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Checkmate is a Malayalam feature set in New York's underbelly — a pharmaceutical CEO, a failed don, a grieving widower, and a lawyer, tied together by one kidnapping. Now streaming on ZEE5.
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Associate Editor under lead editor Prejish Prakash. I sorted and reviewed raw footage, marked usable takes, and built the first rough cut against the screenplay's pacing and tension arcs — the foundation the final edit was built on.
Getting a multi-character, intersecting storyline to read clearly at the rough-cut stage, so the lead editor is refining story instead of untangling footage, is a real skill — one no 60-second reel teaches you. Every short-form edit since has quietly benefited from it.
Alongside the film, I supported Peppino Studio's client work and ran content for the studio's educational wing, the School of Editing, including occasional part-time teaching.
