Aarti Bajaj is a popular Hindi film editor. She is known for editing the superhit Bollywood films Rockstar (2011), Paan Singh Tomar (2012) and Highway (2014) .
Wiki/Biography
She was born in Delhi in February 1973 (age 46 as of 2019). She completed her education in Delhi and graduated. Later, she moved to Mumbai and pursued a professional course in video editing from Xavier Institute of Communication.
family, caste and husband
Aarti was born into a Hindu family. She started dating Bollywood director Anurag Kashyap while in college. The couple dated for nine years before getting married. Apparently, they were in a live-in relationship before getting married. Their daughter Aaliyah Kashyap was born in 2001 and two years after her birth, Aarti and Anurag tied the knot. However, the marriage did not last long and the two divorced in 2009.
Aarti Bajaj’s ex-husband and daughter
Aarti Bajaj and her daughter
Anurag Kashyap and his second wife
Profession
Aarti’s debut as a Bollywood editor was for her ex-husband’s film Paanch (2003), which was never released in India due to censorship. Her first Bollywood film was Black Friday (2007) directed by Anurag Kashyap. Even after the divorce, she continued to work with Anurag and the two made superhit films like “Dev D” (2009), “Gulaal” (2009) and “Manmarziyaan” (2018). She came to limelight with Imtiaz Ali’s blockbusters Jab We Met (2007), Love Aaj Kal (2009), Rockstar (2011) and Highway (2014) Focus. In 2018, she had the opportunity to work with British-Pakistani filmmaker Asim Abbasi on the Pakistani film Cake. She edited two seasons of the popular Indian web series Sacred Games, starring Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
Aarti Bajaj Movies- Paanch
prize
Aarti won the Best Editing Award at the Filmfare OTT Awards on November 26, 2023 for the web series “Jubilee”.
favorite thing
Facts/Trivia
- In college, she wanted to become a professional photographer.
- Early in her career, she assisted Hindi film editors Shyam Ramanna and Bardroy Baretto.
- The reasons for Aarti and Anurag’s divorce are not yet known, but there are rumors that Anurag is at a low point in his career, which has disrupted his personal life. Other rumors claimed that Anurag dated Kalki Koechlin, the leading lady of his film Dev D, in 2009, which became the reason for their divorce. Earlier, Anurag denied his relationship with Kalki but the rumors proved to be true when they got married in 2011. Later, they separated in 2015 and there were rumors that Anurag was attracted to Huma Qureshi, another actress in his films.
- She enjoys spending time with her pet dogs.
Aarti Bajaj and her pet dog
- Her hobbies include traveling, photography, listening to music and reading.
- She has worked in many television commercials and music videos.
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Source: HIS Education