Kutub Inamdar

{{short description|Indian film editor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Use Indian English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Kutub Inamdar

| occupation = {{hlist|Film editor|cinematographer}}

| years_active = 2009–present

| notable_works = Pistulya (2009)
Sairat (2016)
Jhund (2022)

}}

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.

Career

Kutub Inamdar began his career in 2009 with a short film, Pistulya,{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ilc9XwWjLUC |title=Rāshtrīya Filma Puraskāra |date=2017 |publisher=Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India for the Directorate of Film Festivals |language=hi}} his first collaboration with Nagraj Manjule before Sairat.{{Cite web |last=Jagannath |first=J. |title=Who does Nagraj Manjule think he is? |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/who-does-nagraj-manjule-think-he-is/20160616.htm |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Rediff.com |language=en}}

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."{{Cite web |last=Ramnath |first=Nandini |date=2022-01-21 |title='Unpaused: Naya Safar' review: Facing the pandemic eyes wide open |url=https://scroll.in/reel/1015443/unpaused-naya-safar-review-a-vastly-improved-sequel-to-the-pandemic-themed-series |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}

Filmography

{{Pending films key}}

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!Year

!Film

!Notes

!Ref(s)

2009

|Pistulya

|short film; also cinematoghrapher

|{{Cite web |date=2016-04-26 |title=Reel inspiration: Paywat makes it to Ravenna International Short Film Festival |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/reel-inspiration-paywat-makes-it-to-ravenna-international-short-film-festival-2770258/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

rowspan="2" |2016

|Sairat

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|{{Cite web |title=Sairat: A brave new film |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/a-brave-new-film-116052701482_1.html |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Business Standard |language=en |quote=The editing by Kutub Inamdar is taut.}}

Paywat: The Road Less Travelled

|short film; cinematographer

|{{Cite web |date=2016-04-26 |title=Reel inspiration: Paywat makes it to Ravenna International Short Film Festival |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/reel-inspiration-paywat-makes-it-to-ravenna-international-short-film-festival-2770258/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

2017

|Pimpal

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2020

|Pavsacha Nibandh

|short film

|{{Cite book |url=https://www.mumbaifilmfestival.com/images/archive/festival%20catalogues/Festival%20Catalogue%202018.pdf |title=Pavsacha Nibandh |date=2023-12-19 |publisher=Mumbai Film Festival |language=en}}

rowspan="2" |2022

|Jhund

|Hindi film

|{{Cite web |last=Chopra |first=Anupama |date=2023-04-06 |title=Jhund's Formulaic Hindi Film Touches Flatten Nagraj Manjule's Voice |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/jhund-movie-review-amitabh-bachchan-jhunds-formulaic-hindi-film-touches-flatten-nagraj-manjules-voice |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=FilmCompanion |language=en}}

Unpaused Naya Safar

|Miniseries

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2023

|Ghar Banduk Biryani

|Released in Marathi, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu

|{{Cite web |date=2023-03-01 |title='Before release, I used to discreetly carry Sairat's songs like bombs': Nagraj Manjule launches music of 'Ghar Banduk Biryani' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/before-release-discreetly-carry-sairats-songs-like-bombs-nagraj-manjule-launches-music-ghar-banduk-biryani-8472732/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

TBA

|{{Pending film|Frame}}

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|{{Cite web |title=In single day Photojournalists experience multiple worlds |url=https://pib.gov.in/pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1879117 |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Press Information Bureau}}{{Cite web |last=Jadhav |first=Devendra |date=2023-11-11 |title=Nagraj Manjule: पत्रकारांच्या जगण्यावर भाष्य? नागराज मंजुळेंचा आगामी सिनेमा 'फ्रेम', या अभिनेत्याची प्रमुख भुमिका |url=https://www.esakal.com/manoranjan/nagraj-manjule-new-marathi-movie-frame-with-amey-wagh-teaser-out-with-naal-2-drj96 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Sakal |language=mr}}

Accolades

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!Year

!Award

!Category

!Nominated work

!Result

!Ref(s)

2015

|Filmfare Awards Marathi

|Best Editing

|Sairat

|{{Nom}}

|{{Cite web |title=Nominations for the Jio Filmfare Awards Marathi 2017 |url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/nominations-for-the-jio-filmfare-award-marathi-2017_-24704.html |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Filmfare |language=en}}

References

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