Ajay Sharma is an Indian film editor and director known for editing Bollywood films such as Jagga Jasoos (2017), Karwan (2018), Ludo (2020), and Rashmi Rocket (2021). He died on May 5, 2021 due to complications from COVID-19.
Wiki/Biography
Ajay Sharma was born on 1 November (he was in his late 30s at the time of death) in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. He grew up in the Nilgiri Garden Colony in Rajnandgaon. After completing his college studies, he went to Mumbai, where he became a successful film editor.
Ajay Sharma is doing editing work for a film
Family
He belongs to a middle class family in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh.
Wife & Children
He is married to Prachi Sharma, a video creator.
Ajay Sharma with his wife, Prachi
Their wedding took place on January 22, 2019.
Ajay Sharma wedding photos
He left behind a four-year-old son.
Career
Movie
Assistant Editor
Ajay Sharma started his career as an assistant editor, and he worked on the films Wo Lamhe (2006), Life in a… Metro (2007), and Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010).
Associate Editor
As an associate editor, Ajay Sharma worked on many popular Bollywood films such as I Hate Luv Storys (2010), The Dirty Picture (2011), Agneepath (2012), Barfi! (2012), Kai Po Che! (2013), Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013), Gori Tere Pyaar Mein (2013), and Hawaa Hawaai (2014).
Editor
His first film as an editor was Jashnn: The Music Within (2009). Later, he edited many popular films including Tum Mile (2009), Crook (2010), Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 (2015), Jagga Jasoos (2017), High Jack (2018), Karwaan (2018), 22 Yards (2018), Ludo (2020), Indoo Ki Jawani (2020), and Rashmi Rocket (2021).
TV & Web Series
Ajay Sharma edited all seven episodes of the Amazon Prime web series Rasbhari starring Swara Bhaskar; it premiered on June 25, 2020 on Amazon Prime. In the same year, he edited the Amazon Prime series Bandish Bandits. In an interview, while talking about Bandish Bandits, actor-director Anand Tiwari, who helmed “Bandish Bandits,” said,
We spent months together in a small darkroom making a 10-part series, shot by shot, connection by connection. I think that’s the beginning of our journey, not the end.”
Director
Ajay Sharma made his directorial debut with the short film “Jolly 1995,” which premiered on October 19, 2020 on Disney+ Hotstar.
Award
On 10 August 2018, he was awarded the ‘Best Editor Award’ at the International Film Festival held in New York.
A news article on Ajay Sharma won the Best Editor Award at the International Film Festival held in New York
Death
On May 5, 2021, Ajay Sharma breathed his last at the Rajeev Gandhi Super Specialist Hospital in New Delhi. He has been undergoing treatment for several days after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Many film personalities took to social media to share their condolences on the death of Ajay Sharma. Actress Shriya Pilgaonkar said she was “devastated” by Sharma’s death, she wrote,
Shattered is an understatement. We lost Ajay Sharma today. Not only an excellent editor but an absolute gem of a human being. Nothing makes sense.”
Actor-director Anand Tiwari, who worked with Ajay Sharma in Bandish Bandits, took to Instagram where he wrote a heartfelt note, he wrote,
Today, I have lost one of the most artistic partners I have ever had. There is so much more we have to do together, so much more I have to learn from him.”
RSVP Movies also took to its official Twitter account to share a condolence message on the untimely death of Ajay Sharma.
Thank you for giving us the best visual & emotional experience of storytelling through your work. #AjaySharma, your presence among us is greatly missed. Rest in peace. #Karwaan #RashmiRocket pic.twitter.com/8XdExesdi5
— RSVP Movies (@RSVPMovies) May 5, 2021
Facts/Trivia
- Apart from films and TV series, he also edited the popular documentary Sachin: A Billion Dreams (2017), based on legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.
- His last work as an editor was Rashmi Rocket (2021), a sports drama starring Taapsee Pannu.
- At the time of his death, he was working as an editor on two upcoming Punjabi films, Tu Hovein Main Hovan (starring Jimmy Sheirgill), and PR (starring Harbhajan Mann).
- Ironically, on August 31, 2020, he posted a meme on his Instagram about COVID-19.
Ajay Sharma’s Instagram post on COVID 19
Categories: Biography
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