Shan Mohammed

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Shan Mohammed
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Shan Mohammed is an Indian film editor who works in Hindi and Tamil-language films. [1]

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Career

A commerce graduate, Shan Mohammed, had gone to Chennai for his articleship and became acquainted with cinematographer P. C. Sreeram at a photo exhibition, who recommended that he go to Mumbai, if he wanted a pursue a career in films. Soon Shan was working with Pankaj Advani on a series of 10-minute films titled Bheja Fry for Channel V, and then in 2000, he got into Pune's Film and Television Institute of India in the editing course. [2] During his course, Shan actively sought out opportunities to become involved in Hindi cinema, and went on to edit the experimental films, The Great Indian Butterfly (2007) and Frozen (2007) during his third year. His work in both ventures were well appreciated and he subsequently moved on to bigger projects, and won further acclaim for his work in Aamir Khan's production Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008). He subsequently became acquainted with Kamal Haasan and was signed to work on the big-budget, bilingual period film, Marmayogi, before it was shelved. [2] [3] He also edited the Aamir Bashir directed award-winning Kashmiri language film Harud (Winter).

He continued to win acclaim for his work in Wake Up Sid (2009) and Lekar Hum Deewana Dil (2014), while he returned to collaborate with Kamal Haasan on Tamil and Telugu films like Manmadhan Ambu and Thoonga Vaanam. In 2014, he exited midway through the production of Revolver Rani (2014) claiming that the producers failed to pay him for his work. [4] [5] Shan has collaborated with cinematographer and director Shankar Raman on multiple films including Gurgaon. Leila and Love Hostel. He has also edited Akshat Verma's popular cult classic Kaalakandi and comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath's popular show Laakhon Mein Ek. His recent big releases include Abhinay Deo's Savi and Anand Tiwari's Dharma comedy Bad Newz.

On the personal front, Shan is married to author and former [6] journalist Janhavi Samant. [7] [8] and has two kids Saad and Saraa.

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleLanguageNotes
2007 The Great Indian Butterfly English
Frozen Hindi
Ladakhi
2008 Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na Hindi
2009 Ek Tho Chance Hindi
Wake Up Sid Hindi
2010 Harud Kashmiri
Jhootha Hi Sahi Hindi
Manmadan Ambu Tamil
2011 My Friend Pinto Hindi
2013 Zinda Bhaag Punjabi
Urdu
2014 One by Two Hindi
Lekar Hum Deewana Dil Hindi
Fireflies Hindi
2015 Hawaizaada Hindi
Thoongaa Vanam
Cheekati Rajyam
Tamil
Telugu
2017 Gurgaon Hindi
Lakhon Mein Ek HindiTV series
2018 Rammat Gammat Hindi
Kaalakaandi Hindi
2021 Grahan HindiTV series
Aafat-E-Ishq Hindi
2022 Love Hostel Hindi
Pada Malayalam
Modern Love Mumbai Hindi
Maagh HindiTV series
2024 Savi Hindi
Bad Newz Hindi

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