Namrata Rao

Namrata Rao (born 17 June 1981) is an Indian film editor, who works in Hindi cinema, where starting with Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008), she edited films like Ishqiya (2010), Band Baaja Baaraat (2010), Ladies vs Ricky Bahl (2011) and Kahaani (2012).[1] She is most famous for editing and acting in the film Love Sex Aur Dhokha (2010) for which she received the Filmfare Award for Best Editing in 2011. She received National Film Award for Best Editing and Filmfare Award for Best Editing for the critically acclaimed Kahaani (2012).

Namrata Rao
Born (1981-06-17) 17 June 1981
Ernakulam, Kochi, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm editor
Years active2008 – present

Early life and education

Born to a middle-class family in Delhi, she obtained a degree in IT, but left the field to pursue film.[2] [3]

Career

She started her career as a graphic designer, also worked with NDTV for a while, before deciding to study film making at Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata.[2][4]

Filmography

Awards
YearAwardCategoryFilm
2012National Film AwardsBest EditingKahaani [5]
2011Filmfare AwardsBest EditingLove Sex aur Dhokha [6]
2013Kahaani
2011IIFA AwardsBest EditingBand Baaja Baaraat [7]
2013Kahaani
2011Colors Screen AwardsBest EditingBand Baaja Baaraat
2013Kahaani
2013Zee Cine AwardsBest Editing
2013Times of India Film AwardsBest Editing

References
  1. "A signature cut". The Hindu. 25 March 2012.
  2. "The Best Cut". The Indian Express. 4 March 2012.
  3. God is in the rushes The Hindu 15 April 2017
  4. Film editor Namrata Rao ki "Kahaani" Career360, 14 July 2012.
  5. "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  6. "Namrata Rao is flying high". The Times of India. 3 October 2011.
  7. 'Band Baaja Baaraat' wins three IIFA Awards CNN-IBN, 25 June 2011.
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