|-
|-
| [[Tamasha (2015 film)|Tamasha]] || 2015 ||
| ''[[Maharathi (2008 film)|Maharathi]]''||
|-
|-
| [[Revolver Rani]] || 2014 ||
| rowspan="3" | 2009
| ''[[Dev.D]]'' ||
|-
|-
| [[Highway (2014 Hindi film)|Highway]] || 2014 ||
| ''[[Gulaal (film)|Gulaal]]'' ||
|-
|-
| [[Ugly (film)|Ugly]] || 2013 ||
| ''[[Love Aaj Kal (2009 film)|Love Aaj Kal]]'' ||
|-
|-
| [[Ghanchakkar (film)]] || 2013 ||
| rowspan="3" | 2010
| ''[[Karthik Calling Karthik]]'' ||
|-
|-
| [[Ishaqzaade]] || 2012 ||
| ''[[Mumbai Cutting]]'' || Segment: "Pramod Bhai 23"
|-
|-
| [[Paan Singh Tomar]] || 2012 ||
| ''[[Do Dooni Chaar]]'' ||
|-
|-
| [[Rockstar (2011 film)|Rockstar]] || 2011 ||
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| ''[[No One Killed Jessica]]'' ||
|-
|-
| [[No One Killed Jessica]] || 2011 ||
| ''[[Rockstar (2011 film)|Rockstar]]'' ||
|-
|-
| [[Do Dooni Chaar]] || 2010 ||
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| ''[[Paan Singh Tomar (film)|Paan Singh Tomar]]'' ||Nominated—[[Screen Award for Best Editing]]
|-
|-
| [[Mumbai Cutting]] || 2010 || Segment: "Pramod Bhai 23"
| ''[[Ishaqzaade]]''||
|-
|-
| [[Karthik Calling Karthik]] || 2010 ||
| rowspan="2" |2013
| ''[[Ugly (film)|Ugly]]''|| Nominated—[[Filmfare Award for Best Editing]]
|-
|-
| [[Love Aaj Kal]] || 2009 ||
| ''[[Ghanchakkar (film)|Ghanchakkar]]''||
|-
|-
| [[Gulaal]] || 2009 ||
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| ''[[Highway (2014 Hindi film)|Highway]]'' ||Nominated—[[Filmfare Award for Best Editing]]
|-
|-
| [[Dev.D]] || 2009 ||
| ''[[Revolver Rani]]'' ||
|-
|-
| [[Aamir (film)|Aamir]] || 2008 ||
| 2015
| ''[[Tamasha (2015 film)|Tamasha]]'' ||Won—FOI Online Award for Best
|-
|-
| [[Maharathi (2008 film)|Maharathi]] || 2008 ||
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| ''[[Love Shagun]]'' ||
|-
|-
| [[Jab We Met]] || 2007 ||
| ''[[Raman Raghav 2.0]]'' ||
|-
|-
| [[No Smoking (2007 film)|No Smoking]] || 2007 ||
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| ''[[Jab Harry Met Sejal]]'' ||
|-
|-
| [[Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.]] || 2007 ||
| ''[[Mukkabaaz]]'' ||
|-
|-
| [[Black Friday (2007 film)|Black Friday]] || 2007 ||
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| ''[[Cake (2018 film)|Cake]]'' || Pakistani film
|-
|-
| [[Paanch]] || 2003 || Unreleased
| ''[[Manmarziyaan]]'' ||
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai? (2019 film)|Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai?]]'' ||
|-
| 2020
|''[[Love Aaj Kal (2020 film)|Love Aaj Kal]]'' ||Released on [[Netflix]]
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Shaadisthan]]''
| Released on [[Disney+ Hotstar]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2022
|''[[Thar (film)|Thar]]''
|Released on [[Netflix]]
|-
| ''[[Dobaaraa]]''
|
|-
|2024
|''[[Amar Singh Chamkila (film)|Amar Singh Chamkila]]''
|Released on [[Netflix]]
|-
|2025
|''[[Nishaanchi]]''
|
|-
|2026
|{{Pending film|[[Main Vaapas Aaunga]]}}
|
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Notes and {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 2018–2019
| ''[[Sacred Games (TV series)|Sacred Games]]'' || Won—[[Asian Academy Creative Awards|Asian Academy Creative Award for Best Editing]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2023
|''[[Jubilee (TV series)|Jubilee]]''
|Released on [[Amazon Prime Video]]
|-
|''[[Choona (TV series)|Choona]]''
|Released on [[Netflix]]
|-
|-
|}
|}
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
*{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-saturday-interview-the-finishing-touch/article2760780.ece|title=The Saturday Interview — The finishing touch|last=Kamath|first=Sudhish|date=2011-12-30|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-11-23|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}


==External links==
==External links==
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[[Category:Women artists from Uttar Pradesh]]
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[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Anurag Kashyap]]

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Aarti Bajaj
Born (1973-02-10) 10 February 1973 (age 53)
Delhi, India
OccupationFilm editor
Years active1995–present
Spouse(s)
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(
m. 1997; div. 2009)

Aarti Bajaj (born 10 February 1973) is an Indian film editor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema. She has won several awards for her work. She has edited critically acclaimed movies such as Jab We Met, Black Friday and others. Aarti Bajaj is known for her ability to bring out the emotional depth of the characters and the story through her editing.[1]

Career[edit | edit source]

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 Manmarziyaan. 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[edit | edit source]

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Notes and Ref.
1999 Last Train to Mahakali Short film
2003 Paanch Unreleased
2007 Salaam-e-Ishq
Black Friday
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
No Smoking
Jab We Met
2008 Aamir
Maharathi
2009 Dev.D
Gulaal
Love Aaj Kal
2010 Karthik Calling Karthik
Mumbai Cutting Segment: "Pramod Bhai 23"
Do Dooni Chaar
2011 No One Killed Jessica
Rockstar
2012 Paan Singh Tomar Nominated—Screen Award for Best Editing
Ishaqzaade
2013 Ugly Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Editing
Ghanchakkar
2014 Highway Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Editing
Revolver Rani
2015 Tamasha Won—FOI Online Award for Best
2016 Love Shagun
Raman Raghav 2.0
2017 Jab Harry Met Sejal
Mukkabaaz
2018 Cake Pakistani film
Manmarziyaan
2019 Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai?
2020 Love Aaj Kal Released on Netflix
2021 Shaadisthan Released on Disney+ Hotstar
2022 Thar Released on Netflix
Dobaaraa
2024 Amar Singh Chamkila Released on Netflix
2025 Nishaanchi
2026 Main Vaapas Aaunga Not yet released
Year Title Notes and Ref.
2018–2019 Sacred Games Won—Asian Academy Creative Award for Best Editing
2023 Jubilee Released on Amazon Prime Video
Choona Released on Netflix

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "The Saturday Interview — The finishing touch". The Hindu. 30 December 2011. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "14th Annual Star Screen Awards nominations". Screen. Archived from the original on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "15th Annual Star Screen Awards nominations". Bollywood Hungama. 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. Archived from the original on 23 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

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