About Resul….
Resul Pookutty was born in a Muslim family in Vilakkupara, Anchal 23 km from Kollam, Kerala. He was the youngest of eight children born to an impoverished family. His father was a private bus conductor, and he had to walk 6 km to the nearest school and studied in the light of the kerosene lamp as their village had no electricity.
He is a 1995 graduate from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
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.”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). In an interview in February 2008, he named Gandhi, My Father as one of his “most emotional(ly) troubled film”. He said “I got emotional. I wept. I was emotionally troubled while mixing the film. There is lot of me in the film. I tried to get a particular texture, its kind of ageing in Gandhi’s voice from his young to old days. We worked on that with actors, in the mixing stages, to get a particular texture which involved lot of multi-micro phoning and multi-track recording and effectively used that.” He described working with Danny Boyle, whom he describes as one of his favourite directors for Slumdog Millionaire as a “completely new experience”. He said “The format was never a concern. Let it be film, let it be video, let it be still camera, the sequence has to be shot. The film was demanding a particular format and not the format was deciding the film. So we shot on many kinds of film cameras, more than fifty percent in digital camera.” He expressed his disappointment on the dearth of recognition for technical work in Bollywood films in the same interview: “Everything is technical excellence, it’s all related to commercial success of the film. That is very, very sad. That only happens in Hindi cinema. Whereas abroad and in Europe, it’s not that. If you have technically fine job, whether the film is a success or not, it is acknowledged by the community and the guild.”
He designed sound for the 2008 blockbuster Ghajini, starring Aamir Khan and directed by Murugadoss. His first major international project Slumdog Millionaire won him an Academy award. His work on the film also won him nation-wide acclaim. During the Jaipur Literature Festival in January 2009, Amitabh Bachchan, whose blog which was allegedly against portrayal of India in Slumdog Millionaire had stirred up a controversy, went on to express his happiness in Pookutty’s nomination:”The sound engineer of this wonderful movie Slumdog Millionaire, Resul, an Indian, has also won a nomination along with [A.R.]Rahman. I am so happy.” In a press meet in Thiruvananthapuram, Pookutty revealed that he had received a call from Bachchan: “One of the first calls I received from Mumbai after the nomination was from Amitabh Bachchan who said he was proud of me being an Indian … I told him, sir, this is a call that millions of Indians long to receive.” Pookutty attributes his achievement to Malayalam films. In his own words, “Sound designing and mixing were never a good production aspect in Bollywood until [the film] Black came. But I grew up watching films in Malayalam like Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Elippathayam and Aravindan’s Kummatti, Pokkuveyil and Thampu where the sublime use of sound represents the cultural context … Devadas and Krishnanunny have done immensely truthful work in these films. My work is an extension of theirs. Their works taught me the art of blending technology with aesthetics.”
congrats resul
Hi Resul,
Many many congratulations.. You have made the name India glitter among the world.. you are the pride of all Malayalees… Please keep the excellent work going.. sky is not the limit….
Well done Resul, Keep it up.
Many congratulations and thanks for making Indians and India proud.
I watched your programme last night ‘The Real Slumdog millonaires’. You looked quite nervous getting ready and in the Merc S class going to the BAFTAs. Your trust in God paid off.
Good luck for your future.
Samar - London
Resul, you have done your country, your village and your family proud with your work, humility and your hear. ‘Jai Ho’ to you my man. We all love you.
Regards, Sree
Congratulations Resul,
We are very proud of you and your achievements in a small community based in New Jersey. This is a well deserved honor bestowed upon you. Please try to guide and inspire our younger generations.
Best Regards,
Gulnaz Hashmi, USA
Congratulations Mr. Resul
Best of luck
dear resul,
u did a spelendid job.
we are all proud of you.
please keep it up,many more awards are waiting for you.
tariq
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u did a spelndid job.plz keep it up.many awards are waiting for you.
Congrats Resul…We are waiting for a malayalam movie with Mammookka ..
Resul,
You have made the nation proud of you. But perhaps your greatest accomplishment is that your achievement will give birth to a new belief and confidence in every Indian
THANK YOU
Resul congrats a lot.
You should thank Allah a lot for this respect and honor. We also thank Allah a lot for this respect and honor given to you and Mr. Allah Rakkha Rahman.
This milestone will help Indians to get better especially the Indain muslims who are getting backwards in each field. A few more people like you can glorify the whole India and the muslim community.
God bless you
hearty congradulations
Congratulations, Resul. I wish you a lot more achievements in the future.
Dear Rasul,
Hearty congradulations…I pray to god to achive more.
Regards,
Bala
Hai,
Congratulations, Thanks for making india glorify among the world.
We are very proud of you and your achievements. You are awaiting
more awards still..
God Bless you,
Jayakrishnan, Pondicherry
My dear rasul……..
Congrats a lot,
I am from your city, Kollam
we are very proud of you and your achievements
Our district and your family proud with your work
You should thank god a lot for this respect and honor.
please keep it up,many more awards are waiting for you.
My Congrts……
Congrats. It’s great you’ve got this recognition. You will go on to inspire many Indians for several generations. Don’t forget to thank God for this wonderful blessing. Even though I didn’t like the film I am proud of you and Rahman. Great going.
Hi there! I’ve been working with resul in Poona, when he just graduated from school. I’m desperately looking for a way to send him a present. Does anybody know, how this could be done? I would be so grateful. All best, Willem
Abhinandan !! ( Congratulations ) Resul ji !!!
Not for just winning an Oscar — but representing true Indian Philosophy , heritage and Culture !!!!
