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{{Short description|Indian film editor (born 1973)}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Aarti Bajaj
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|02|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Delhi, India
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Anurag Kashyap]]|1997|2009|end=divorced}}
| occupation = [[Film editor]]
| yearsactive = 1995–present
}}

'''Aarti Bajaj''' (born 10 February 1973) is an Indian [[film editor]] who predominantly works in [[Hindi cinema]]. She has won several awards for her work. She has edited critically acclaimed movies such as ''[[Jab We Met]]'', ''[[Black Friday (2004 film)|Black Friday]]'' and others. Aarti Bajaj is known for her ability to bring out the emotional depth of the characters and the story through her editing.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-12-30 |title=The Saturday Interview — The finishing touch |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-saturday-interview-the-finishing-touch/article2760780.ece |access-date=2025-02-02 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Career==
Aarti Bajaj began editing with [[Anurag Kashyap]]'s unreleased film ''[[Paanch]]''. She followed it with his controversial and acclaimed film ''[[Black Friday (2004 film)|Black Friday]]'' for which she was nominated for a [[Star Screen Award]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web | title= 14th Annual Star Screen Awards nominations | url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/screenawards08/best-editing.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216053203/http://www.screenindia.com/old/screenawards08/best-editing.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=16 February 2008 | access-date=8 March 2009 | publisher=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]] }}</ref> She has also edited [[Reema Kagti]]'s ''[[Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.]]'', Imtiaz Ali's ''[[Jab We Met]], [[Rockstar (2011 film)|Rockstar]], [[Tamasha]], [[Highway]]'' and Rajkumar Gupta's ''[[Aamir (film)|Aamir]]'', for which she was nominated for her second [[Star Screen Award]].<ref>{{cite web | title= 15th Annual Star Screen Awards nominations | url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2009/01/07/4702/index.html | access-date=8 March 2009 | website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090227014718/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2009/01/07/4702/index.html| archive-date= 27 February 2009 | url-status= dead}}</ref> Later, she edited Kashyap's ''[[Dev.D]]'', ''[[Gulaal (film)|Gulaal]]'', ''[[Ugly (film)|Ugly]]'', ''[[Raman Raghav 2.0]]'', [[Mukkabaaz]], [[Sacred Games (TV series)|Sacred Games]] and [[Manmarziyaan]]. An article on The Hindu describes her as "one of those rare new-age film editors who lets the narrative breathe, supremely confident of her pacing."

In the same article, Bajaj describes her process of deciding which film she wants to contribute to. It is true that many of her works are films which are different from what one expects from the average Bollywood movie. She answers in The Hindu interview, "I enjoy mainstream Bollywood, but I don't know if I can edit them. What's the point of doing the same formula again? What do you look forward to? I know I will go brain-dead." She also adds, "I like quirky, I like different." She goes on to emphasise the importance of mental stimulation and how every project she does must present to her some sort of challenge. Her professionalism is such that she only does one project at a time to ensure compete focus.

Bajaj has worked on films across different genres, from ''Rockstar'' to ''Sacred Games'', which demand different editing styles, and has proved herself to be a versatile editor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thecompass.in/aarti-bajaj-an-editor-who-chases-the-art-of-deconstruction-and-reconstruction-1260|title=Aarti Bajaj; an editor who chases the art of deconstruction and reconstruction|date=31 October 2018|website=The Compass|language=en-US|access-date=23 November 2019|archive-date=23 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123101630/http://thecompass.in/aarti-bajaj-an-editor-who-chases-the-art-of-deconstruction-and-reconstruction-1260|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{{Pending films key}}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Year
! Film
! class="unsortable" | Notes and {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Last Train to Mahakali]]'' || Short film
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Paanch]]'' || Unreleased
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2007
| ''[[Salaam-e-Ishq]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Black Friday (2007 film)|Black Friday]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[No Smoking (2007 film)|No Smoking]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Jab We Met]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |2008
| ''[[Aamir (film)|Aamir]]''||
|-
| ''[[Maharathi (2008 film)|Maharathi]]''||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2009
| ''[[Dev.D]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Gulaal (film)|Gulaal]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Love Aaj Kal (2009 film)|Love Aaj Kal]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2010
| ''[[Karthik Calling Karthik]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Mumbai Cutting]]'' || Segment: "Pramod Bhai 23"
|-
| ''[[Do Dooni Chaar]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| ''[[No One Killed Jessica]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Rockstar (2011 film)|Rockstar]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| ''[[Paan Singh Tomar (film)|Paan Singh Tomar]]'' ||Nominated—[[Screen Award for Best Editing]]
|-
| ''[[Ishaqzaade]]''||
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
| ''[[Ugly (film)|Ugly]]''|| Nominated—[[Filmfare Award for Best Editing]]
|-
| ''[[Ghanchakkar (film)|Ghanchakkar]]''||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| ''[[Highway (2014 Hindi film)|Highway]]'' ||Nominated—[[Filmfare Award for Best Editing]]
|-
| ''[[Revolver Rani]]'' ||
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Tamasha (2015 film)|Tamasha]]'' ||Won—FOI Online Award for Best
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| ''[[Love Shagun]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Raman Raghav 2.0]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| ''[[Jab Harry Met Sejal]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Mukkabaaz]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| ''[[Cake (2018 film)|Cake]]'' || Pakistani film
|-
| ''[[Manmarziyaan]]'' ||
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai? (2019 film)|Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai?]]'' ||
|-
| 2020
|''[[Love Aaj Kal (2020 film)|Love Aaj Kal]]'' ||Released on [[Netflix]]
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Shaadisthan]]''
| Released on [[Disney+ Hotstar]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2022
|''[[Thar (film)|Thar]]''
|Released on [[Netflix]]
|-
| ''[[Dobaaraa]]''
|
|-
|2024
|''[[Amar Singh Chamkila (film)|Amar Singh Chamkila]]''
|Released on [[Netflix]]
|-
|2025
|''[[Nishaanchi]]''
|
|-
|2026
|{{Pending film|[[Main Vaapas Aaunga]]}}
|
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Notes and {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 2018–2019
| ''[[Sacred Games (TV series)|Sacred Games]]'' || Won—[[Asian Academy Creative Awards|Asian Academy Creative Award for Best Editing]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2023
|''[[Jubilee (TV series)|Jubilee]]''
|Released on [[Amazon Prime Video]]
|-
|''[[Choona (TV series)|Choona]]''
|Released on [[Netflix]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1589714|Aarti Bajaj}}

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[[Category:Anurag Kashyap]]

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