B. Lenin born as Bhimsingh Lenin is an Indian film editor, writer and director who works in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films.
1943
Three years later, he directed his second short film tilted Kutravali, which won the Best Editing at the 43rd National Film Awards.
1978
After several films working as an assistant, Lenin first worked independently on Kalank, a Fiji-based production, in 1978.
1979
The son of Tamil film maker A. Bhimsingh, Lenin entered the film industry as an assistant editor and went on to work in numerous projects before making his debut as an independent editor with Mahendran's Uthiripookkal (1979).
He made his debut as an independent editor in Indian cinema with the 1979 Tamil film Uthiripookkal which was directed by Mahendran.
Although he started as an independent editor, he later associated himself with his assistant V. T. Vijayan, and the duo went on to work together in a number of films during the 80s and 90s, including Nayakan, Geethanjali, Anjali and Kadhalan, which won them the National Film Award for Best Editing.
1980
In the mid 1980s, Lenin started jointly working with his long-time assistant V. T. Vijayan and the duo has so far edited over a hundred films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi films, apart from an English film, Eli My Friend.
1983
He made his directorial debut in 1983 with Ethanai Konam Ethanai Parvai (1983), and went on to direct four feature films and four non-feature films.
1992
His short film Knock-out (1992) was critically acclaimed as it went on to win the Islamia critics Award for Best Short Film at the Cairo International Film Festival.
It also won the National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director for Lenin.
The jury noted: "The director has given us a powerful insight into the labyrinth of the human mind faced with a disaster situation".
2002
In 2002, Lenin made Ooruku Nooruper.
The film fetched him the Best Direction award, apart from winning the Best Regional Film (Tamil).
The film dealt with capital punishment and was received with critical response.
He has also directed a few TV serials including Solladi Sivasakthi.
2010
Lenin has held important positions such as the jury member of 57th National Film Awards (2010) and the chairman of Oscar selection committee (of FFI) in 2011.
And now he is contributing heavily to the education society thorough various institutions like Pune Film Institute, Lenin now works along with a reputed film institute in Coimbatore named Clusters media college as its dean helping its students gain knowledge in real time professional movie making and guiding them through his wide experience in film industry
2011
He was the chairman of the Film Federation of India of India in 2011.
Lenin was born in a Bondil Rajput family consisting of eight children.
His father A. Bhimsingh was a well known director in Tamil and Hindi films.
Lenin started his career as an associate director of his father and assisted in editing many of his films.
He also had experience as a lab technician and sound engineering department as well.
2017
As of 2017, Lenin has won five National Film Awards, including the awards for Best Direction and Best Editing.
