Mohit Kumar: The Most Prolific and Professionally qualified Garhwali-Kumauni (Uttarakhandi) Film and album Editor

Review of Development of Garhwali-Kumauni (Uttarakhandi) Films -10

                                               Bhishma Kukreti

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                      Editing is very important aspect of post film production. Editor plays a dynamic role in film making. The film editor works with unprocessed film footage, selecting the shots-scenes and then combining the shots into sequences for creating finished film. The job of editor is an art, using technology and assembling shots logically. The editor works creatively with images, reimages, story, dialogues, music, visuals, performances of actors. The words and works –editor’s cuts, director’s cuts, final cut, montages, and montage sequences are very common in editing.

                          Initially there was no editing facility in Dehradun the film capital of Uttarakhand. Film makers had to come to Mumbai. However, after digitalization the editing started in Dehradun. There were editors of video films for marriage procession video shooting and they helped Garhwali- Kumauni film industry. However, after Mohit Kumar entering into editorial scene the professionalism took over unprofessionalism attitude in Garhwali-Kumauni film editing works.

               Mohit Kumar belongs to village Shirodi of Nainital . However, but the most prolific and professionally qualified Garhwali-Kumauni (Uttarakhandi) film editor Mohit Kumar was born in Paudi on 19/11/1975. After completion graduation, the most prolific and professionally qualified Garhwali-Kumauni (Uttarakhandi) film Editor Mohit Kumar took courses on animation and film editing. Since, there was not much scope in film animation, Mohit paid attention on film editing.

                The most prolific and professionally qualified Garhwali-Kumauni (Uttarakhandi) film editor Mohit Kumar is so perfect that every second Garhwali-Kumauni film is offered to Mohit for editing.

               The most prolific and professionally qualified Garhwali-Kumauni (Uttarakhandi) film editor Mohit Kumar is also credited to start dubbing in Garhwali-Kumauni film. The dubbing was first initiated in film ‘ Byau directed  by Hemant Sharma. The most prolific and professionally qualified Garhwali-Kumauni (Uttarakhandi) film editor Mohit Kumar took the dubbing technology with ease and his first dubbing work started from ‘Dagdya’ film.

           When was asked about the financial condition of Kumauni Garhwali film industry, the most prolific and professionally qualified Garhwali-Kumauni (Uttarakhandi) film editor Mohit Kumar sadly state that it is very poor as the Garhwali-Kumauni film producers don’t get their money back. When the producers don’t get money back the Shaukiya (just for hobby) producers produce ‘Uyyad’ films.

   The most prolific and professionally qualified Garhwali-Kumauni (Uttarakhandi) film editor Mohit Kumar informed that usually by March many films or albums producers go for shooting tp Pahad but this year till date he did not get any information about launch or shooting of new Garhwali-Kumauni film.

            His views are that only society can protect the diminishing industry.   

                      Kumauni-Garhwali film industry is indebted to the most prolific and professionally qualified Garhwali-Kumauni (Uttarakhandi) film editor Mohit Kumar for his professionalism and hard work for fourteen hours per day.

[Based on telephonic talk with Mr. Mohit Kumar 09837726935]

Reference: Bhishma Kukreti, 2013, उत्तराखंडी फिल्मों का संक्षिप्त इतिहास

Copyright@   Bhishma Kukreti 5/3/2013

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