Resul Pookutty

Resul Pookutty

Born	(1971-05-30) May 30, 1971 Vilakkupara, near Punalur, Kollam, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Film sound design
Years active	1997 - present
Spouse(s)	Shadia^[1]

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 oscars, Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for the film Slumdog Millionaire.^[5] He has worked in Hollywood, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam films.

Early life

Born in a family in Vilakkupara, near Punalur about 58 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 pursued a career in law from Govt.Law college Trivandrum. 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 trivandrum 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.^[8]

Filmography

Awards

2012 : Zee Cine Award for Best Sound Design for his work in Ra.One.
2010 : National Film Award for Best Audiography for his work in Pazhassi Raja^[9]
2010 : Honorary Doctorate (D.Litt) by Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit^[10]
2010 : Padma Shri by Government of India^[11]
2009 : Asianet Film Awards - Special Honour Jury Award^[12]
2009 : Chakkulathamma Swaravarsha Award^[13]
2009 : Bahadoor Award^[14]
2009 : Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing along with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke for his work in Slumdog Millionaire.^[15]
2009 : BAFTA Award for Best Sound along with Glenn Freemantle, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers and Ian Tapp for his work in Slumdog Millionaire.^[16]
2005 : Zee Cine Award for Best Audiography for his work in Musafir.^[3]

References

↑ It's been an unbelievable ride' The Times of India, January 24, 2009.
↑ http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/resul-pookutty-happy-42nd-birthday/
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Resul - the other Indian Oscar nominee". NDTV Movies. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 K.K. GOPALAKRISHNAN (23 September 2005). "Directing sound". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
↑ "The 81st Academy Awards (2009) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
↑ Indian Express article
↑ Tough journey for sound wizard Resul Pookutty The Economic Times, February 24, 2009.
↑ Sen, Zinia (25 February 2009). "Pookutty: What do I dream about?". The Times Of India.
↑ "There is no award like a National Award: Resul Pookutty". The Times of India. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
↑ "Mohanlal, Pookutty get D.Litt.". Kochi: The Hindu. 2010-03-17.
↑ "Nobel laureate Venky, Ilayaraja, Rahman, Aamir to receive Padma awards". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
↑ "Pazhassi Raja selected as best film". Thiruvananthapuram: The Hindu. 4 January 2010.
↑ ["http://entertainment.gaeatimes.com/2009/12/04/resul-pookutty-wins-chakkulathamma-swaravarsha-puraskaram-66879/ "Chakulathamma Swarvarsha Puraskaram for Resul"].
↑ "Bahadur Award 2009 for Resul".
↑ "Slumdog gets 10 Oscar noms". Rediff News. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
↑ IANS. "Resul Pookutty: The other Indian at the Oscars". Sify Movies. Retrieved 23 January 2009.

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Academy Award for Best Sound

1929–1940	Douglas Shearer (1929/30) Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department (1930/31) Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department (1931/32) Franklin Hansen (1932/33) John P. Livadary (1934) Douglas Shearer (1935) Douglas Shearer (1936) Thomas T. Moulton (1937) Thomas T. Moulton (1938) Bernard B. Brown (1939) Douglas Shearer (1940)

1941–1960	Jack Whitney (1941) Nathan Levinson (1942) Stephen Dunn (1943) Edmund H. Hansen (1944) Stephen Dunn (1945) John P. Livadary (1946) Gordon E. Sawyer (1947) Thomas T. Moulton (1948) Thomas T. Moulton (1949) Thomas T. Moulton (1950) Douglas Shearer (1951) London Films Sound Department (1952) John P. Livadary (1953) Leslie I. Carey (1954) Fred Hynes (1955) Carlton W. Faulkner (1956) George Groves (1957) Fred Hynes (1958) Franklin Milton (1959) Fred Hynes, Gordon E. Sawyer (1960)

1961–1980	Gordon E. Sawyer, Fred Hynes (1961) John Cox (1962) Franklin Milton (1963) George Groves (1964) James Corcoran, Fred Hynes (1965) Franklin Milton (1966) Samuel Goldwyn Studio (1967) Shepperton Studios (1968) Jack Solomon, Murray Spivack (1969) Douglas Williams, Don Bassman (1970) Gordon McCallum, David Hildyard (1971) Robert Knudson, David Hildyard (1972) Robert Knudson, Chris Newman (1973) Ronald Pierce, Melvin Metcalfe, Sr. (1974) Robert Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Madery, John Carter (1975) Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Jim Webb (1976) Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler, Derek Ball (1977) Richard Portman, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Darin Knight (1978) Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, Nat Boxer (1979) Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Peter Sutton (1980)

1981–2000	Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Roy Charman (1981) Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, Gene Cantamessa (1982) Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom, David MacMillan (1983) Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide, Chris Newman (1984) Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, Peter Handford (1985) John Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles Grenzbach, Simon Kaye (1986) Bill Rowe, Ivan Sharrock (1987) Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Willie D. Burton (1988) Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg Rudloff, Elliot Tyson, Russell Williams (1989) Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins, Russell Williams (1990) Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Lee Orloff (1991) Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith, Simon Kaye (1992) Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy, Ron Judkins (1993) Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer, David MacMillan (1994) Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, David MacMillan (1995) Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Chris Newman (1996) Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano (1997) Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Ron Judkins (1998) John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell, David Lee (1999) Bob Beemer, Scott Millan, Ken Weston (2000)

2001–present	Michael Minkler, Chris Munro, Myron Nettinga (2001) David Lee, Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella (2002) Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek, Michael Semanick (2003) Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer, Steve Cantamessa (2004) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek (2005) Bob Beemer, Willie D. Burton, Michael Minkler (2006) Kirk Francis, Scott Millan, David Parker (2007) Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Ian Tapp (2008) Paul N. J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett (2009) Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick (2010) Tom Fleischman, John Midgley (2011) Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Simon Hayes (2012) Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro (2013) Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley (2014)