Kutub Inamdar

Kutub Inamdar is an Indian film editor and cinematographer mostly edited Marathi films. He is best known for Sairat (2016), Jhund (2022), Ghar Banduk Biryani (2023). He was nominated for Best Editing at the 3rd Filmfare Awards Marathi for Sairat.

Kutub Inamdar
Occupations	Film editor cinematographer
Years active	2009–present
Notable work	Pistulya (2009) Sairat (2016) Jhund (2022)

Career

Kutub Inamdar began his career in 2009 with a short film, Pistulya,^[1] his first collaboration with Nagraj Manjule before Sairat.^[2]

In 2022 Kutub Inamdar was the editor of the miniseries Unpaused: Naya Safar (a sequel to Unpaused). Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in stated "Writers Manjule and Sudhir Kulkarni, cinematographer Harshvardhan Waghdhare and editor Kutub Inamdar build up a hypnotic rhythm before opening out the story to Vikas’s worst fears."^[3]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Notes	Ref(s)
2009	Pistulya	short film; also cinematoghrapher	[4]
2016	Sairat		[5]
	Paywat: The Road Less Travelled	short film; cinematographer	[6][7]
2017	Pimpal
2020	Pavsacha Nibandh	short film	[7]
2022	Jhund	Hindi film	[8]
	Unpaused Naya Safar	Miniseries	[3]
2023	Ghar Banduk Biryani	Released in Marathi, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu	[9]
2024[10]	Frame †		[11]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref(s)
2015	Filmfare Awards Marathi	Best Editing	Sairat	Nominated	[12]

References

1. Rāshtrīya Filma Puraskāra (in Hindi). Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India for the Directorate of Film Festivals. 2017.
2. Jagannath, J. "Who does Nagraj Manjule think he is?". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
3. Ramnath, Nandini (2022-01-21). "'Unpaused: Naya Safar' review: Facing the pandemic eyes wide open". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
4. "Reel inspiration: Paywat makes it to Ravenna International Short Film Festival". The Indian Express. 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
5. "Sairat: A brave new film". Business Standard. Retrieved 2023-12-19. The editing by Kutub Inamdar is taut.
6. "Reel inspiration: Paywat makes it to Ravenna International Short Film Festival". The Indian Express. 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
7. Pavsacha Nibandh (PDF). Mumbai Film Festival. 2023-12-19.
8. Chopra, Anupama (2023-04-06). "Jhund's Formulaic Hindi Film Touches Flatten Nagraj Manjule's Voice". FilmCompanion. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
9. "'Before release, I used to discreetly carry Sairat's songs like bombs': Nagraj Manjule launches music of 'Ghar Banduk Biryani'". The Indian Express. 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
10. Jadhav, Devendra (2023-11-11). "Nagraj Manjule: पत्रकारांच्या जगण्यावर भाष्य? नागराज मंजुळेंचा आगामी सिनेमा 'फ्रेम', या अभिनेत्याची प्रमुख भुमिका". Sakal (in Marathi). Retrieved 2023-12-19.
11. "In single day Photojournalists experience multiple worlds". Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
12. "Nominations for the Jio Filmfare Awards Marathi 2017". Filmfare. Retrieved 2023-12-19.

External links

• Kutub Inamdar on Twitter
• Kutub Inamdar at IMDb