National award winning editor Kishore died at 36

Dhoni and Ulavcharu Biryani fame editor Kishore TE passed away yesterday afternoon suffering from a fatal brain stroke. Kishore was just 36 years of old. He was admitted in the hospital 2 days ago after he collapsed in his editing room while discussing with the director Vetrimaran.

He was diagnosed with a brain haemorrhage and was operated. But he was not responding since then. Kishore was in coma from the day of the surgery and his death was confirmed on Friday afternoon by doctors.

Kishore worked in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Kishore began his career as an assistant editor when he was 21. His editing career kick-started as an assistant to editors like B Lenin and VT Vijayan . His first independent film was "Eeram" in 2009 and he has worked in more than 30 films.

Kishore also received National Award for his "Aadukalam" (Pandem Kollu in Telugu) directed by Vetrimaran. He is also worked as editor for Telugu films like Gaganam and Ulavacharu Biryani. Meanwhile, his friends in the industry are deeply saddened by his untimely death. They have expressed their condolences on Twitter. May his soul rest in peace!

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