1. Apurva Asrani was born on 21 March 1978 and is an Indian filmmaker.
17 Facts About Apurva Asrani
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Apurva Asrani has written the human rights drama Aligarh, the courtroom drama Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors, has co-written and edited the film Shahid, has edited the gangster film Satya and the webseries Made in Heaven.
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Apurva Asrani was nominated for a Filmfare Award for 'Best Adapted Screenplay' and for a Critics Choice Award by the Film Critics Guild for 'Best Writing'.
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Apurva Asrani was the youngest ever recipient of that award.
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Apurva Asrani then went on to edit Sunhil Sippy's bilingual comedy Snip.
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In 2005, Apurva Asrani directed the music videos of Sony Music India's album Tera Mera Pyar and launched actress Nimrat Kaur in it.
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In March 2006, Apurva Asrani represented India in Editing Fashion, a multimedia experiment for UK-based showstudio.
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Apurva Asrani is the editor and additional screenplay writer of the film Shahid and is the writer and editor of the internationally acclaimed Aligarh.
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Rahul Desai in his Mumbai Mirror review of Citylights said: Mehta and writer-editor Apurva Asrani pull off a rare feat here.
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In 2016, Apurva Asrani co-edited Waiting produced by Manish Mundra, directed by Anu Menon.
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Anupama Chopra in her Hindustan Times review of the film wrote 'Hansal and writer Apurva Asrani have mined from real events but their dramatisation of Siras' tragedy isn't shrill or militant.
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Apurva Asrani made his foray into the digital space by editing the drama-comedy series Made in Heaven by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti.
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Apurva Asrani edited the first four episodes of the nine part series.
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Apurva Asrani shared the Filmfare Award for Best Editing with Bhanodaya for their edit of Satya at the Filmfare Awards held in 1999.
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Apurva Asrani was nominated for a Zee Cine Award for his edit of Hansal Mehta's Chhal in 2001.
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In 2013 Apurva Asrani won the Life Ok Screen Award for Best Screenplay for Shahid which he shared with director Hansal Mehta.
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In 2019, Apurva Asrani was nominated in the 'Best Editing' category for Made in Heaven at the Critics Choice Awards by the Film Critics Guild.