Film & Television Editor
RakeshLal Das
“Shaping stories through rhythm, emotion and precise visual cuts.”
The editor behindthe emotion.
I am an editor working across film and television. My credits include Faltu (2022), Flight Attendant (2024) and Nazar (2018) — projects that move between grounded drama and heightened storytelling.
My work is guided by a single question in every scene: what does the audience need to feel next? The answer decides where a shot begins, how long it breathes and the exact frame it lets go.
Creative Approach
“A cut is a decision about attention — where the eye goes, what the heart keeps, and the exact frame to let it go.”
Known For
- Flight Attendant 2024
- Faltu 2022
- Nazar 2018
Availability
Open to select projects
- ★ 5.5·TV SeriesEditor·6 episodes·2024
- ★ 6.8·TV SeriesEditor·312 episodes·2022
- ★ 5.8·TV SeriesEditor·409 episodes·2018
Featured Scene
The Flight Attendant (Season 2)
Holding tensionat altitude.
A high-stakes thriller requires tension that breathes. This sequence showcase highlights the rhythmic pacing, rapid-cut transitions, and emotional beats designed to keep the audience suspended in mid-air.
- Project
- Flight Attendant (2024)
- Format
- HBO Max Series
- Role
- Film & TV Editor
- Focus
- Suspense & Rhythm
Gallery Showcase
Production Stills
Frame 01, 02 & 03 · Editorial Bay
The cut betweenemotion and story.
Editing is the last rewrite — the place where footage becomes feeling. It decides pace, tension, clarity and continuity, one frame at a time.
- Pace
- Every cut sets a tempo the audience feels before they notice.
- Tension
- Holding a frame a beat longer turns silence into suspense.
- Emotion
- The right cut lets a look land before a word ever has to.
- Clarity
- Structure keeps the story legible even when the scene is chaos.
- Continuity
- Invisible work: the world never breaks between two frames.
- 2018TV Series · Editor
Nazar
Suspense cut close.
- 2022TV Series · Editor
Faltu
Everyday lives, precisely paced.
- 2024TV Series · Editor
Flight Attendant
Tension held at altitude.
Capabilities
The craft an editor brings to every project — from first assembly to final continuity.
- 01
Narrative Editing
Assembling footage into a coherent story that holds attention from first frame to last.
- 02
Scene Structuring
Ordering beats within a scene so intention, conflict and release land with clarity.
- 03
Visual Rhythm
Controlling the tempo of cuts so pace becomes an emotion the audience can feel.
- 04
Story Continuity
Keeping action, eyelines and time consistent so the world never breaks.
- 05
Emotional Pacing
Deciding when to linger and when to move — letting moments breathe or cutting them tight.
- 06
Collaborative Post-Production
Working alongside directors, sound and colour to bring the final vision together.
Have a story thatneeds its rhythm?
Producers, directors and production houses — send the project, the timeline and where you want the audience to feel it most.
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