Kishore Te


Kishore Te was an Indian film editor who worked in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. For his work in Aadukalam and Visaranai, 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. 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 produced by Shankar and directed by Arivazhagan.

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