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Apurva Asrani Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated September 4, 2026 • 6 min read

Quick Info

Date of birth21 March 1978

Age47 Years

BirthplaceBangalore, Karnataka, India

ProfessionFilmmaker

NationalityIndian

Marital statusUnmarried

FamilyFather - Manohar Asrani (d. Jan 2023); Mother - Menka Asrani; Brother - Rikhil Asrani

Apurva Asrani Biography

Apurva Asrani is an Indian filmmaker, editor and screenwriter from Bangalore. Beginning his career as a young film editor on Ram Gopal Varma’s Satya, he’s続

Early life and background

Apurva Asrani was born on 21 March 1978 in Bangalore, Karnataka. Raised in the city he still lists as his hometown, Asrani attended Baldwin Boys' High School before moving to Mumbai for higher studies. He completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Jai Hind College.

Asrani's family includes his mother, Menka Asrani, a Bharatanatyam dancer based in Bangalore, and his father, Manohar Asrani, who passed away in January 2023. He has a brother, Rikhil Asrani. Apurva has been open about his sexual orientation and personal life in public forums.

Career

Asrani began working in media during the mid-1990s, securing an internship on the Channel V programme BPL Oye! that later aired on DD1. Very early in his career he moved into film editing and was credited as editor on the 1998 crime drama Satya when he was around 19 years old. That early break led to further editorial work through the late 1990s and 2000s, including promotional edits and full film assignments.

He established himself as a writer as well as an editor. Asrani wrote and edited the biographical drama Shahid (2010) and made his feature screenwriting debut with the film Aligarh (2015). He also wrote the screenplay and dialogues for the heist drama Simran (2017).

In the digital space, Asrani moved into streaming projects: he edited the first four episodes of the Amazon Prime Video series Made in Heaven (2019) and wrote the entire script for the Disney+ Hotstar legal drama Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors (2020). His editorial credits also include Om Jai Jagdish (2002) and other projects where he cut promos and trailers early in his career.

Awards and recognition

Asrani's work has been recognised with several awards and nominations over the years. Early in his career he won the Filmfare Award for Best Editing for Satya (1998) and earned a National Award for Best Editing for the film Snip (2000). He received the Best Screenplay Award at the Life OK Screen Awards for Shahid (2013). Later nominations have spanned both editing and screenwriting, including recognition at the RapidLion Awards for Aligarh and nominations for editing on Made in Heaven at critics' and Filmfare awards.

Public profile

Asrani maintains a visible presence on social media and shares aspects of his personal life, including his fondness for animals and travel. He has posted pictures of his pets and documented travels to locations such as Zanskar. He has spoken publicly about stepping back from platforms, having left Facebook previously and quitting Twitter in 2023 because he disliked growing polarisation on that site.

In interviews and public comments he has been candid about personal struggles; in 2017 he was diagnosed with facial palsy while working on Simran. He was also publicly close to friends within the creative community, including the late designer Wendell Rodricks.

Latest updates

Asrani's recent notable projects listed include editing episodes of Made in Heaven (2019) and scripting Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors (2020). Personal milestones in the excerpt include the death of his father in January 2023 and a relationship timeline that notes past and more recent partners. He remains active in film and digital storytelling, credited across editing and writing roles.

Personal tastes and interests

He has cited favourite books and performers and is known to enjoy travel and company with friends. Asrani's listed preferences include Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray and actors such as Rajkummar Rao and Manoj Bajpayee.

Physical details

Asrani's height is given as approximately 173 cm (about 5'8"). He has dark brown eyes and natural black hair.
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Recent Work

Made in Heaven

Edited the first four episodes of the first season

2019
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors

Wrote the entire script for the web series

2020
Aligarh

Debut feature screenwriting project

2015
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Career Highlights

  1. Editor on Satya (1998) at around age 19
  2. Filmfare Award for Best Editing for Satya (1998)
  3. National Award for Best Editing for Snip (2000)
  4. Best Screenplay Award at Life OK Screen Awards for Shahid (2013)
  5. Wrote and edited Shahid (2010)
  6. Wrote Aligarh (2015) and Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors (2020)
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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Apurva Asrani born?

21 March 1978

What is Apurva Asrani known for?

Filmmaker

What is Apurva Asrani’s marital status?

Unmarried