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Waman Bhonsle, the National Award winning editor, died early on Monday morning at his Goregaon residence in Mumbai due to age-related issues, his nephew Dinesh Bhonsle told PTI.
He was 87.
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“Last year, because of the lockdown, his routine life and movement were restricted. He started losing his memory and appetite,” Dinesh Bhonsle said.
Waman Bhonsle won the best editing award at the 25th National Film award for Inkaar. It was the first National Award in the technical category and he was immensely happy, Dinesh Bhonsle said.
He went on to win several accolades including the Filmfare Award, FTII -Pune honour for Contribution to Indian Cinema in 1997, and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2008 Goa International Film Festival, among others.
Born in Pomburpa village in Goa, Waman Bhonsle went to Mumbai in 1952 in search of a job and later started training under his family friend DN Pai, who had edited Pakeezah, at the Bombay Talkies. He then worked as an assistant editor at Filmistan and Famous Studio for more than a decade and eventually worked as an independent editor for Raj Khosla’s film Do Raaste in 1967.
In his four-decade-long career, he worked with several noted filmmakers like Subhash Ghai, Shekar Kapur, Mahesh Bhatt, Gulzar, Raj Sippy, Anil Ganguly, and others.
He has edited more 230 films including Mera Gaon Mera Desh, Do Raaste, Inkaar, Dostana, Agneepath, Parichay, Hero, Kalicharan, Karz, Ram Lakhan, Saudagar, Ghulam, among others.
Amol Palekar-directed Kairee was Waman Bhonsle’s last film as an editor. He retired from editing in early 2000.
His last rites were performed at a crematorium in Goregaon on Monday afternoon.
The film editor is survived by his wife, one son and three daughters.
Several colleagues and his industry peers took to social media to offer their condolences.
RIP Waman bhonsle 🙏🏽🙏🏽 . A master film editor who edited more than 400 films in 1970 s n 90 s. N trained more than 25 editors from scratch He was teamed with guru Shirali as WAMAN GURU Won many awards commercial n national. @MuktaArtsLtd pic.twitter.com/OM2mzQZYr8
Sad to know demise of Master Film Editor Waman Bhonsle ji.I was fortunate to have worked with him during my initial days in my career. He will always be remembered for his craft in films like Aandhi,Karz Mr.India,Ram Lakhan, Agneepath, Saudagar, Ghulam & many more.🎞#OmShanti 🙏 pic.twitter.com/gIyEl7Y7TJ
Do most people even know who he is ?. A great Editor . His work with Raj Khosla was outstanding . One of those who contributed to the final impact of a film ! The rhythm and structure of popular Indian Cinema owes a lot to his skillRIP https://t.co/SmHhG5EFYN
Waman Bhonsle, the National Award winning editor, died early on Monday morning at his Goregaon residence in Mumbai due to age-related issues, his nephew Dinesh Bhonsle told PTI.
He was 87.
“Last year, because of the lockdown, his routine life and movement were restricted. He started losing his memory and appetite,” Dinesh Bhonsle said.
Waman Bhonsle won the best editing award at the 25th National Film award for Inkaar. It was the first National Award in the technical category and he was immensely happy, Dinesh Bhonsle said.
He went on to win several accolades including the Filmfare Award, FTII -Pune honour for Contribution to Indian Cinema in 1997, and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2008 Goa International Film Festival, among others.
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Born in Pomburpa village in Goa, Waman Bhonsle went to Mumbai in 1952 in search of a job and later started training under his family friend DN Pai, who had edited Pakeezah, at the Bombay Talkies. He then worked as an assistant editor at Filmistan and Famous Studio for more than a decade and eventually worked as an independent editor for Raj Khosla’s film Do Raaste in 1967.
In his four-decade-long career, he worked with several noted filmmakers like Subhash Ghai, Shekar Kapur, Mahesh Bhatt, Gulzar, Raj Sippy, Anil Ganguly, and others.
He has edited more 230 films including Mera Gaon Mera Desh, Do Raaste, Inkaar, Dostana, Agneepath, Parichay, Hero, Kalicharan, Karz, Ram Lakhan, Saudagar, Ghulam, among others.
Amol Palekar-directed Kairee was Waman Bhonsle’s last film as an editor. He retired from editing in early 2000.
His last rites were performed at a crematorium in Goregaon on Monday afternoon.
The film editor is survived by his wife, one son and three daughters.
Several colleagues and his industry peers took to social media to offer their condolences.
Noted writer-lyricist Varun Grover shared the news of Waman Bhonsle’s death along with a link of a rare video interview of the legend.