Sanjib Kumar

Sanjib Kumar Datta is an Indian film editor who works in Hindi cinema. He has graduated from the Indian Institute of Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He specializes in editing. His interest in films began when he first watched the film Hathi Mere Saathi in 1971, when his father took him to watch the movie when they were living in Mumbai, followed by Seeta Aur Geeta Seeta aur Geeta is an Indian Television drama seri >> Read More... in 1972. Then in 1975 they shifted to Kolkata and he joined Patha Bhavan School. The legendary Satyajit Ray Biographies reveal bare details about the maverick >> Read More... used to be a patron of that school and he would take up child actors from there. It was in 1979 when Satyajit Ray was looking for a child actor to play the role of Capt Spark in the film Joy Baba Felunath when a school teacher took him to his house. Looking up to Satyajit Ray, he decided he wanted to be behind the cameras after growing up. Same night his neighbor Nandita Mitra, who is the wife of the legend cinematographer Subrata Mitra Subrata Mitra is an Indian Cinematographer who rev >> Read More... , came over their house and asked his mom to prevent him from joining in cinema industry.

But he had already made up his mind by then. He started studying filmmaking while still at school and gathered some basic knowledgealso. After he graduated from Jadavpur University, he applied to the Film Editing department at FTII as he wanted to be in a technical field in the cinema. After graduating from FTII he stayed as a paying guest in Sundar Villa, Mumbai which was like a haven for FTII passed out students. His life changed when he joined the late Renu Saluja Very few filmmakers can maintain a balance and suc >> Read More... as her assistant. She was renowned woman in the field of film editing, her calm nature and immense patience made her standout from other editors. He got his first work as an editor with the help of Renu Saleja which was the film 'Bada Din' in 1988 directed by Anjan Dutt Anjan Dutt is an Indian film director, actor, sing >> Read More... . He started his editing journey on Steenbeck and it with developing technology he found it very difficult to switch to a non-linear platform.

He shifted back to Kolkata in 2011. He has worked on over 80 films both in Hindi and Bengali and received several awards in his career. He received the Zee Cine Award in 2004 for Ek Hasina Thi Ek Hasina Thi is an Indian TV series from STAR Plu >> Read More... , The Screen Award for Mardaani in 2014, the Filmfare Award East Zone in 2016 for Saheb Bibi Golaam, the BFJA Awards for Iti Srikanta in 2004 and Maya Bazaar in 2012. His favorite sequences that he has worked for include Teen Deewarein in 2003, Iqbal in 2005, Kyun! Ho Gaya Na in 2005, among many more. He is remembered today for his integrity, passion, and his unwavering love for film-making. His contribution remains eternal. He died on 16th September 2019 at the age of 54.