Kuchipudi Latha Praveen (born 1987 or 1988)[1] is an Indian film editor, who works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and English films. He is a recipient of one National Film Award, one Tamil Nadu State Film Award among others. He has edited over 100 films across different languages so far. His next film is Jason Sanjay's directorial debut.
Praveen KL | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Film Editor |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Life and career
Praveen's father and two uncles were editors in Telugu films. He worked for them during the summer as a teenager, manually splicing film, and later worked for his father.[2] At 17, he started working for ETV Network,[2] where he edited the Telugu News and soap operas such as Anweshitha.[3]
He taught himself to edit using computer software, and then worked under Balu Mahendra on his television series Kadhai Neram.[2] After a period freelancing for TV in Singapore, he shifted to feature films and has mostly worked together with N. B. Srikanth on several successful Tamil films, most notably for Venkat Prabhu's directorials. He has completed 100 films so far in four languages.[4][5]
Praveen and Srikanth won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Editor in 2008 for Saroja.[6] He also won the National Film Award for Best Editing for the Tamil film Aaranya Kaandam (2011).[1]
He is based in the Saligramam neighbourhood of Chennai.[2]
Filmography
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