Resul Pookutty

Resul Pookutty (born 30 May 1971)[2] is an Indian film sound designer, sound editor and audio mixer.[3][4] He won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing, along with Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp, for Slumdog Millionaire.[5] Pookutty has worked in Hindi, Tamil, and Malayalam languages in addition to British films.

Resul Pookutty
Pookutty in 2015
Born (1971-05-30) 30 May 1971
Vilakkupara, Kerala, India
OccupationSound engineer
Years active1997 – present
Spouse(s)Shadia[1]
Children2

Early life

Born into a family in Vilakkupara, near Anchal about 40 km from Kollam, Kerala, India. He was the youngest of ten children. His father was a private bus ticket checker. Pookutty had to walk 6 km to the nearest school and study in the light of a kerosene lamp as his village had no electricity.[6][7]

He did his bachelor's degree in physics from Milad-E-Sherief Memorial College, Kayamkulam during 1987–1990.[8] He was admitted in Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram for studying Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree, however, he was unable to complete it. In 1995, he graduate from Film and Television Institute of India in Pune. In 2014, he wrote the remaining LLB exam papers. Pookutty said that it was his father's desire to make him an advocate.[4]

Career
Pookutty along with Slumdog Millionaire team at the 81st Academy Awards

Pookutty moved to Mumbai after his graduation. He termed it as "a natural immigration as a graduate of the institute." He pointed out that "Ninety-five per cent of the technicians of the Mumbai film industry are alumni of FTII, Pune."[4] Pookutty made his debut in sound design with the 1997 film Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One, directed by Rajat Kapoor. He got his big break with the critically acclaimed 2005 film Black, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. He subsequently engineered sound for major productions like Musafir (2004), Zinda (2006), Traffic Signal (2007), Gandhi, My Father (2007), Saawariya (2007), Dus Kahaniyaan, Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (2009) and Enthiran (2010).[3]

Personal life

Pookutty is married to Shadia. They have a son Rayaan and a daughter, Salna.[9]

Filmography
YearFilmLanguageNotes
2004MusafirHindi
2007Traffic SignalHindi
2007Gandhi, My FatherHindi
2007SaawariyaHindi
2007Dus KahaniyaanHindi
2009Slumdog MillionaireEnglishWon Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
2009Kerala Varma Pazhassi RajaMalayalam
2010EnthiranTamil
2011Ra.OneHindi
2011Adaminte Makan Abu''Malayalam
2012NanbanTamil
2012The Best Exotic Marigold HotelEnglish
2012English VinglishHindi
2013Kunjananthante KadaMalayalam
2014KochadaiiyaanTamil
2014Ankhon DekhiHindi
2014HighwayHindi
2014YaanTamil
2015UnfreedomHindi and English
2015PathemariMalayalam
2016RemoTamil
2016NiruttaraKannada
2017KaabilHindi
2017Oru Kadhai Sollatuma
The Sound Story		Tamil
Malayalam
Hindi
2018Kammara SambhavamMalayalam
20182.0Tamil
2018Sangamithra[10]Tamil[11]
2019KolaambiMalayalam
2020TranceMalayalam
2020AadujeevithamMalayalam

Awards

References
  1. It's been an unbelievable ride' The Times of India, 24 January 2009.
  2. http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/resul-pookutty-happy-42nd-birthday/
  3. "Resul – the other Indian Oscar nominee". NDTV Movies. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  4. K.K. GOPALAKRISHNAN (23 September 2005). "Directing sound". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  5. "The 81st Academy Awards (2009) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  6. Indian Express article
  7. Tough journey for sound wizard Resul Pookutty The Economic Times, 24 February 2009.
  9. Sen, Zinia (25 February 2009). "Pookutty: What do I dream about?". The Times of India.
  10. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangamithra_(film)
  11. https://silverscreen.in/tamil/tamil/oscar-winning-sound-technician-resul-pookutty-joins-sundar-cs-sangamithra/
  12. "There is no award like a National Award: Resul Pookutty". The Times of India. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  13. "Mohanlal, Pookutty get D.Litt". The Hindu. Kochi. 17 March 2010.
  14. "Nobel laureate Venky, Ilayaraja, Rahman, Aamir to receive Padma awards". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  15. "Pazhassi Raja selected as best film". The Hindu. Thiruvananthapuram. 4 January 2010.
  16. ["http://entertainment.gaeatimes.com/2009/12/04/resul-pookutty-wins-chakkulathamma-swaravarsha-puraskaram-66879/ "Chakulathamma Swarvarsha Puraskaram for Resul"] Check |url= value (help).
  17. "Bahadur Award 2009 for Resul". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
  18. "Slumdog gets 10 Oscar noms". Rediff News. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  19. IANS. "Resul Pookutty: The other Indian at the Oscars". Sify Movies. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
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