Shan Mohammed is an Indian film editor who works in Hindi and Tamil language films.
Career A commerce graduate, Shan Mohammed, had gone to Chennai for his articleship and became acquainted with cinematographer P. C. Sreeram at a photo exhibition, who recommended that he go to Mumbai, if he wanted a pursue a career in films. Soon Shan was working with Pankaj Advani on a series of 10-minute films titled Bheja Fry for Channel V, and then in 2000, he got into Pune's Film and Television Institute of India in the editing course. During his course, Shan actively sought out opportunities to become involved in Hindi cinema, and went on to edit the experimental films, The Great Indian Butterfly (2007) and Frozen (2007) during his third year. His work in both ventures were well appreciated and he subsequently moved on to bigger projects, and won further acclaim for his work in Aamir Khan's production Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008). He subsequently became acquainted with Kamal Haasan and was signed to work on the big-budget, bilingual period film, Marmayogi, before it was shelved. He also edited the Aamir Bashir directed award-winning Kashmiri language film Harud (Winter).
He continued to win acclaim for his work in Wake Up Sid (2009) and Lekar Hum Deewana Dil (2014), while he returned to collaborate with Kamal Haasan on Tamil and Telugu films like Manmadhan Ambu and Thoonga Vaanam. In 2014, he exited midway through the production of Revolver Rani (2014) claiming that the producers failed to pay him for his work. Shan has collaborated with cinematographer and director Shankar Raman on multiple films including Gurgaon. Leila and Love Hostel. He has also edited Akshat Verma's popular cult classic Kaalakandi and comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath's popular show Laakhon Mein Ek. His recent big releases include Aamir Bashir's Maagh, Abhinay Deo's Savi and Anand Tiwari's Dharma comedy Bad Newz.
On the personal front, Shan is married to author and former journalist Janhavi Samant, who has written bestsellers like Faaltugiri And Other Flashbacks, When Elephants Had Wings and Shivaji And His Swarajya Adventures. and has two kids Saad Janhavi Shan and Saraa Janhavi Shan.
Filmography
Year Title Language Notes2007 The Great Indian Butterfly English Frozen HindiLadakhi 2008 Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na Hindi 2009 Ek Tho Chance Hindi Wake Up Sid Hindi 2010 Harud Kashmiri Jhootha Hi Sahi Hindi Manmadan Ambu Tamil 2011 My Friend Pinto Hindi 2013 Zinda Bhaag PunjabiUrdu 2014 One by Two Hindi Lekar Hum Deewana Dil Hindi Fireflies Hindi 2015 Hawaizaada Hindi Thoongaa VanamCheekati Rajyam TamilTelugu 2017 Gurgaon Hindi Lakhon Mein Ek Hindi TV series2018 Rammat Gammat Hindi Kaalakaandi Hindi 2021 Grahan Hindi TV series Aafat-E-Ishq Hindi 2022 Love Hostel Hindi Pada Malayalam Modern Love Mumbai Hindi Maagh Hindi TV series2024 Savi Hindi Bad Newz Hindi
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