Kuchipudi Latha Praveen (born 1987 or 1988)Vaibhav Shastry, "Would love to work with Anurag Kashyap: Praveen K L", Times of India, March 11, 2012. 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.
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.Sinndhuja Ramprasad, "The Editor's Cut: KL Praveen Interview", Silverscreen India, August 19, 2014. At 17, he started working for ETV Network, where he edited the Telugu News and soap operas such as Anveshitha.P. 10 Eenadu News, Award Winning Editor, Eenadu Cinema, Friday 9 March 2012.
He taught himself to edit using computer software, and then worked under Balu Mahendra on his television series Kadhai Neram. 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.Editor Praveen has his hands full – Tamil Movie News. IndiaGlitz. Retrieved on 2011-12-13.What makes 'Saroja' so special? – Tamil Movie News. IndiaGlitz. Retrieved on 2011-12-13.
Praveen and Srikanth won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Editor in 2008 for Saroja.Pickles. Tantrainc.sg. Retrieved on 2011-12-13. He also won the National Film Award for Best Editing for the Tamil film Aaranya Kaandam (2011).
He is based in the Saligramam neighbourhood of Chennai.
Filmography
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