Resul Pookutty protests against Oscars over live telecast cuts: The move goes against the Academy’s tenets
2 years, 11 months ago

Resul Pookutty protests against Oscars over live telecast cuts: The move goes against the Academy’s tenets

Hindustan Times  

Oscar-winning sound designer and editor Resul Pookutty is standing up against the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ decision to cut out the sound Oscar from its live telecast. Pookutty, along with several other sound designers, engineers and mixers, has signed a petition protesting the move, and plants to protest silently at the 94th annual Academy Awards on Sunday. Sound engineer Resul Pookutty won an Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire “The filmmaking community is an egalitarian society. If such a body takes up a decision, without it being ratified by the Board of Governors, it is a decision that goes against the whole tenets of the academy itself.” Here, Pookutty, who won an Oscar for his work on Slumdog Millionaire, mentions that the decision of handing out awards for eight categories such as — Documentary Short, Sound, Film Editing, Make-up and Hairstyling, Original Score, Production Design, Animated Short, Live Action Short — before the live telecast is driven by the pressure by the ABC, the official broadcasters of the ceremony.

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Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty responds to criticism of Suriya's Kanguva being loud: ‘Who is to blame?’
4 months ago

Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty responds to criticism of Suriya's Kanguva being loud: ‘Who is to blame?’

Hindustan Times  

Sound designer Resul Pookutty, who has won an Oscar and a BAFTA for sound mixing, responded to criticism that Siva’s Kanguva was ‘loud’. ‘Our craft caught up in loudness’ Resul posted a screengrab of India Today calling Kanguva ‘one of the loudest films in theatres’ on his Instagram. !” Resul added that it’s time for the film fraternity to put …

After AR Rahman, Oscar-winning Resul Pookutty opens up about rejection in Bollywood, regional cinema
4 years, 7 months ago

After AR Rahman, Oscar-winning Resul Pookutty opens up about rejection in Bollywood, regional cinema

India TV News  

The whole country came as a shock when Oscar-winning music director AR Rahman opened up about a gang, which, due to misunderstandings, is spreading some false rumours. And now another Oscar-winning sound mixer and designer Resul Pookutty has opened up about lack of work in not just in Bollywood but also in the regional film industry despite winning the award. …

Resul Pookutty says no one gave him work in Hindi films after Oscar win: ‘I had gone through a near breakdown’
4 years, 7 months ago

Resul Pookutty says no one gave him work in Hindi films after Oscar win: ‘I had gone through a near breakdown’

Hindustan Times  

After AR Rahman spoke on how a ‘gang’ was sabotaging him in the Hindi film industry, sound designer and editor Resul Pookutty has said he was also shunned by Hindi cinema after he won an Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire. Replying to a Shekar Kapur tweet where the filmmaker said Rahman’s fault was that he won an Oscar, Resul said, “Dear …

Resul Pookutty: Nobody was giving me work in Hindi films after I won the Oscar
4 years, 7 months ago

Resul Pookutty: Nobody was giving me work in Hindi films after I won the Oscar

India Today  

Oscar-Award winning sound engineer Resul Pookutty, in his latest tweet, alleged that he has not been receiving any work from Hindi film industry especially after winning an Oscar. Shekhar Kapur said that an Oscar is the kiss of death in Bollywood and receiving one probably proves that AR Rahman has more talent than Bollywood can handle. Resul wrote, "Dear @shekharkapur …

Oscar winning sound designer Resul Pookutty dons the director\'s hat
4 years, 8 months ago

Oscar winning sound designer Resul Pookutty dons the director\'s hat

Deccan Chronicle  

Resul Pookutty, the Indian film sound designer, sound editor and audio mixer most well-known since his Oscar win for the 2009-film Slumdog Millionaire, has decided to make his directorial debut, under the banner of his own production company. “Two years ago, when I was researching a couple of stories I wanted to put on an OTT, I chanced upon Baba …

Academy Award winner Resul Pookutty to produce a film on runaway children, reveals script is in process
5 years, 2 months ago

Academy Award winner Resul Pookutty to produce a film on runaway children, reveals script is in process

Firstpost  

Oscar-winning sound engineer Resul Pookutty said he is planning to produce a film on runaway children in India, which will be ready by next year. Oscar-winning sound engineer Resul Pookutty on Saturday said he is planning to produce a film on runaway children in India, which will be ready by next year. I decided to make a film on the …

Resul Pookutty:Why can’t actors learn their lines?
7 years, 4 months ago

Resul Pookutty:Why can’t actors learn their lines?

The Hindu  

It’s not often that you see an Oscar winner iron his own shirt before an interview. Oru Kadhai Sollatuma, about a sound designer’s pursuit to record the sounds of the Thrissur Pooram, cannot be imagined with anyone else. Film sound wouldn’t have been understood the way it is now being, without the win. The valet of a superstar gets paid …

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