Resul Pookutty

Resul Pookutty is the kind of artist I love to champion. From a small village in Kollam to an Academy Award for Slumdog Millionaire, he proved that sound design is real authorship, not background plumbing. The fact that he works fluidly across Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam and British cinema shows a craftsman who treats every language and texture as its own challenge. A film lives or dies on the atmosphere its mixer builds, and Pookutty, also a Padma Shri honoree, is one of those unsung heroes shaping how we feel a scene before we even notice. He has my deep respect.

Name (English)

Resul Pookutty

Name (Japanese)

レスル・プークティ

Reading

れする・ぷーくてぃ

Born

May 30, 1971 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Boar

Origin

Vilakkupara, Kollam district, India

Occupation

audio engineer / engineer / film director

Awards & achievements

• 2009 Academy Award for Best Sound
• Padma Shri in arts

• Official sitehttps://www.canariespostsound.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resul%20Pookutty
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3521551

Tags

• Kollam district
• audio engineer
• engineer
• film director

Last updated

2026-06-24

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.