Background
His father was a private bus ticket checker.
His father was a private bus ticket checker.
He is a 1995 graduate from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and later in 2014 June he wrote the remaining Bachelor of Laws exam papers at Thiruvananthapuram Government.law college.And he said that it was Resul"s father"s desire to make him an advocate.
He has worked in Hollywood, Hindi cinema, Tamil cinema and Malayalam Cinema. Born in a family in Vilakkupara, near Anchal about 40 km from Kollam, Kerala. He was the youngest of eight children born to an impoverished family.
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 did his bachelor"s degree in physics from Master of Science in Management College, Kayamkulam in 1987-1990. He pursued a career in law from Government.Law college Thiruvananthapuram.
However, he was unable to complete lieutenant 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).
2016: Golden Reel award the best sound for documentary 2012: Zee Cine Award for Best Sound Design for his work in Ra.One. 2010: National Film Award for Best Audiography for his work in Pazhassi Raja 2010: Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Letters ) by Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit 2010: Padma Shri by Government of India 2009: Asianet Film - Special Honour Jury Award 2009: Chakkulathamma Swaravarsha Award 2009: Bahadoor Award 2009: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing along with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke for his work in Slumdog Millionaire. 2009: British Academy of Film and Television Arts 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.
