Praveen Prabhakar

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Praveen Prabhakar
Born (1976-09-09) 9 September 1976 (age 47)
Kozhikode, Kerala, India
OccupationFilm editor
Years active1998–present
SpouseRadhika Praveen

Praveen Prabhakar (born 9 September 1976) is an Indian film editor who works in Malayalam films.

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Biography

Early life

He studied at St. Joseph's College, Devagiri and migrated to Chennai in 1997. He graduated from the University of Calicut, started his career editing commercials, documentaries, music videos, short films and trailers in Chennai before moving on to Feature films. Praveen has edited over 500 commercials for many advertising agencies. He has worked alongside some of the most prestigious names in the film world including Rajiv Menon, Anwar Rasheed, Anjali Menon and Amal Neerad.Since then he mastered film editing.

Awards

Filmography

YearFilmLanguage
2012 Ustad Hotel Malayalam
2013 Aaru Sundarimaarude Katha Malayalam
5 Sundarikal Malayalam
2014 London Bridge Malayalam
Bangalore Days [1] Malayalam
Iyobinte Pusthakam Malayalam
2017GeminiMalayalam
Comrade in America Malayalam
Parava Malayalam
2018 Koode [2] Malayalam
PapasMalayalam
2020 Trance Malayalam
2021 Veyil Malayalam
2022 Last 6 Hours Malayalam
Tamil
John Luther Malayalam
Wonder Women English
2023 Shiv Shastri Balboa Hindi
Kannur Squad Malayalam
Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case Malayalam

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