Deepa Bhatia

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Deepa Bhatia
Born
India
Occupation(s)Editor, director
Spouse Amole Gupte
Children Partho Gupte

Deepa Bhatia is a Bollywood film editor, producer and director based in Mumbai. She is known for editing commercially successful films like Tare Zameen Par, My Name is Khan, Rock On, Kai Po Che, Student of the Year and Raees. [1] She has recently edited films like Kedarnath, Drive and the much talked about biopic on Sachin Tendulkar, Sachin: A Billion Dreams . [2]

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Deepa believes that editing is making something the best it can be. [3] In her own words, "A movie is written thrice. Once, when it is written, the second, when it is directed, and the third, when it is edited. It is unfortunate that editors don't get their due. It frustrates me when people think cutting is editing." [4]

In 2010, UTV World Movies chose her as the personality of the month to pick four movies of her choice from the channel's collection. The movies she picked were Machuca , Cousin Cousine , Twin Sisters and 8 Women . [4]

Career

Deepa started her career by assisting directors before venturing into full-time into post-production. She has over 20 years of experience as an editor and has worked with directors like Govind Nihalani (Dev, Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa , Deham ) and Jahnu Barua (Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Mara, Har Pall). [5] Her editing work on films like Kai Po Che and Rock On has been one of her most noteworthy projects and has bagged her awards like the Star Screen Awards. [6]

Apart from her career as a film editor in Bollywood, she has also directed and produced a critically acclaimed documentary titled Nero’s Guests: The Age of Inequality about farmer suicides in Maharashtra. [7] The documentary won two awards at Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF). [8] It took Deepa 5 years to direct and a year to edit this challenging documentary. [2]

Personal life

Deepa is married to screenwriter, Amole Gupte and they have a son Partho Gupte. [9] She is an alumna of Sophia Polytechnic. [10] [11]

Filmography

Editor

YearMovieNotes
1998 Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa
1999 Thakshak
2004 Dev
2005 Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara
The Hangman
2007 Taare Zameen Par
2008 Rock On!!
2010 My Name Is Khan
2011 Stanley Ka Dabba Producer
2012 Ferrari Ki Sawaari
Student of the Year
2013 Kai Po Che!
Bombay Talkies
2014 Hawaa Hawaai
Placebo (Documentary) [12] Consulting Editor
Ungli
2016 Zubaan [13]
Fitoor
2017 Raees
Sachin: A Billion Dreams
Daddy
2018 Kedarnath
2019 Drive
2021 Skater Girl

Director

Awards

Star Screen Awards

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