About Resul Pookutty

Resul Pookutty

Resul Pookutty ((born 1971) is an Academy Award and BAFTA Award winning Indian film sound designer, sound editor and mixer. He won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for the film Slumdog Millionaire. He has worked for Hollywood, Bollywood and Malayalam film industries.

Early life and background

Resul Pookutty was born in a Muslim family in Vilakkupara, Anchal 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.

He is a 1995 graduate from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.

Awards

* 2009 : Honorary Doctorate or D.Litt by Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady
* 2009: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing along with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke for
his work in Slumdog Millionaire.
* 2009: BAFTA Award for Best Sound along with Glenn Freemantle, Richard Pryke, Tom
Sayers and Ian Tapp for his work in Slumdog Millionaire.[
* 2005: Zee Cine Award for Best Audiography for his work in Musafir.