Bhimsingh Lenin is an Indian film editor, writer and director who works in

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and

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films. The son of Tamil film maker A. Bhimsingh, 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 ''

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'' (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. As of 2017, Lenin has won five

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, including the awards for

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and Best Editing. He was the chairman of the

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of India in 2011. AR00575

Biography

Lenin was born in a Bondil Rajput family consisting of eight children. His father A. Bhimsingh 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 first worked independently on ''Kalank'', a Fiji-based production, in 1978. He made his debut as an independent editor in Indian cinema with the 1979 Tamil film ''

'' 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 epic crime drama film written and directed by Mani Ratnam. Produced by Muktha Srinivasan, the film stars Kamal Haasan and Saranya (in her feature debut) in the lead, with Janagaraj, Karth ...

'', '' Geethanjali'', '' Anjali'' and ''

Kaadhalan ''Kaadhalan'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film directed by S. Shankar and produced by K. T. Kunjumon, who co-wrote the story. The film stars Prabhu Deva and Nagma (in her debut in Tamil cinema), alongside Vadivel ...

'', which won them the

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. He made his directorial debut in 1983 with ''

Ethanai Konam Ethanai Parvai ''Ethanai Konam Ethanai Parvai'' () is an unreleased Indian Tamil-language film that was completed in 1983. It was directed and edited by B. Lenin, photographed by his brother B. Kannan, starring Thiagarajan, Sripriya, Suresh and Nalini. Base ...

'' (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

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. It also won the

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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

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. In 2002, Lenin made ''

Ooruku Nooruper ''Ooruku Nooruper'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language film directed by film editor B. Lenin and starring Hans Kaushik and G. M. Sundar. Based on a 1979 novel of the same name by Jayakanthan, the film focuses on capital punishment. The film w ...

''. The film fetched him the

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 including ''Solladi Sivasakthi''. Lenin has held important positions such as the jury member of

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(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 – ''

'' – Best Editing (shared with V. T. Vijayan) * 1995 – ''Kutravali and Oodaha'' – Best Non-Feature Film Editing (shared with V. T. Vijayan) * 2001 – ''

'' –

National Film Award for Best Direction The National Film Award for Best Direction is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Bro ...

* 2001 – ''

'' –

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil The National Film Award for Best Tamil Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kama ...

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

* 1988 – Best Editor * 1994 – Best Editor – ''

'' * 2010 – Best Editor – ''

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Kerala State Film Awards

* 1990 – Best Editor * 1993 – Best Editor – ''

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Vijay Awards

* 2006 – Vijay Awards Special Jury Award for Editing

Rotary Club Of Madras East

*2017 -

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References

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