Director

B. Lenin

Editing

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 149

TMDB ID: 110702

IMDb ID: nm0501921

Known for: Editing

Born: January 1, 1948

Age: 78

Place of birth: Tamilnadu, India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1979 - 2025

Years active: 47

Average TMDB rating: 7.02

Wikidata: Q4834096

Also known as

ബി. ലെനിൻ • பி. லெனின் • Bhimsingh Lenin • Lenin

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Director (1)Editor (146)Dialogue (1)Supervising Editor (1)

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Biography

B. Lenin is an editor, writer and director who has worked in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. He is the son of A. Bhimsingh, a Tamil film maker. Lenin entered the film industry as an assistant editor and went on to work in numerous projects before becoming an independent editor. He made his debut as a full-fledged editor through J. Mahendran's Uthiripookkal in 1979. After a few films, Lenin started working with his long-time assistant V. T. Vijayan and the duo has so far worked in over hundred films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi films apart from an English film, Eli My Friend. As of 2013, Lenin has won five National Film Awards including the awards for Best Direction and Best Editing. He was the chairman of the Film Federation of India of India in 2011.

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