---
name: "Ballu Saluja"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ballu-saluja"
fi1m_id: "ballu-saluja"
imdb_id: "nm1022139"
tmdb_id: 1022250
wikidata_id: "Q125581982"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:15:57.170290+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ballu Saluja

## Identity

Ballu Saluja

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ballu-saluja
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ballu-saluja
- **IMDb ID:** nm1022139
- **TMDB ID:** 1022250
- **Wikidata ID:** Q125581982
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballu_Saluja, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125581982, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1022139/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1022250

Editor. Born in India.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballu_Saluja, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125581982, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1022139/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1022250

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Dangal*](https://film.one/film/dangal.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jaswinder Ballu Saluja is an Indian film editor who works primarily in Hindi cinema. He has edited numerous feature films since the early 2000s, including *Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India* (2001), *Swades* (2004), *Jodhaa Akbar* (2008), *Dangal* (2016), *Mulk* (2018) and *Article 15* (2019).

Saluja has no formal training in editing and is a graduate in economics from Punjabi University, Patiala (1994). He began his career editing television series, advertisements and documentaries before moving into feature films with *Lagaan*. He has also worked as a sound designer and producer, and edited Chinese films such as *Looking Up* (2019).

He received Screen Awards for Best Editing for *Lagaan* and *Dangal*, and a Filmfare nomination for *Mulk*. In 2018 he was selected as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the editing branch. He is the brother of director Kittu Saluja.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dangal* (2016), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dangal.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ek Din* (2026), Editor
- *Bandit Shakuntala* (2023), Editor
- *Maarrich* (2022), Editor
- *Jahaan Chaar Yaar* (2022), Editor
- *Thalaivii* (2021), Editor
- *Koi Jaane Na* (2021), Editor
- *Shakeela* (2020), Editor
- *Panga* (2020), Editor
- *Prassthanam* (2019), Editor
- *Looking Up* (2019), Editor
- *Article 15* (2019), Editor
- *Marudhar Express* (2019), Editor
- *Paltan* (2018), Sound Designer, Editor
- *Mulk* (2018), Editor
- *Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana* (2017), Editor
- *Dangal* (2016), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dangal.md)
- *Do Lafzon Ki Kahani* (2016), Editor
- *Nilkanth Master* (2015), Editor
- *R... Rajkumar* (2013), Editor
- *Viyah 70 Km* (2013), Editor
- *Divana-e-Ishq* (2013), Co-Producer, Editor
- *Hello Jai Hind!* (2011), Editor
- *God Tussi Great Ho* (2008), Editor
- *Money Hai Toh Honey Hai* (2008), Editor
- *Mehbooba* (2008), Editor
- *Jodhaa Akbar* (2008), Editor
- *Aabra Ka Daabra* (2004), Editor
- *Swades* (2004), Editor
- *Pinjar* (2003), Editor
- *Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India* (2001), Editor

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