Full Name Resul Pookutty Years active 1997 - present Spouse Shadia Pookutty Occupation Film sound design Role Sound Designer | Nationality Indian Name Resul Pookutty Residence Mumbai, India Religion Islam Movies I.D. | |
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Born May 30, 1971 (age 52) ( 1971-05-30 ) Vilakkupara, Kollam, Kerala, India Education Film and Television Institute of India Children Salna Pookutty, Rayan Pookutty Awards Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing Similar People Richard Pryke, Chris Dickens, Anthony Dod Mantle, Simon Beaufoy, Danny Boyle | ||
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Resul Pookutty (born 30 May 1971) is an Indian film sound designer, sound editor and mixer. He, along with Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for Slumdog Millionaire. He has worked in Hollywood, Hindi cinema, Tamil cinema and Malayalam Cinema.
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- Oscar awards 2009 ar rahman gulzar resul pookutty danny boyle simon beaufoy slumdog millionaire
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Awards
- References
Oscar awards 2009 ar rahman gulzar resul pookutty danny boyle simon beaufoy slumdog millionaire
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.
He did his bachelor's degree in physics from MSM College, Kayamkulam in 1987–1990. 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.
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." 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).
Personal life
Pookutty is married to Shadia. They have a son Rayan and a daughter, Salna.