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Renowned Bollywood editor Sanjib Datta dead
Updated On: 16 September, 2019 07:34 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Screenwriter-editor Apurva Asrani, who worked with Sanjib Datta in 8x10 Tasveer and Aashayein, took to Twitter and called him 'a mature craftsman and a thorough gentleman.'

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Bollywood editor Sanjib Datta who worked on films like Dor, Mardani, Iqbal, Ek Hasini Thi passed away on Sunday. He was 54. Datta, who was based in Kolkata for the last couple of years, was an alumnus of FTII.
He was a long-time collaborator of filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor, working as an editor in almost all his films. Nagesh, who's currently in Canada, confirmed his demise. "I've been told he went in for a bypass surgery a few days ago but never came back. I am gathering more information. His death is devastating. He was the last of Renu Saluja school. She trained so many people but no one carried her legacy the way he did.
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