4 min readHyderabadApr 24, 2026 09:59 PM IST The Southern India Film Editors Association has suspended Pradeep E Ragav, the editor of  Jana Nayagan, following an emergency executive committee meeting held on April 17. The association cited two separate grounds for the action: his use of non-members as assistants across multiple productions, and his admitted carelessness in relation to the film’s online leak. The suspension was announced through a statement issued by the association on Friday. “It has been confirmed before the Association’s Executive Committee that film editor Mr Pradeep E Ragav has been using non-members of the Association as assistants for all the films he has worked on, including Jana Nayagan, without respecting the rules and regulations of the Association,” the statement read. It added that while Ragav was not directly responsible for the leak, he had admitted that his carelessness was a contributing cause. The association said it would not provide any support to Ragav during the suspension period and called on other associations to back the decision. The sequence of incidents To …