Kishore Te (24 March 1978 – 6 March 2015) was an Indian film editor who worked in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. For his work in Aadukalam (2011) and Visaranai (2015), 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 (2009) produced by Shankar and directed by Arivazhagan. Death Kishore suddenly swooned while he was editing a Vetrimaaran film and upon being rushed to the hospital, he was diagnosed with a brain clot. Even though a surgery was performed, he never regained consciousness. Kishore died on 6 March 2015 at the age of 36. Filmography References External links 1978 births 2015 deaths Kannada film editors Tamil film editors Best Editor National Film Award winners Telugu film editors People from Viluppuram district Tamil Nadu State Film Awards winners Film editors from Tamil Nadu