Resul Pookutty
“Judging the industry, just because we are in the glamour field is wrong,” Resul Pookutty On The Hema Committee Report
Keralite Sound Engineer Resul Pookutty is an integral part of the Malayalam film industry. Expressing all support and praise for the Hema Committee’s report on sexual harassment in the Malayalam film industry, Resul expresses some reservations. “There is a lot of interpersonal rivalry played out in the report.Many fearless voices weren’t called for reporting.For example,actress Shwetha Menon, who was part of WCC(Women In Cinema Collective). Sir, this gender bullying is everywhere, is the corporate sector any less unsafe for women? The optimum powerplay happens in the medical field.So | Click Here...
Resul Pookutty, The Last Indian To Bring Home An Oscar, Reacts To Naatu Naatu’s Oscar
Resul Pookutty, the wizard of sound in Indian cinema , is happy about RRR’s Naatu naatu winning an Oscar. Resul and A R Rahman had won Academy Awards for Best Sound Mixing and Best Original Song , respectively, for Slumdog Millionaire. Says Resul, “When AR and I won the Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire in 2009 , a journalist had asked us, ‘What’s the big deal about this win?’ To which AR replied that the next ten years are going to be the golden period of Indian cinema. Fourteen years later we now have an Indian film winning a competitive Oscar. I | Click Here...
Resul Pookutty’s Tribute To Sushant Singh Rajput
Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty is all set to release Samanantar an anthology of 4 stories set in Bihar directed by the talented Niraj Mishra. Says Resul, “When I read Niraj Mishra’s script I was completely bowled over. I had to produce this anthology. It is my tribute to Sushant Singh Rajput. It breaks the stereotypical image of Bihar and Biharis.” ‘SAMANANTAR’ comes from Hindi and Sanskrit language, it means 'the parallel', and metaphorically that’s what this film is all about. How does the unknown force of the parallel realm start mani | Click Here...
In no way has Bollywood been unkind to me: Resul Pookutty
Refuting claims that he was a victim of the clannish gang-like attitude of the Mumbai film industry Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty who earlier seemed to claim that his Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire deterred the Mumbai film industry from giving him work, says Bollywood has been very kind to him. Says Resul, “In no way has Bollywood been unkind to me. Not at all. They have given me wings to fly. All my early experiment and thought process to formulate an idea of a “Sound Designer” in films originated and practiced in Hindi cinema with very sensitive ar | Click Here...