Oscar man Pookutty: the man who studied under kerosene lamp

Los Angeles, Feb 23 (PTI) "Slumdog Millionaire",
undoubtedly has brought the best out of Kerala-born sound
engineer Resul Pookutty besides helping him win an Oscar.

Pookutty has also won a BAFTA and a Cinema Audio
Society (CAS) award for best sound mixing for the film.

Hailing from a small village of Vilakkupara in
Kerala's Kollam district which didn't have electricity, he
studied under a kerosene lamp.

He then went to the Film and Television Institute of
India, Pune from where he graduated in 1995.

The sound designer accepted the Oscar along with
re-recording mixers Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke.

He made his debut in 1997 in Rajat Kapoor's "Private
Detective" and went on to work in films like Sanjay Leela
Bansali's "Black", "Gandhi My Father" and "Ghajini".

His film credits include "Saawariya", "Zinda",
"Musafir" and "Amu".

He won the Zee Cine award for the best Sound Designer
for "Musafir" while he won critical acclaim for his work in
"Black and won all the major awards in India. PTI