Anurag Basu pays tribute to Ludo editor Ajay Sharma, says making films won’t be the same

Anurag Basu, who worked with Ajay Sharma in films like Ludo, Jagga Jasoos, Barfi and Life in A Metro, paid his last respects to the editor.

Filmmaker Anurag Basu paid an emotional tribute to editor Ajay Sharma, who died on May 4 (Tuesday). A friend of Ajay had confirmed that he died of Covid-19. Anurag, who has worked with Ajay Sharma in films like Jagga Jasoos, Barfi and most recently Ludo, wrote that he was part of his core team and making films without him will never be the same. So many dreams and plans were ahead waiting for him. Making films will not be the same anymore.Good bye my friend. This is still difficult to accept. I barely have courage to write this. Ajay independently edited Jagga Jasoos, Ludo but he was associated with me since Life in a Metro, Barfii, Kites . He was my core team, my creative soundboard, my friend. pic.twitter.com/3TiAc10jTe Devasted is an understatementWe lost Ajay Sharma today.Not just an incredibly fine editor but an absolute gem of a human being . Nothing makes sense . Anurag Basu’s association with editor Ajay Sharma dates back to when the filmmaker was working on Life In A...Metro and Kites. Anurag paid an emotional tribute to his friend with a series of tweets. “So many dreams and plans were ahead waiting for him. Making films will not be the same anymore. Good bye my friend (sic),” read one of his tweets.