Ashmith Kunder

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Ashmith Kunder
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Occupation(s)Film editor, film producer, actor
Years active2000–present
Relatives Shirish Kunder (brother)
Farah Khan (sister-in-law)

Ashmith Kunder is an Indian film editor, film producer, and actor. He is best known for editing films, including Dasavatharam (2008), Shor in the City (2010), Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women (2003). He debuted as an actor in the Amazon Prime original series, The Family Man. [1] He became a producer with Babumoshai Bandookbaaz in 2017 starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui. He has also produced the film The Comedian, starring Satish Kaushik in his last title role.

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Early life

Kunder was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is an engineer by education (B.E. Instrumentation) from Mumbai University. His brother is Shirish Kunder and his sister-in-law is Farah Khan. [2]

Career

Kunder began his career in 2000 as an associate editor for the film Champion. He then went on to be an editor for several films including 88 Antop Hill (2003), Mumbai Xpress (2005), Ghatothkach (2008), Lamhaa (2010), and Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein (2015). He was also a screenwriter and wrote the script for Tees Maar Khan , which was directed by Farah Khan. [3] [4]

In 2017, Kunder collaborated with Kushan Nandy and produced a film called Babumoshai Bandookbaaz a film that showcases the life and times of a contract executioner, Babu, played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui. [5] [6]

Kunder was the lead actor in the Hindi feature film Agam, where he plays the character of an Aghori Tantrik. The film was selected for the 37th Cairo International Film Festival. [7] [8]

Filmography

YearFilmRole
2000 Champion Associate Editor
2001 Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke Associate Editor
2002 Aankhen Associate editor
Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe Associate editor
Na Tum Jaano Na Hum Associate editor
2003 Calcutta Mail Associate editor
Sandhya Associate editor
88 Antop Hill Film editor
Matrubhoomi Film editor
2004 Kis Kis Ki Kismat Film editor
2005 Hum Dum Film editor
Hum Dum Sound editor
Mumbai Xpress Film editor
2008 Ghatothkach Film editor
Ghatothkach Additional writer
Kabhi Socha Na ThaFilm editor
Dasavatharam Film editor
2010 Lamhaa Film editor
Shor in the City Additional writer
Tees Maar Khan Screenplay
Tees Maar Khan Dialogues
2011 Hidden Film editor
Avant Garde Pythagoras SharmaFilm editor
2015 Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein Film editor
2017 Babumoshai Bandookbaaz Film Producer
Babumoshai Bandookbaaz Film editor
Agam Actor
2019Mirror O MirrorActor
2019 The Family Man Actor
2020It Happened In CalcuttaActor
2021Crimes and ConfessionsActor
2023 Guns & Gulaabs Actor
2023ParikramaActor
2023 The Comedian Producer

Television series

YearFilmRoleDirectorNetworkNotes
2019 The Family Man Bilal Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Amazon Prime Video Web Series

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References

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