Sanyukta Kaza is an Indian film editor best known for her work on Tumbbad, Bhediya, Paatal lok, Mismatched and Kohrra. Her films have won accolades at multiple film festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Sundance, Toronto, Sitges, Screamfest, Palm springs etc. She has a Masters in Fine Arts from Chapman university.

Career

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Sanyukta Kaza started editing films with Ship of Theseus. Her first feature film won the National Award for Best Film[1] and was selected as one of the '15 life-changing films of all time’ chosen by the British Film Institute.[2]

Her other works include Tumbbad, Sudip Sharma's Pataal lok, Amar Kaushik's Bhediya, Anand Tiwari's Bang Baajaa Baarat, Abhishek Chaubey's Madhyantar, Varun Grover's AIR , Avinash Arun's Three of Us, Deepti and Fahad's My Love: Six stories of Love and Anand Tiwari's Love Per Square Foot amongst much more.

Filmography

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Films, Documentaries & Series

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Year Title Director Additional Notes
2005 Lunch on the Run Simone Ahuja Premiered on PBS - USA
2009 Indique Simone Ahuja Premiered on PBS - USA
2013 Ship Of Theseus Anand Gandhi National Film Award for Best Feature Film
2015 Train Chaar Baje Ki Hai Antariskh Jain Screened at MIFF

Screened at MAMI Mumbai Film Festival

Bang Baaja Baraat Anand Tiwari Produced by Yash Raj Films
2017 Wish Cory Edwards Animated
2018 Love Per Square Foot Anand Tiwari Released on Netflix
Tumbbad Rahi Anil Barve Also credited as the Creative Producer

Premiered at Venice Film Festival

2020-present Mismatched Akarsh Khurana & Nipun Dharmadhikari Released on Netflix
Pataal Lok Sudip Sharma Released on Amazon Prime Video

Filmfare Award for Best Drama Series

2021 My Love Deepti & Fahad Released on Netflix - USA

IDA Documentary Award for Best Episodic Series

2022 Jugaadistan Akarsh Khurana & Adhaar Khurana Released on Lionsgate Play
Maja Ma Anand Tiwari Released on Amazon Prime Video
Bhediya Amar Kaushik Zee Cine Award for Best Editing
2023 Kohrra Randeep Jha TV series on Netflix
Three of Us Avinash Arun
2024 Killer Soup Abhishek Chaubey TV Series on Netflix
All India Rank Varun Grover Premiere at IFFR
TBA Pooja Meri Jaan Navjot Gulati Upcoming
Distant Teardrop Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy Upcoming

Shorts

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Title Director Additional Notes
His Man Friday Ammar Rasool
Don't Touch It Ammar Rasool 1st Place Indie Gathering Award - Best Short Family Film
The Things You Lose Amy Kernan
Monocrome Mark Powell
Village of Joy Bishal Nath Produced by Films Division of India
Holi Colston Julian
The Thought of You Ahmed Roy Released on Large Short Films
The Knot Avlokita Dutt
Oye Teri Anand Tiwari
Eggolution Rupesh Tillu
Vishanu Avinash Arun As a part of Unpaused - Amazon Prime Video Anthology
Masterchef Ritesh Batra Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival

Screening at event co-hosted by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Sleepwalkers Radhika Apte Best Film at the Palm Springs International Film Festival
Chamki Anand Gandhi Won Bronze at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
Madhyantar Abhishek Chaubey Released on Netflix
Lust Stories 2 (Segment : Mirror) Konkona Sen Sharma Released on Netflix
High Fun Adesh Prasad Upcoming
Island Nicholas Kharkongor Upcoming
251 Bauddhayan Mukherji Upcoming

References

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  1. ^ "National awards: Ship of Theseus wins best film, Jolly LLB best Hindi film". Hindustan Times. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  2. ^ "Ship of Theseus on list of films that can change your life". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
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