B. Lenin born as Bhimsingh Lenin is an Indian film editor, writer and director who works in
Tamil
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,
Malayalam
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and
Hindi
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films. The son of Tamil film maker
A. Bhimsingh
A. Bhimsingh or Bhim Singh (1924–1978) was an Indian filmmaker who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages that include 18 films in Hindi, 8 films in Telugu, 5 films in Malayalam and 1 film in ...
, Lenin entered the film industry as an assistant editor and went on to work in numerous projects before making his debut as an independent editor with
Mahendran's ''
Uthiripookkal
''Uthiripookkal'' () is a 1979 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language Drama (film and television), drama film, written and directed by Mahendran (filmmaker), Mahendran. Based on the short story ''Chitrannai'' by Pudhumaipithan, it stars Vijayan ...
'' (1979). In the mid 1980s, Lenin started jointly working with his long-time assistant
V. T. Vijayan and the duo has so far edited over a hundred films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi films, apart from an English film, ''Eli My Friend''.
As of 2017, Lenin has won five
National Film Awards
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, including the awards for
Best Direction and
Best Editing. He was the chairman of the
Film Federation of India
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of India in 2011.
Biography
Lenin was born in a Bondil Rajput family consisting of eight children. His father
A. Bhimsingh
A. Bhimsingh or Bhim Singh (1924–1978) was an Indian filmmaker who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages that include 18 films in Hindi, 8 films in Telugu, 5 films in Malayalam and 1 film in ...
was a well known director in Tamil and Hindi films. Lenin started his career as an associate director of his father and assisted in editing many of his films.
He also had experience as a lab technician and sound engineering department as well.
[ After several films working as an assistant, Lenin made his debut as an independent editor in 1979 with the 1979 Tamil film '']Uthiripookkal
''Uthiripookkal'' () is a 1979 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language Drama (film and television), drama film, written and directed by Mahendran (filmmaker), Mahendran. Based on the short story ''Chitrannai'' by Pudhumaipithan, it stars Vijayan ...
'' which was directed by Mahendran. Although he started as an independent editor, he later associated himself with his assistant V. T. Vijayan, and the duo went on to work together in a number of films during the 80s and 90s, including ''Nayakan
''Nayakan'' (; ) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language gangster film written and directed by Mani Ratnam. Produced by Muktha Srinivasan, the film stars Kamal Haasan, Saranya (in her feature debut) and Karthika, with Janagaraj, Vijayan, M. V. Vasu ...
'', '' Geethanjali'', '' Anjali'' and ''Kadhalan
''Kadhalan'' ( ) is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film written and directed by S. Shankar and produced by K. T. Kunjumon. The film stars Prabhu Deva and Nagma (in her major Tamil cinema debut), while Vadivelu, Raghuvaran, ...
'', which won them the National Film Award for Best Editing
The National Film Award for Best Editing is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presente ...
.
He made his directorial debut in 1983 with ''Ethanai Konam Ethanai Paarvai'' (1983), and went on to direct four feature films and four non-feature films. His short film ''Knock-out'' (1992) was critically acclaimed as it went on to win the Islamia critics Award for Best Short Film at the Cairo International Film Festival
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. It also won the for Lenin. The jury noted: "The director has given us a powerful insight into the labyrinth of the human mind faced with a disaster situation".[ Three years later, he directed his second short film tilted ''Kutravali'', which won the Best Editing at the 43rd National Film Awards.][ In 2002, Lenin made '' Ooruku Nooruper''. The film fetched him the Best Direction award, apart from winning the Best Regional Film (Tamil).][ The film dealt with capital punishment and was received with critical response.][ He has also directed a few ]TV serials
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including ''Solladi Sivasakthi''.[ Lenin has held important positions such as the jury member of 57th National Film Awards (2010) and the chairman of Oscar selection committee (of FFI) in 2011.][ And now he is contributing heavily to the education society thorough various institutions like Pune Film Institute, Lenin now works along with a reputed film institute in Coimbatore named Clusters media college as its dean helping its students gain knowledge in real time professional movie making and guiding them through his wide experience in film industry]
Selected filmography
As editor
As director
As actor
As assistant editor
Awards
National Film Awards
* 1992 – ''Knock-Out'' – Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director (Also producer)
* 1994 – '' Kaadhalan'' – Best Editing (shared with V. T. Vijayan)
* 1995 – ''Kutravali and Oodaha'' – Best Non-Feature Film Editing (shared with V. T. Vijayan)
* 2001 – '' Ooruku Nooruper'' – National Film Award for Best Direction
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* 2001 – '' Ooruku Nooruper'' – National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil
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Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
* 1988 – Best Editor
* 1994 – Best Editor – '' Kaadhalan''
* 2010 – Best Editor – ''Namma Gramam
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''
Kerala State Film Awards
* 1990 – Best Editor
* 1993 – Best Editor – '' Sopanam''
Vijay Awards
* 2006 – Vijay Awards Special Jury Award for Editing
Rotary Club Of Madras East
*2017 -Dronacharya Award
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