Resul Pookutty (born 30 May 1971)[1] is an Indian filmsound designer,sound editor andaudio mixer.[2][3] He won theAcademy Award for Best Sound Mixing, along withRichard Pryke andIan Tapp, forSlumdog Millionaire.[4] Pookutty has worked inHindi,Tamil,Telugu,[5][6] Marathi[7] andMalayalam languages in addition to British films. And now he is a member of the Executive committee of Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (Oscar Committee), Motion Picture Sound Editors Guild (MPSE) and CAS (Cinema Audio Society) of America. Recently Mr. Pookutty was awarded the title Distinguished Engineer by Rocheston, New York. (Distinguished Engineer is an honor awarded to Engineers of repute, selected from across the world in recognition of caliber, technical excellence and accomplishments that are an inspiration to people.[8] In 2010, the Government of India honored him with thePadma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to cinema.[8][9] In the same year, he was conferred anhonorary doctorate bySree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit.
Born into a family inVilakkupara, nearAnchal about 40 km fromKollam,Kerala, India. He was the youngest of eight 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.[10][11]
Pookutty moved toMumbai 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."[3] Pookutty made his debut in sound design with the 1997 filmPrivate Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One, directed by Rajat Kapoor. He got his big break with the critically acclaimed 2005 filmBlack, directed bySanjay Leela Bhansali. He subsequently engineered sound for major productions likeMusafir (2004),Zinda (2006),Traffic Signal (2007),Gandhi, My Father (2007),Saawariya (2007),Dus Kahaniyaan,Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (2009) andEnthiran (2010).[2]
^abK.K. GOPALAKRISHNAN (23 September 2005)."Directing sound".The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived fromthe original on 14 September 2006. Retrieved23 January 2009.
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