Anil Malnad


Anil Malnad was an Indian editor who worked in over 200 film across Telugu, Tamil and Odia languages. He won the National Film Award for Best Editing for the Telugu film Sitaara.

Biography

Malnad was born as G. R. Dattatreya in Malnad, Karnataka, India. He started his film career as an assistant director with the 1971 Telugu film Sampoorna Ramayanam, directed by Bapu. He later became an editor and made his debut as an editor with Bapu's Vamsa Vruksham.
Malnad lived with his family in Chromepet, Chennai. He died at the age of 66 on 19 March 2018 at a private hospital in Chennai; he was admitted after he suffered a heart attack.

Selected filmography

Telugu