Kutub Inamdar

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Kutub Inamdar
Occupations
Years active2009–present
Notable work Pistulya (2009)
Sairat (2016)
Jhund (2022)

Kutub Inamdar is an Indian film editor and cinematographer mostly edited Marathi films. He is best known for Sairat (2016), Jhund (2022), Ghar Banduk Biryani (2023). He was nominated for Best Editing at the 3rd Filmfare Awards Marathi for Sairat .

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Career

Kutub Inamdar began his career in 2009 with a short film, Pistulya , [1] his first collaboration with Nagraj Manjule before Sairat . [2]

In 2022 Kutub Inamdar was the editor of the miniseries Unpaused: Naya Safar (a sequel to Unpaused ). Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in stated "Writers Manjule and Sudhir Kulkarni, cinematographer Harshvardhan Waghdhare and editor Kutub Inamdar build up a hypnotic rhythm before opening out the story to Vikas’s worst fears." [3]

Filmography

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Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmNotesRef(s)
2009 Pistulya short film; also cinematoghrapher [4]
2016 Sairat [5]
Paywat: The Road Less Travelledshort film; cinematographer [6] [7]
2017Pimpal
2020 Pavsacha Nibandh short film [7]
2022 Jhund Hindi film [8]
Unpaused Naya SafarMiniseries [3]
2023 Ghar Banduk Biryani Released in Marathi, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu [9]
2024 [10] Frame [11]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef(s)
2015 Filmfare Awards Marathi Best Editing Sairat Nominated [12]

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References

  1. Rāshtrīya Filma Puraskāra (in Hindi). Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India for the Directorate of Film Festivals. 2017.
  2. Jagannath, J. "Who does Nagraj Manjule think he is?". Rediff.com . Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  3. 1 2 Ramnath, Nandini (2022-01-21). "'Unpaused: Naya Safar' review: Facing the pandemic eyes wide open". Scroll.in . Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  4. "Reel inspiration: Paywat makes it to Ravenna International Short Film Festival". The Indian Express . 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  5. "Sairat: A brave new film". Business Standard . Retrieved 2023-12-19. The editing by Kutub Inamdar is taut.
  6. "Reel inspiration: Paywat makes it to Ravenna International Short Film Festival" . The Indian Express . 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  7. 1 2 Pavsacha Nibandh (PDF). Mumbai Film Festival. 2023-12-19.
  8. Chopra, Anupama (2023-04-06). "Jhund's Formulaic Hindi Film Touches Flatten Nagraj Manjule's Voice". FilmCompanion . Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  9. "'Before release, I used to discreetly carry Sairat's songs like bombs': Nagraj Manjule launches music of 'Ghar Banduk Biryani'". The Indian Express . 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  10. Jadhav, Devendra (2023-11-11). "Nagraj Manjule: पत्रकारांच्या जगण्यावर भाष्य? नागराज मंजुळेंचा आगामी सिनेमा 'फ्रेम', या अभिनेत्याची प्रमुख भुमिका". Sakal (in Marathi). Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  11. "In single day Photojournalists experience multiple worlds". Press Information Bureau . Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  12. "Nominations for the Jio Filmfare Awards Marathi 2017". Filmfare . Retrieved 2023-12-19.