Don Max (editor)

Don Max is an Indian film director and editor, who works mainly in Malayalam cinema along with Tamil and Telugu language films. He is considered one of the leading contemporary film editors in the Malayalam film industry, and has introduced several new editing techniques into the regional films.[1]

Don Max
Born (1980-11-16) 16 November 1980
Anickadu, Kottayam, India
OccupationFilm editor, director

Early life

Don Max was born on 16 November 1980 in Mundakayam, Kottayam District , Kerala , as the eldest child of K. L. Varghese, a former bank manager at SBT, and T. V. Chinamma, who was a teacher in Malayalam at St. Thomas High School in Anikkad. He was born on the same day the Malayalam action star Jayan died. After spending his first seven years in the Idukki district, his family shifted to Pallickathode, Anickad. He grew up in the town and studied at St. Thomas, Anickad. He later studied his pre-degree education at St. Dominic College in Kanjirapilly, before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Thomas College, Palai. He later did a Diploma in Multimedia and Animation at Arena Animations, Bangalore and specialized in Compositing and Animation.

Career

Beginning his career as an editor for ad films and television channels, Don initially focussed on animation, before realising that he would have a more fulfilling career as an editor the possibilities in editing. He joined Ketan Mehta’s Institute and then worked in the Prime Time channel in Dubai, before beginning working as an editor for the Malayalam channel, Kairali.

Don subsequently did trailers for more than fifty films, before debuting as a senior editor through Shaji Kailas’s The Tiger (2005). Don experimented with doing editing at the location, becoming one of the first Malayalam editors to do so, while he also did editing for V. K. Prakash’s Moonnamathoral (2006), the first digital cinema in Malayalam.[2]

He simultaneously worked on Tamil film projects and worked on big budget films such as Aadhavan (2009), Sura (2010) and Ponnar Shankar (2011). Don also garnered positive reviews for his work in Jilla (2014), with a critic from Indiaglitz.com noting "Don Max sure is a gifted editor" and "has a very rich taste, evidently shown through the methods he used to connect the scenes".[3] In late 2014, he began his first directorial venture with actor Anoop Menon in the lead role,[4] and released his debut movie 10 Kalpanakal in 25 November 2016.

Filmography
Year Title Language Notes
2005 The TigerMalayalam
2006 Baba KalyaniMalayalam
2007 TimeMalayalam
2007 Chotta MumbaiMalayalam
2007 Ali BhaiMalayalam
2007 MoonnamathoralMalayalam
2007 HelloMalayalam
2007 ParadesiMalayalam
2008 RoudramMalayalam
2008 Annan ThambiMalayalam
2008 KuruviTamil
2008 ThalappavuMalayalam
2008 Ellam Avan SeyalTamil
2008 SilambattamTamil
2009 Black DaliaMalayalam
2009 AadhavanTamil
2010 Drona 2010Malayalam
2010 JaggubhaiTamil
2010 SuraTamil
2010 Inidhu InidhuTamil
2010 3 Char Sau BeesMalayalam
2010 Kanyakumari ExpressMalayalam
2010 Best ActorMalayalam
2010 KandaharMalayalam
2011 China TownMalayalam
2011SankarankovilTamil
2011 ManushyamrugamMalayalam
2011 Ponnar ShankarTamil
2011 Chaappa KurishuMalayalam
2011 Uppukandam Brothers Back in ActionMalayalam
2011 Puli VeshamMalayalam
2011 MambattiyanTamil
2012 SimhasanamMalayalam
2012 ChaarulathaTamil/Kannada
2012 MadirasiMalayalam
2012 KarmayodhaMalayalam
2013 EnteMalayalam
2013 EntryMalayalam
2013 ABCD: American-Born Confused DesiMalayalam
2013 10:30 am Local CallMalayalam
2013 BanglesMalayalam
2014 JillaTamil
2014 Naa Bangaaru TalliTelugu/Malayalam
2014 100 Degree CelsiusMalayalam
2016 Monsoon MangoesMalayalam
2016 SaahasamTamil
2016 10 KalpanakalMalayalamDirectorial debut
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References
  1. http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/goodbye-to-the-superstar-era/article4605837.ece
  2. "A heartrending film - Don Max". Supergoodmovies. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. http://www.indiaglitz.com/jilla-user-review-tamil-news-102206.html
  4. http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/interview-with-anoop-menon/article6636307.ece
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