Resul Pookutty (born 30 May 1971) is an Indian film sound designer, sound editor and audio mixer.
He won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing, along with Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp, for Slumdog Millionaire.
Pookutty has worked in Hindi, Tamil, and Malayalam languages in addition to British films.
Born into a family in Vilakkupara, near Anchal about 40 km from Kollam, Kerala, India.
He was the youngest of eight children.
His father was a private bus ticket checker.
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.
1987
He did his bachelor's degree in physics from Milad-E-Sherief Memorial College, Kayamkulam during 1987–1990.
He joined Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram for studying Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree, however, he was unable to complete it.
1995
In 1995, he graduated from Film and Television Institute of India in Pune.
1997
Pookutty made his debut in sound design with the 1997 film Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One, directed by Rajat Kapoor.
2004
He subsequently engineered sound for major productions like Musafir (2004), Zinda (2006), Traffic Signal (2007), Gandhi, My Father (2007), Saawariya (2007), Dus Kahaniyaan, Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (2009) and Enthiran (2010).
Pookutty is married to Shadia.
They have two children.
2005
He got his big break with the critically acclaimed 2005 film Black, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
2012
He wrote the remaining LLB exam papers and enrolled as an advocate in 2012.
Pookutty said that it was his father's desire to make him an advocate.
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."
