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Apurva Asrani (Apurva M Asrani) was born on 21 March, 1978 in India, is an Indian filmmaker. Discover Apurva Asrani's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 45 years old?
Popular As |
Apurva M Asrani |
Occupation |
Film editor · screenwriter · director |
Age |
45 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
Born |
21 March 1978 |
Birthday |
21 March |
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N/A |
Nationality |
India
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Apurva Asrani Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Apurva Asrani Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Apurva Asrani worth at the age of 45 years old? Apurva Asrani’s income source is mostly from being a successful Film editor. He is from India. We have estimated Apurva Asrani's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2024 |
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Timeline
In the same year, Apurva also edited Mrityunjay Devvrat's Children of War (formerly titled 'The Bastard Child'), a stark portrayal of the Bangladesh genocide of 1971.
The film ran for a record-breaking 12 weeks in Bangladesh and is the only foreign produced film in history to have won a Bangladeshi National Award.
Apurva Asrani (born 21 March 1978) is an Indian filmmaker.
Apurva began his career in 1995 as an assistant on the popular Bollywood countdown show Bpl Oye! on Channel [V].
At 19 he became a film editor on the film Satya, directed by Ram Gopal Varma.
His frenetic narrative device was celebrated by critics and audiences alike and he went on to win the Filmfare Award for Best Editor for it.
He was also the youngest ever recipient of that award.
He then went on to edit Sunhil Sippy's bilingual comedy Snip (film).
Apurva's other work includes the gang war film Chhal directed by Hansal Mehta.
On the UK stage, Apurva has collaborated with a British theatre company RIFCO Arts to write dialogue for three successful UK touring productions: Bollywood: Yet Another Love Story (2000/2003), The Deranged Marriage (2006) and There’s Something About Simmy (2007).
He is the editor and additional screenplay writer of the film Shahid and is also the writer and editor of the internationally acclaimed Aligarh.
He also the director of the Tera Mera Pyar (2005) music videos for Sony Music India.
Apurva made his webseries writing debut with the 2021 Disney Hotstar show Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors.
In August 2021, Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors became the first Indian series to win 'Best Drama Series' in South Asia at the Content Asia Awards in Singapore.
Apurva was subsequently nominated for a Filmfare Award for 'Best Adapted Screenplay' and for a Critics Choice Award by the Film Critics Guild for 'Best Writing'.
In 2005, Apurva directed the music videos of Sony Music India's album Tera Mera Pyar and launched actress Nimrat Kaur in it.
The title track, "Tera Mera Pyar", was sung by Kumar Sanu; "Yeh Kya Hua" was sung by Shreya Ghosal and composed by UK-based artists Partners in Rhyme.
Tera Mera Pyar won album of the year at the Sahara Music Awards in San Francisco.
In March 2006, Apurva represented India in Editing Fashion, a multimedia experiment for UK-based showstudio.com.
Apurva's short film Imperfect Moon was showcased along with the films of Oscar nominated British director, Mike Figgis and Wong Kar Wai's editor William Chang.
The film is based on the true story of slain lawyer Shahid Azmi who fought several pro-bono cases in India.
Shahid world-premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2012 and went on to win the 'Silver Prize' at the Mumbai International Film Festival (MAMI).
Director Hansal Mehta had this to say about Apurva's contribution to the film – 'Apurva, besides editing the film also shaped the narrative into a seamless, linear progression for which I have credited him for screenplay.
If the film communicates a compelling story a lot of credit for it goes to Apu'.
The film received glowing reviews from leading critics.
Rahul Desai in his Mumbai Mirror review of Citylights said: Mehta and writer-editor Asrani pull off a rare feat here.
They not only choose the right film to adapt—based solely on its theme and universal topicality—but build upon the original, without being overambitious.
In 2015, Apurva edited Viacom 18's 'Dharam Sankat Mein', an adaptation of the British hit The Infidel.
He has written the human rights drama Aligarh (2016), the courtroom drama Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors (2020), has co-written & edited the film Shahid (2013), has edited the popular gangster film Satya (1998) & also the webseries Made in Heaven (2019).
In 2016, Apurva co-edited Waiting produced by Manish Mundra, directed by Anu Menon.
The film starring Naseeruddin Shah & Kalki Koechlin received extremely positive reviews.
In 2016, Apurva made his debut as a full-fledged screenwriter by writing the screenplay and dialogues of Aligarh a human rights biopic.
The film premiered at the Busan International Film Festival and UK premiered at the BFI London Film Festival.
It also enjoyed the rare honour of being the first Indian film to open Jio MAMI (Mumbai International Film Festival) in 16 years.
The film was among the best reviewed films of the year.