Resul Pookutty

Resul Pookutty
Born Resul Pookutty
(1971-05-30) May 30, 1971
Vilakkupara, Kollam, Kerala, India
Residence Mumbai, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Film sound design
Years active 1997 - present
Religion Islam
Spouse(s) Shadia[1]
Children 2

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

Early life

Born in a family in Vilakkupara, near Anchal about 40 km from Kollam, Kerala. He was the youngest of eight children born to an impoverished family. 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 MSM College, Kayamkulam in 1987-1990.[8] He pursued a career in law from Govt.Law college Thiruvananthapuram. However, he was unable to complete it. He is a 1995 graduate from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and later in 2014 June he wrote the remaining LLB exam papers at Thiruvananthapuram Govt.law college.And he said that it was Resul's father's desire to make him an advocate.[4]

Career

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) and Dus Kahaniyaan (2007).[3]

Personal life

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

Filmography

Year Film Language Notes
2004MusafirHindi
2007 Traffic SignalHindi
2007 Gandhi, My FatherHindi
2007SaawariyaHindi
2007 Dus KahaniyaanHindi
2009 Slumdog MillionaireEnglish
2009 Kerala Varma Pazhassi RajaMalayalam
2010 EnthiranTamil
2011 Ra.OneHindi
2011 Adaminte Makan Abu''Malayalam
2012 NanbanTamil
2012 The Best Exotic Marigold HotelEnglish
2013 Kunjananthante KadaMalayalam
2014 KochadaiiyaanTamil
2014 Ankhon DekhiHindi
2014 HighwayHindi
2014 YaanTamil
2015 UnfreedomHindi and English
2015 PathemariMalayalam

Awards

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