Mardaani Editor Sanjib Dutta Passes Away; Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh Says, 'We Will Miss You'
Here's some sad news pouring in! Bollywood editor Sanjib Datta who worked on films like Mardaani, Iqbal, Ek Haseena Thhi, passed away at the age of 54 on Sunday.
Here's
some
sad
news
pouring
in!
Bollywood
editor
Sanjib
Datta
who
worked
on
films
like
'Mardaani',
'Iqbal',
'Ek
Haseena
Thhi',
passed
away
at
the
age
of
54
on
Sunday.
His
long-time
collaborator,
Nagesh
Kukunoor
confirmed
the
news
to
PTI
and
was
quoted
as
saying,
""I've
been
told
he
went
in
for
a
bypass
surgery
a
few
days
ago
but
never
came
back.
I
am
gathering
more
information.
His
death
is
devastating.
He
was
the
last
of
Renu
Saluja
school.
She
trained
so
many
people
but
no
one
carried
her
legacy
the
way
he
did."
He
further
added,
"In
fact,
Renu
was
editing
Bollywood
Calling
when
she
passed
away.
So
he
finished
the
editing
but
never
took
credit."
Sanjib
worked
with
directors
like
Kundan
Shah,
Sriram
Raghavan,
Pradeep
Sarkar
among
others.
He
is
known
for
editing
more
than
80
films
including
Hindi
and
Bengali.
Filmmaker
Sujoy
Ghosh
took
to
Twitter
to
express
his
heartfelt
condolence
and
wrote,
"One
of
our
finest
editor
Sanjib
Datta.
bhalo
thakis
kaka...
we
will
miss
you."
(sic)
Apurva
Asrani
who
worked
with
him
in
'8x10
Tasveer'
and
'Aashayein',
took
to
his
Twitter
page
and
posted,
"Shocked
to
hear
about
the
passing
of
Sanjib
Datta.
He
was
a
fine
editor
whose
work
was
synonymous
with
the
best
films
of
Nagesh
Kukunoor.
Sanjib
and
I
shared
editing
credits
on
Aashayein
&
Tasveer
8x10,
and
I
will
always
remember
him
as
a
mature
craftsman
&
a
thorough
gentleman."
Shocked
to
hear
about
the
passing
of
Sanjib
Datta.
He
was
a
fine
editor
whose
work
was
synonymous
with
the
best
films
of
Nagesh
Kukunoor.
Sanjib
&
I
shared
editing
credits
on
Aashayein
&
Tasveer
8x10,
and
I
will
always
remember
him
as
a
mature
craftsman
&
a
thorough
gentleman.