Ashmith Kunder

Ashmith Kunder
Born	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation(s)	Film editor, film producer, actor
Years active	2000–present
Relatives	Shirish Kunder (brother) Farah Khan (sister-in-law)

Ashmith Kunder is an Indian film editor, film producer, and actor. He is best known for editing films, including Dasavatharam (2008), Shor in the City (2010), Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women (2003). He debuted as an actor in the Amazon Prime original series, The Family Man.[1] He became a producer with Babumoshai Bandookbaaz in 2017 starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui. He has also produced the film The Comedian, starring Satish Kaushik in his last title role.

Early life

Kunder was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is an engineer by education (B.E. Instrumentation) from Mumbai University. His brother is Shirish Kunder and his sister-in-law is Farah Khan.[2]

Career

Kunder began his career in 2000 as an associate editor for the film Champion. He then went on to be an editor for several films including 88 Antop Hill (2003), Mumbai Xpress (2005), Ghatothkach (2008), Lamhaa (2010), and Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein (2015). He was also a screenwriter and wrote the script for Tees Maar Khan, which was directed by Farah Khan.[3][4]

In 2017, Kunder collaborated with Kushan Nandy and produced a film called Babumoshai Bandookbaaz a film that showcases the life and times of a contract executioner, Babu, played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui.[5][6]

Kunder was the lead actor in the Hindi feature film Agam, where he plays the character of an Aghori Tantrik. The film was selected for the 37th Cairo International Film Festival.[7][8]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
2000	Champion	Associate Editor
2001	Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke	Associate Editor
2002	Aankhen	Associate editor
	Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe	Associate editor
	Na Tum Jaano Na Hum	Associate editor
2003	Calcutta Mail	Associate editor
	Sandhya	Associate editor
	88 Antop Hill	Film editor
	Matrubhoomi	Film editor
2004	Kis Kis Ki Kismat	Film editor
2005	Hum Dum	Film editor
	Hum Dum	Sound editor
	Mumbai Xpress	Film editor
2008	Ghatothkach	Film editor
	Ghatothkach	Additional writer
	Kabhi Socha Na Tha	Film editor
	Dasavathaaram	Film editor
2010	Lamhaa	Film editor
	Shor in the City	Additional writer
	Tees Maar Khan	Screenplay
	Tees Maar Khan	Dialogues
2011	Hidden	Film editor
	Avant Garde Pythagoras Sharma	Film editor
2015	Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein	Film editor
2017	Babumoshai Bandookbaaz	Film Producer
	Babumoshai Bandookbaaz	Film editor
	Agam	Actor
2019	Mirror O Mirror	Actor
2019	The Family Man	Actor
2020	It Happened In Calcutta	Actor
2021	Crimes and Confessions	Actor
2023	Guns & Gulaabs	Actor
2023	Parikrama	Actor
2023	The Comedian	Producer

Television series

Year	Film	Role	Director	Network	Notes
2019	The Family Man	Bilal	Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.	Amazon Prime Video	Web Series

References

1. Hungama, Bollywood (8 October 2019). "The Family Man: Ashmith Kunder shines in his TERRIFYING 15 minute sequence". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
2. "Filmmaker Shirish Kunder's Brother Ashmith Kunder Turns Actor!". Daily Bhaskar. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
3. "Lamhaa is the result of extensive research - Ashmith". Retrieved 13 July 2010.
4. Stacey Yount. "Ghatothkach a new Shemaroo animation film at Cannes". Retrieved 26 May 2007.
5. "'Babumoshai Bandookbaaz Preview' preview". Retrieved 15 September 2017.
6. "Babumoshai Bandookbaaz' Could Have Been a Quirky Crime Drama, but Ends up a Generic Vengeance Saga' preview". Retrieved 25 August 2017.
7. "Ashmith Kunder to make his debut as an actor". Bollywood Hungama. 1 March 2017.
8. "Lost forever". Peeping Moon. Retrieved 14 December 2017.^[dead link‍]

External links

• Ashmith Kunder at IMDb