Apurva Asrani
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| Born |
Apurva M Asrani 21 March 1978 Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Residence | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Other names | Apurva |
| Occupation | Film editor & Screen Writer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Apurva Asrani (born 21 March 1978) (no relations with veteran Hindi film actor, comedian Asrani) is a National Award winning film maker, film editor and screenwriter based in Mumbai, India. He has a multimedia body of work in film, television and theatre and is best known for editing films like Satya (1998), Shahid (2013) and CityLights (2014). He is also the story, screenplay and dialogue writer of the acclaimed gay rights drama Aligarh (2016).
Apurva began his career in 1995 as an assistant on the Bollywood countdown show Bpl Oye! that aired on Channel V. At 19 he became a film editor on the film Satya, directed by Ram Gopal Varma. He then went on to edit Sunhil Sippy's bilingual comedy Snip!
Apurva's other work includes the gang war film Chhal (film) Chhal', directed by Hansal Mehta. His work on the film received rave reviews from critics. Film critic Subhash K Jha wrote 'The real hero of Chhal is Apurva Asrani's editing'. Apurva edited Anupam Kher's directorial debut Om Jai Jagadish and Kalpana Lajmi's Kyon?. He also collaborated with Nagesh Kukunoor on his Akshay Kumar starrer Tasveer 8x10 as supervising editor and as film editor on Nagesh Kukunoor's Aashayein, starring John Abraham.
In 2012, Apurva edited Nila Madhab Panda's Jalpari The Desert Mermaid. Jalpari is an adventure film that deals with the issue of female infanticide released on 31 August 2012. The film received glowing reviews and several critics praised Apurva's work on the film.
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