Kishore Te (24 March 1978 – 6 March 2015) was an Indian film editor who worked in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. For his work in Aadukalam (2011) and Visaranai (2015), he won the National Film Award for Best Editing.

Career

At age 21, Kishore joined film editors B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan as an assistant.[citation needed] He worked on more than 70 Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films as an assistant editor. His first independent film as an editor was the Tamil film Eeram (2009) produced by Shankar and directed by Arivazhagan.[citation needed]

Death

Kishore suddenly swooned while editing a film and upon being rushed to the hospital, he was diagnosed with a brain clot. Despite a surgery, he never regained consciousness. He died on 6 March 2015, barely three weeks before his 37th birthday.

Filmography

YearFilmLanguageNotes
2000Pandavas: The Five WarriorsEnglishNegative cutter
2009EeramTamilNominated - Vijay Award for Best Editor Winner- Vikatan Award for Best Editing
2010PrithviKannada
Anandhapurathu VeeduTamil
2011AadukalamTamilNational Film Award for Best Editing Winner- Vikatan Award for Best Editing
PayanamTamil
Aadu PuliTamil
MappillaiTamil
UdhayanTamil
180Telugu
NootrenbadhuTamil
Engeyum EppodhumTamilVijay Award for Best Editor
KanchanaTamil
2012DhoniTamil
Telugu
AarohanamTamil
Ammavin KaipesiTamil
2013ParadesiTamil
Ethir NeechalTamil
Udhayam NH4Tamil
Madha Yaanai KoottamTamil
2014Vetri SelvanTamil
NedunchaalaiTamil
Kamasutra 3DEnglish
PulivaalTamil
Vanavarayan VallavarayanTamil
Un Samayal ArayilTamil
Ulavacharu BiryaniTelugu
OggaraneKannada
2015Kanchana 2Tamil
Kaaka MuttaiTamilVikatan Award For Best Editing (Posthumous)
2016VisaranaiTamilafter death this film was completed by his assistant G. B. Venkatesh National Film Award for Best EditingVikatan Awards for Best Editing (Posthumous)
SawaariTamil

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