Resul Pookutty is on an all time high. Recently, the Academy Award winner sound engineer was awarded the Chakkulathamma Swaravarsha Puraskaram by the temple trust at Chakkulathukavu Bhagavathy Temple. The award contains a memento, a citation and a cheque of Rs. 25,001. Pookutty was overjoyed on receiving the award, which was given to him by the chief priest of the temple. Read Full Story
It was the day of the Slumdog at the Oscars! Out of the ten Oscars that it was nominated for, Slumdog Millionaire swept eight Oscars, which included two Oscars for music maestro A R Rahman, Best Director for Danny Boyle and Best Sound Mixing for India's Resul Pookutty. The film opened its Oscar account by winning in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for Simon Beaufoy. After that, there was no looking back as the film went on a dream run to win awards in Film Editing for Chris... Read Full Story
Today the sound technology has drawn-out ostentatiously across all standards. As a matter of fact, general audiences indeed have gained are brimmed with profound knowledge about the technical aspect. Well, it’s something we hear straight from the shoulders of academy award winner Resul Pookutty, who clearly adds that he feels bit disappointed over some theatres not equipped with good sound systems. Says Resul: ‘I had to go through many reports that audiences aren’t satisfied with the sound... Read Full Story
A.R.Rahman has always been good with the music and he was well known and respected ever since he started his career as music director in movies. He won a National Award even for his first movie as a music director "Roja " and since then he has never looked back. And now as we all know after winning two Oscars in the same year, he has shown the world what he has got ?? But the part of Rahman is not just his music but the beautiful, generous and proudless personality that he possesses... Read Full Story
Marking an ambitious feat with academy awards, Resul Pookutty has been witnessing great change in his life. In spite of spelling the stupendous works in ‘Black’ and ‘Gandhi My Father’, he won more laurels with his ‘Slumdog Millionaire’… Now the master of sound has got his hands full with best offers.Says Resul: ‘I am more gleeful and bit tensed as well with people have started expecting a lot from me. BLUE has won me critical appreciations for the live recordings we performed at underwater... Read Full Story
India not sending right movies for Oscar nominations: Pookutty
While talking to the media in Chennai, Oscar-winning sound technician Resul Pookutty, who is part of the elite 6,000 member organization in Academy of Motion Pictures that chooses Oscar winners, stated that the Film Federation of India is not nominating the right movies for the Oscars.
'Why are we not figuring in the foreign film category is a good question we should ask filmmakers of the country. Why are we falling behind? We... Read Full Story
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Resul Pookutty won a Sound Mixing Oscar for his work on Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" on Sunday, capping an impressive tally of eight trophies for the rags-to-riches romance set in Mumbai's slums. Pookutty, who shared the award with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke, joined a select group of Indians to have won an Academy Award. Read Full Story
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Resul Pookutty won a Sound Mixing Oscar for his work on Danny Boyle's " Slumdog Millionaire " on Sunday, capping an impressive tally of eight trophies for the rags-to-riches romance set in Mumbai's slums. Pookutty, who shared the award with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke , joined a select group of Indians to have won an Academy Award.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Resul Pookutty won a Sound Mixing Oscar for his work on Danny Boyle's " Slumdog Millionaire " on Sunday, capping an impressive tally of eight trophies for the rags-to-riches romance set in Mumbai's slums. Pookutty, who shared the award with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke , joined a select group of Indians to have won an Academy Award.
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150 Vehicles Welcomes Resul Pookutty In Kerala March 7th, 2009 A grand welcome awaits Oscar winner Resul Pookutty , who will arrive here Friday. A cavalcade of over 100 vehicles will take him to his village, where a reception will be hosted in his honour - the first of a series of felicitation events in Kerala for the Mumbai-based sound technician. "Every villager is excited about Resul coming here. More than 150 vehicles will be at the airport to bring him home," Pookutty’s brother Byju P.T... Read Full Story
