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Renu Saluja (5 July 1952 – 16 August 2000) was an Indian film editor. In the 1980s and 1990s, she worked with both mainstream and art house Hindi cinema directors, including Govind Nihalani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Sudhir Mishra, Shekhar Kapoor, Mahesh Bhatt, and Vijay Singh.
Aug 16, 2022 · Renu Saluja is like a mythical figure who features prominently in any discussion around serious cinema in the 80s. She features in every book, every interview, every scrap of text ever written about those films and their makers. But she was on the sidelines of most of those stories.
Aug 16, 2018 · When I joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) to learn editing in 1993, Renu Saluja was a star – the role model not only for aspiring editors, but for every woman technician hoping to make it in the film industry.
Saluja has thirty-five credits, working on feature films, documentaries, short films, and TV series and is well known for editing 90s Indian classics like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983), Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai (1980), Dharavi (1991), Bandit Queen (1995) and Calcutta Mail (2003).
Oct 16, 2017 · Renu Saluja was undoubtedly one of the best film editors Indian Cinema has ever seen. Ironically, when she applied to the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune (FTII), editing was only her second choice.
One of the most skilled and intuitive editors Hindi cinema has ever seen, Renu Saluja’s remarkable body of work allowed her to make a mark as a technician in an industry mainly dominated by men.
Renu Saluja was born in 1952 in India. She was an editor and assistant director, known for 1942: A Love Story (1994), Parinda (1989) and Godmother (1999). She died on 16 August 2000 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
