Abhijit Kokate
Biography
Abhijit Kokate (born 1982) is an Indian film editor in Bollywood, most known for his films, Not a Love Story (2011), Department (2012), and most recent film, Queen (2014).
Kokate was born on 13 August 1982 in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Abhijit Kokate started his career as an editor in 2011 with director/producer Ram Gopal Varma's film Not A Love Story After that he edited Ab Tak Chhappan 2, Department, Poshter Boyz, Blouse, Titoo MBA, Queen and he is currently working with director/producer Anurag Kashyap. In 2014 he won Best Editing International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) and Filmfare Awards 2015 for Queen movie.
He also directed the Discovery show Off Road with Gul Panag along with Gul Panag. In 2019 he directed the Bollywood movie Rakkhosh. He also won the Best Director (Special Jury) award at the Rajasthan International Film Festival for Rakkhosh film.
Abhijit Kokate has also written and directed a short film titled, The Vanishing Hitchhiker, for which he won the Best Direction award at the Mahindra XUV 500 Memorable Stories short film contest, conducted by The 48 Hour Film Project.
