Amitabh Shukla is an Indian film editor, working in Bollywood, most known for his work in films like Chakh De! India, Krrish, Holiday and Chalte Chalte.
He was awarded the
Filmfare Award for Best Editing
The Filmfare Best Editing Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.
Superlatives
Most Awards
* Sreekar Prasad – 4
* Hrishikesh Mukherjee – 3
* Raj Kapoor – 3
* Sanjay Verma – 3 ...
in the year 2007 for his work in the film
Chak De! India.
Early life and career
Born in Lucknow, he did a masters in Business Management from
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) is a premier Business School located in Bhubaneswar, the capital of the eastern Indian state of Odisha featuring regularly among the top 20 bschools in India. Established in the year 1987, XIMB ...
majoring in finance and systems.
Owing to a deep interest in filmmaking and video editing he further went to the prestigious
Film and Television Institute of India, Pune from where he graduated in the year 1998.
His first major film was Shah Rukh Khan's
Chalte Chalte which was released in the year 2003.
Film editing
He is credited for editing several Bollywood movies like
Bluffmaster!
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,
Namastey London
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Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif in lead roles. It also stars Rishi Kapoor, Nina Wadia, Javed Sheikh, Upen Patel and Clive Standen in s ...
,
Singh Is Kinng and many others. The film
Chak De! India won him several accolades across various award ceremonies including Filmfare and IIFA.
He has worked as head of the technical editing department at
Red Chillies Entertainment
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and is a visiting faculty at the Film and Television Institute of India.
Filmography
Awards
* Filmfare Award for Best Editing (2008) for Chakh De! India
* Guild Award for Best Editing for Chakh De! India
* IIFA Award for Best Editing for Chakh De! India
* Zee Cine Award for Best Editing for Chakh De! India
* The National Film Award for Best Promotional Film (2010) for Lost and Found
References
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Living people
Hindi film editors
Artists from Mumbai
Year of birth missing (living people)
Film editors from Maharashtra