FTII celebrates alumni Resul's Oscar triumph

The winner for sound mixing studied sound recording and sound design at the Film and Television Institute of Indiau00a0 in 1992

THE atmosphere was jubilant atmosphere at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). Their alumni, Resul Pookutty, who studied sound recording and sound design, received an Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire for sound mixing yesterday. "We are all happy and feel so proud of Resul," said FTII Director Pankaj Rag.



"I was certain that Resul would win and he did," Rag told MiD DAY. This historic win is expected to give a boost to the flow of students to the institute. Many students mayu00a0 now opt for the sound designing and sound-mixing course at FTII, he said.
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FTII felicitation

Sound designing and mixing is a highly technical area that requires specialised skills. This work is always done behind the scenes, but it is equally important like other departments of filmmaking. "With Resul getting an Oscar for sound mixing, such a specialisation will be considered prestigious henceforth," Rag remarked. FTII plans to felicitate Resul soon.
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Resul is an alumni of the 1992 batch, who studiedu00a0 sound mixing and sound recording, which is now called Audiography. He made his first film, Ek Ajnabi, as a sound recordist in 1994, which was shown at the Madrid Experimental Cinema Week at Spain.
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Resul's earlier film Vidambana was also acclaimed for his technical excellence. His work in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Black, Saawariya and till recently in Aamir Khan's Ghajini have all been appreciated.

'Done us proud'

Anwar Shamsuddin, a relative of Resul who is also an FTII student said, "I feel so proud and happy." Anwar is also from Resul's village Vilakkupara in Kerala's Kollam district. Anwar remembers the days when Resul used to walk to school, eight km away from his house. He studied in a village, which did not have electricity.
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Tanmay Basu, a second year Audiography student, said that the sound effects in Slumdog Millionaire are amazing. "Resul has captured the rustic sounds of the Mumbai slums so well," he said.

Party time

FTII has around 15 to 20 students from Kerala, who were ecstatic yesterday and even sang Kerala's traditional romantic song Kallai Kadavtte Kandannu Midale. They even wore the traditional mundu in the campus