Sanyukta Kaza
Sanyukta Kaza is an Indian film editor best known for her work on TUMBBAD, Bhediya, Paatal lok and Ship of Theseus. Her films have won accolades at multiple film festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Sundance, Toronto, Sitges, Screamfest, Palm springs etc. She has a Masters in Fine Arts from Chapman university.
Career
Sanyukta Kaza started editing films with Ship of Theseus. Her first feature film won the National Award for Best Film[1] and was selected as one of the '15 life-changing films of all time’ chosen by the British Film Institute.[2]
Her other works include Tumbbad, Sudip Sharma's Pataal lok, Amar Kaushik's Bhediya, Anand Tiwari's Bang Baajaa Baarat, Abhishek Chaubey's Madhyantar, Varun Grover's AIR , Avinash Arun's Three of Us, Deepti and Fahad's My Love: Six stories of Love and Anand Tiwari's Love Per Square Foot amongst much more.
Filmography
Films, Documentaries & Series
| Title | Director | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lunch on the Run | Simone Ahuja | Premiered on PBS - USA |
| Indique | Simone Ahuja | Premiered on PBS - USA |
| Train Chaar Baje Ki Hai | Antariskh Jain | Screened at MIFF
Screened at MAMI Mumbai Film Festival |
| The Last Mile | Mamta Murty | |
| Ship Of Theseus | Anand Gandhi | National Film Award for Best Feature Film |
| Bang Baaja Baraat | Anand Tiwari | Produced by YRF Films |
| Wish | Cory Edwards | Animated |
| Love Per Square Foot | Anand Tiwari | Released on Netflix |
| Tumbbad | Rahi Anil Bharve & Adesh Prasad | Also credited as the Creative Producer
Premiered at Venice Film Festival |
| Mismatched | Akarsh Khurana & Nipun Dharmadhikari | Released on Netflix |
| Pataal Lok | Sudip Sharma | Released on Amazon Prime Video
Filmfare Award for Best Drama Series |
| Jugaadistan | Akarsh Khurana & Adhaar Khurana | Released on Lionsgate Play |
| My Love | Deepti & Fahad | Released on Netflix - USA
IDA Documentary Award for Best Episodic Series |
| Maja Ma | Anand Tiwari | Released on Amazon Prime Video |
| Bhediya | Amar Kaushik | Zee Cine Award for Best Editing |
| AIR | Varun Grover | Premiere at IFFR |
| Soup | Abhishek Chaubey | Upcoming on Netflix |
| Kohrra | Sudip Sharma | Upcoming on Netflix |
| Distant Teardrop | Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy | Upcoming |
| Three Of Us | Avinash Arun | Upcoming |
| Pooja Meri Jaan | TBA | Upcoming |
Shorts
| Title | Director | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| His Man Friday | Ammar Rasool | |
| Don't Touch It | Ammar Rasool | 1st Place Indie Gathering Award - Best Short Family Film |
| The Things You Lose | Amy Kernan | |
| Monocrome | Mark Powell | |
| Village of Joy | Bishal Nath | Produced by Films Division of India |
| Holi | Colston Julian | |
| The Thought of You | Ahmed Roy | Released on Large Short Films |
| The Knot | Avlokita Dutt | |
| Oye Teri | Anand Tiwari | |
| Eggolution | Rupesh Tillu | |
| Vishanu | Avinash Arun | As a part of Unpaused - Amazon Prime Video Anthology |
| Masterchef | Ritesh Batra | Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
Screening at event co-hosted by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Sleepwalkers | Radhika Apte | Best Film at the Palm Springs International Film Festival |
| Chamki | Anand Gandhi | Won Bronze at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity |
| Madhyantar | Abhishek Chaubey | Released on Netflix |
| Mirror | Konkona Sen Sharma | Upcoming on Netflix |
| High Fun | Adesh Prasad | Upcoming |
| Island | Nicholas Kharkongor | Upcoming |
| 251 | Buddhayan Mukherjee | Upcoming |
References
- "National awards: Ship of Theseus wins best film, Jolly LLB best Hindi film". Hindustan Times. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
- "Ship of Theseus on list of films that can change your life". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-03-24.