REEL 01 - N MADHU KUMAR2.39 : 21
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Video Editor · Driven by emotion & storytelling · Bengaluru

Every frameholds. a feel.

Editing, for me, is the art of slowing time and amplifying emotion taking fleeting moments and turning them into stories that breathe, move, and stay with you.

CUT BY N MADHU KUMAR
BENGALURU - 23.976 FPS
EST. 2023FRAME BY FRAME
Madhu behind the lens
01About me.

Engineer turned Editor

I'm a video editor with three years behind me, currently at Jar, where I work with a team of eight across podcasts, campaigns, long form and short form content.

Along the way I've cut reels for Finance With Sharan and worked as assistant editor on the documentary Untouchable: Laughing Out Loud Caste.

A BE in Information Science from Sai Vidya Institute of Technology also happened somewhere in there, probably why I organise a project properly before I touch it. That’s where I found my passion in video editing

One thing I believe: “A video gets better with every round of feedback, not worse.”

When the timeline's closed I'm on a Dominar 400, escaping the world.

StatusCurrently — Video Editor at Jar
Tools
Software
Premiere ProAfter Effects
Also
Content Writing & Direction
Learning
Motion graphics
0Years editing
0LANGUAGES CUT IN
0CLIENTS & BRANDS
0CLIENT SATISFACTION

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Performance films cut for Jar's sponsorship of each show.

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Praise

What people say

Madhu finds the emotion in the footage the rest of us missed. Every cut came back tighter and more watchable than the brief.
Manjeet SarkarStand-up comedian
Working with Madhu on our short-form ad videos was honestly such a smooth experience. He just got the creative direction - the first cuts were almost always spot-on, with barely any feedback or retakes needed. Loved the creative touch he brought to every video!
SS
Sheenam SetiaSenior Marketing Manager, Karbon Business
On the documentary he treated the footage like it mattered because it did. A real collaborator in the edit room.
NikitaBrand & Comms, Jar
He asks two or three questions at the start and then you mostly don't hear from him until it's done. The first cut is usually close enough that we end up arguing about music, not structure.
SamvardhanSenior Video Editor & Motion Designer (ex-Zee Studios,)
What I would say about Madhu's work is that the deliverables were on time, which was really amazing. He was able to understand the ideas and thought behind the ad campaign and completed the entire setup in two to three hours, which was really helpful and timely.
Prakruthi Performance Marketer, AI Accountant
Madhu finds the emotion in the footage the rest of us missed. Every cut came back tighter and more watchable than the brief.
Manjeet SarkarStand-up comedian
Working with Madhu on our short-form ad videos was honestly such a smooth experience. He just got the creative direction - the first cuts were almost always spot-on, with barely any feedback or retakes needed. Loved the creative touch he brought to every video!
SS
Sheenam SetiaSenior Marketing Manager, Karbon Business
On the documentary he treated the footage like it mattered because it did. A real collaborator in the edit room.
NikitaBrand & Comms, Jar
He asks two or three questions at the start and then you mostly don't hear from him until it's done. The first cut is usually close enough that we end up arguing about music, not structure.
SamvardhanSenior Video Editor & Motion Designer (ex-Zee Studios,)
What I would say about Madhu's work is that the deliverables were on time, which was really amazing. He was able to understand the ideas and thought behind the ad campaign and completed the entire setup in two to three hours, which was really helpful and timely.
Prakruthi Performance Marketer, AI Accountant
Madhu finds the emotion in the footage the rest of us missed. Every cut came back tighter and more watchable than the brief.
Manjeet SarkarStand-up comedian
Working with Madhu on our short-form ad videos was honestly such a smooth experience. He just got the creative direction - the first cuts were almost always spot-on, with barely any feedback or retakes needed. Loved the creative touch he brought to every video!
SS
Sheenam SetiaSenior Marketing Manager, Karbon Business
On the documentary he treated the footage like it mattered because it did. A real collaborator in the edit room.
NikitaBrand & Comms, Jar
He asks two or three questions at the start and then you mostly don't hear from him until it's done. The first cut is usually close enough that we end up arguing about music, not structure.
SamvardhanSenior Video Editor & Motion Designer (ex-Zee Studios,)
What I would say about Madhu's work is that the deliverables were on time, which was really amazing. He was able to understand the ideas and thought behind the ad campaign and completed the entire setup in two to three hours, which was really helpful and timely.
Prakruthi Performance Marketer, AI Accountant
Madhu finds the emotion in the footage the rest of us missed. Every cut came back tighter and more watchable than the brief.
Manjeet SarkarStand-up comedian
Working with Madhu on our short-form ad videos was honestly such a smooth experience. He just got the creative direction - the first cuts were almost always spot-on, with barely any feedback or retakes needed. Loved the creative touch he brought to every video!
SS
Sheenam SetiaSenior Marketing Manager, Karbon Business
On the documentary he treated the footage like it mattered because it did. A real collaborator in the edit room.
NikitaBrand & Comms, Jar
He asks two or three questions at the start and then you mostly don't hear from him until it's done. The first cut is usually close enough that we end up arguing about music, not structure.
SamvardhanSenior Video Editor & Motion Designer (ex-Zee Studios,)
What I would say about Madhu's work is that the deliverables were on time, which was really amazing. He was able to understand the ideas and thought behind the ad campaign and completed the entire setup in two to three hours, which was really helpful and timely.
Prakruthi Performance Marketer, AI Accountant
Experience

A career cut into scenes.

Move through the rooms that shaped the way I find rhythm, build tension, and land a story.

Career reel · 6 scenes
Scene 01Sep 2024Present

Creative room

JarVideo Editor

- Worked on campaigns featuring Dulquer Salmaan and Ramesh Arvind, where we strategized and executed performance videos for TV and Meta ads while analyzing CAC and other key metrics to deliver optimized projects. - Contributed to JarXchange podcasts (pre and post-production), created onboarding videos for the company website, and edited the documentary-style video “Bachao with Jar”.

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Not a reel. A living shelf of bike rides, half-finished thoughts, frames worth keeping, and the things that feed the work when the timeline is closed.

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