Speech…..
25 02 2009This is unbelievable. We can’t believe this. Ladies and gentlemen… sorry… I share the stage with two magicians, you know, who created the very ordinary sounds of Bombay, the cacophony of Bombay, into a soul-stirring, artful resonance called SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
I come from a country and a civilization that gave the universal word. ”.That word is preceded by silence, followed by more silence. That word is “Om.” So I dedicate this award to my country. Thank you Academy, this is not just a sound award, this is history being handed over to me. My sincere and deepest gratitude to my teachers, Danny Boyle, Christian Colson, Paul Ritchie, Pravesh… and everybody who has contributed to this film, Glenn Freemantle and all the sound mixers. I dedicate this to you guys. Thank you, Academy. Thank you very much.” … Resul Pookutty
I am from Kochi. We, so many in Kochi, were excited to see u on the Oscar stage ,u being a Keralite.But u made us stunned with your beatiful speech there.You grew very high as ‘vamana’ in a split of seconds through your words. U became a true Indian ,no,World citizen.Ofcourse u should have felt the power of OM more than many of us,u being a sound engineer.
I am a representative of Antharashtra pusthakothsava samithi.We wish to honour u at the Town Hall, Kochi at your convinient date.You can visit ‘book fest kochi.org ‘to know about us.It will be a privilage to us to host u.
Thank you.