Robot Rajni needs software magic

Updated On: 16 December, 2009 10:20 AM IST | | Chetan R

Resul Pookutty brings path-breaking sound processing software to India for the first time for Robot starring Rajnikanth and Aishwarya Rai

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Resul Pookutty brings path-breaking sound processing software to India for the first time for Robot starring Rajnikanth and Aishwarya Rai

Academy award-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty is all set for yet another silver screen wonder as he brings in the path-breaking Kyma sound processing software to India for the first time.

The software will be used to create the voice of Rajnikanth's humanoid character in the much-awaited Rajnikanth-Aishwarya Rai starrer, Robot.

Sound Move: Resul Pookutty with associate Vijay Kumar

Double role

Rajnikanth has a double role in Robot, playing a professor who makes robots and also the professor's creation - a humanoid who is the protagonist in the experimental movie.

The Slumdog Millionaire sound designer will strike a balance between the real Rajnikanth and the humanoid character through Kyma, which will be brought from Hollywood to Pookutty's Canaries Post Sound Studios in Mumbai, where sound processing for Robot will be done.u00a0

"This will be a first for Indian cinema," Resul Pookutty told MiD DAY. "Sound designing will play a vital role in giving life to the humanoid character on which the movie is based."

What's it all about?

The Kyma software, usually used in Hollywood movies, is known for its limitless sound combination and transformation capabilities and boasts multi-channel processing and synthesis modules.

Conventional sound-processing softwares like Protools and Nuendo, which are used in India, do not include these features.