Your words about “Om” really thrilled billions around the globe !!!
Please contact I want to congratulate with you more and want to have personal friendship with you !!!
Dhanyawaad (Thank You)
Rajesh
Dear Resul, Please accept my congratulations on this unique achievement. You have shown what perseverance and sincerity can achieve. Keep up the good work, and may God take you from strength to strength. Sunanda from Chennai, +91-98404-58652, http://www.sunanda.in
Dear Rasool you have made the Country proud by winning the prestigious oscar awrd. God may bless you to scale further heights in your careeer.
Dear Mr. Resul Pookutty,
Congratulations for your winning the Oscar!!
Please do not worry about the Indian cine-field people who did not congratulate you. Jealousy is the BIGGEST Compliment!!
Regards,
manivannan
Dear Rasoolikkka
We are so prod of you. Wat u did in slumdog millionaire was astonishing. You are proud to all the indians, especially the Malayalees. May god bless you in your future!!!!
Congratulations to Mr.Rasool Pookutty. You have made your own contributions in making india a great country . I feel proud of you as well as being an Indian. I am a trainer cum engineer. I used to narrate your stories and all your way to Oscar so as to motivate the many other indians here who can equally or better perform themself for taking the country to still greater heights
With blessing and prayers and all the best wishes for still more achievements
Kesavadas
Hi Resul,
Your humble behavior and attitude towards job is turning out to be the best blend of an Indian.
Regards
Mithun
congrads Resul sir,,,,
i am shajahan from calicut…..
we all proud of you……especialy your speech at kodak theatre…..really appreciabl……..more and more awards are waiting for you……..
proud of you.
thank you……..
Hi Resul,
Congratulations , we all Indians are very proud to have wounderful and simple guy like you winning Oscar. I’ve seen one un necessary comment from Saheer in this site. Please refrain from framing this kind of comments as Resul is the representative of the whole Indians, not from a particular community.
I wish a great future for Resul…Jai Hoh..India
Hi Resul,
- Congrats. Many more awards waiting for you. May god bless you!!
Cheers, Hanifa
Dear Sir, Ethoru malayalikkum….ethoru indiakkaranum abhimanikkavunna prakatanam kazhcha vechcha thankalkku hridayathinte bhashayil ‘abhinandanagal’. Oppam thankal sookshikkunna ‘magnanimity in gestures’….ithellam thaankale jagadeswaran anugrahichittullathinu thelivanu. Oru nalla malayalee enganeyavanam ennu kandu padhikkan iniyulla kuttikalkkenkilum thankal ayirikkum prachodanam ennathu spashtamanu. Speeches of Abraham Lincoln, Vivekanandan, Resul Pookutty are the inspirations to many….for the mankind. Great Sir, Great. Jai Ho….
Jai Ho Resul…..
congrats…
best wishes for coming projects..
Dear Mr Resul
Congratulations!
I hope your remarks at the Oscar, especially about Om, help more and more people of different religions realize that humanity is more than what people make you believe. You are from a rare breed of blessed beings who can understand life beyond the constraints of any creed.
It is a just a pleasure to know that people like you exist.
Thank you.
-BC
Congrats Resul,
An intelligent, humble and true Indian like you deserves more.
God bless you.
regds,
Sanjay.
DEAR RESUL,, U R RGIHT….’THIS IS NOT AN AWARD…. THIS IS A HISTORY HANDED OVER BY YOU…” U MADE US PROUD!!! JAI HO!!!!
Resul:
I’m the PR gal for Blue Sky monitors and have been trying to contact you through our Int’l rep, Vinayak. Congratulations on all your successes! I understand that you may have been using Blue Sky monitors on your projects and if so, we’d love to profile you on our website. Diane Gershuny, dgershuny123@gmail.com; Los Angeles, CA!
Hearty congratulations for your achievement…
Hello Reshul,
I thought the sound in Slumdog millionaire was great, especially with all the hardcuts. And watching the Oscars in Canada with a bunch of people sure made me proud of India! Your speech at the Oscars was really great too. Congrats.
Hope you have many more awards in your career.
Sandeep
i am interested to work with u
hi resul,
may god give you favorable combination of circumstances to felicitate.
purnima
Hi My Dear Friends,
I’m resul pookutty! This is not my official website.But im so happy to see this site.I believe that this is created by some good hearted people to congratulate me.I greatly apreciate this humble gesture!I also value all the comments made by others thinking that they would reach me!.
I just happened to look up on the net for something and i chanbced upon this site!Im in the process of developing my site,
” canariespostsound.com”, i’ll let you all know when its up and running.
It just that in the madness that is going on after the Oscar i hadn’t found anytime to sit with my designers and finalise my site.This site tells me that i should do it soon.But at the same time i thank the guys behind this site for their esteemed support.
I only have one request please do not endorse or advertise anything or anybody on behalf of me.
I would greatly apreciate that restraint gesture.
Once again,Thank a million for all those who wrote,
love and regards,
resul pookutty
Hai @ My Dear RESUL POOKUTTY
I REALLY LOVE YOUR PERFOMANCE………………………………………………………….
Many many congratulations.
I am Riyas Rasheed,Karunagappally from your place.
U MADE US PROUD!!!
we all Indians are very proud to have wounderful and simple guy like you winning Oscar.Thanks for making india glorify among the world.
We are very proud of you and your achievements.Keep up the good work, and may God take you from strength to strength. Keep up the good work, and may God take you from strength to strength. Riyas Rasheed from Karunagappally,Kollam, +91-9745852205,riyaskollaka@gmail.com
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