Resul Pookutty

A week ago, megastar Amitabh Bachchan wrapped up his next film, Chehre which also stars Emraan Hashmi. The actor gave a 14-minute take in one shot and left the entire crew stunned with his brilliant performance. Oscar-winning sound artiste Resul Pookutty took to his social media to praise the megastar and wrote, Today Amitabh Bachchan marked another history in Indian cinema. Last day, last shot of the first schedule of Chehre he performed a fourteen-minute long submission in one shot and the whole crew stood up and clapped! Dear Sir, undoubtedly you are one of the best in the world. Resul you give me far too much credit than I deserve or am capable of, Amitabh Bachchan responded back. Resul .. you give me far too much credit than I deserve or am capable of .. ???????? https://t.co/wWbQTevPac https://t.co/wWbQTevPac Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) https://twitter.com/SrBachchan/status/1140919983590895617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw June 18, 2019 Producer Anand Pandit said that he is blessed to be a part of the film that has such a historic scene like this. He said Amitabh Bachchan delivered the fourteen minute take with finesse when it can get too difficult. He revealed that after the scene there was pin drop silence which was followed by thunderous applause. The producer added that Big B is legendary and an inspiration to each one of them. Amitabh Bachchan and Emraan Hashmi are coming together for the first time in Rumi Jaffreys mystery thriller Chehre.The film is being produced by Anand Pandit Motion Pictures and Saraswati Entertainment Pvt Ltd and will release on February 21, 2020. ALSO READ: PHOTOS: Amitabh Bachchan and Emraan Hashmi starrer Chehre wraps shoot four days early!

People from all around the country have come forward to contribute to Kerala. Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan , who is known to be at the forefront of admirable causes and charitable initiatives, has reportedly donated his personal belongings for Kerala CMs Distress Relief Fund. The actor has contributed for Kerala Relief coordinated by Resul Pookutty for Kerala CMs Distress Relief Fund. A close source to Mr. Resul Pookutty has said that Mr. Bachchan has not only donated 51 lakhs cash but he has also sent six cartons of his personal clothing including of around 80 jackets, 25 pants, 20 shirts and scarves. The actor has also donated around 40 shoes. With this, Amitabh Bachchan now joins a host of other celebrities who have donated to the Kerala flood relief. Back on the film front, Amitabh Bachchan will next be seen in Ayam Mukherjis Brahmastra alongside Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt.Following this, the veteran megastar will feature in Thugs of Hindostan that also stars Aamir Khan and later in Sujoy Ghosh s Badla alongside Taapsee Pannu and a special appearance in Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy.Also Read: Amitabh Bachchan and Ranbir Kapoor take a break from Brahmastra shooting to watch Tom Cruise starrer Mission: Impossible Fallout

Resul Pookutty is a well-known sound designer who won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for Danny Boyles Slumdog Millionaire.The sound designer recently took to his Facebook to write a withering post about the National Film Awards 2018. For the uninitiated, this year only 11 selected National Award recipients out of 137 received awards from President Ram Nath Kovind. The other recipients were handed over their awards by I&B Minister Smriti Irani. On May 3, the 65th National Film Awards ceremony that was held in New Delhi. Resul Pookutty expressed his dissent over the news of President only honoring 11 recipients. In an elaborate post, he called out the President for not giving the technicians few hours to honour their work. Heres Resul Pookuttys Facebook post: This is the sentiments of an ordinary technician working in the Indian Film Industry. The Hon. President mentioned in His speech at the National Award Ceremony that it is indeed a special moment for each of the 125 Award winners! I do not know if it was special for all of them but Im sure it was special for some of them! Hon. President also mentioned that there are 200,000/ people directly and many more indirectly working in the film industry. Yes that is true most of the people who abstained from the ceremony yesterday consists of the majority of that 200,000.They are the work force they work behind the camera, they carry heavy lights, they carry heavy equipments, they swing booms, they push trolleys, they work more than 18houres a day!. It is their sweat that earns every state Govt its Entertainment Tax- UP charges the highest 60% in addition to the GST @18%, though we are strictly not a service Industry. So in effect we became the highest taxed Industry! When your good office had given time to hand over the National Award to only 11 members out of the 125, it is those smallest people in the whole spectrum got sidelined! Their aspirations and ambition got crushed! Hon.President mentioned in the speech India based Films been successful so foreign studios are coming in, we must encourage every opportunity to celebrate our values. But the real people who took Indias name in the International map of world cinema are those technical force. Starting with V.Santharam who got recognized for Best Sound at Cannes in the early 50s, or Bhanu Athaiya who brought the first competitive Oscar to India or Santhosh Sivan who got recognized by the American Society Of Cinematographers or Resul Pookutty who got Asias first technical Oscar for Sound and many more such exemplary examples exist in our filmic conscience. When your good office chose the last 11 from the list of 125, it is these extraordinary small people who got left out in their national recognition. We learned from the news that the Presidents office was too busy and couldnt have allowed more than one hour. We could have been called back on another day! We would have come back with our own expenditure, in trains or buses,would have stayed in the cheapest lodges to avoid extra burden of repeat call for @MIB,after all we are used to traveling in trains and buses when our stars travel by first class flights, to save productions money. We wouldnt have felt bad. We felt bad because when Your good office chose from the bottom of the list it was only the stars and star elements got picked up! Or those 11 people could have been the young and first time awardees! We would have clapped in joy at Your choice We felt bad because the people who got left out were those raw people, the technicians who are always called first in every award ceremony and edited out in every TV shows. Stars dont care us, business dont care us, we thought our nation would care us!The National Award is our nations highest recognition, being recognized at Hon. Presidents hand is our privilege, our honour and our dream!.But I felt the Nations sentiment got left out in the choices that were made yesterday, for its the technicians who always gets the raw deal!. I plead your forgiveness,for if I have mentioned anything out of line,after all Im one of those sentimental ordinary Indian Film Technician! Also Read: BREAKING: Oscar winner Resul Pookutty to direct Arjun Kapoor starrer Premam remake

Not too long ago, we had reported that Arjun Kapoor is being contemplated as the leading man for the remake of a Malayalam film. The film in question was the coming-of-age romantic drama Premam. And now we hear that Academy award winner Resul Pookutty will turn director with this film. It is a known fact that Resul Pookutty walked away with Oscar award for Best Sound Mixing in Danny Boyles Slumdog Millionaire [2009]. While he has been working with some renowned names since then, we now hear that he has planning on his directorial debut. And he has chosen Premam remake as his debut project. If sources are to be believed, he is excited to work with Arjun Kapoor who has apparently given a nod for the same. Premam is the journey of George from his teenage days to adulthood as he undergoes different phases of love, from friendship to heartbreak, eventually finding his soulmate. The original, that was released in 2015, starred Nivin Pauly in the lead role and was directed by Alphonso Puthren. It also featured three leading ladies, namely, Sai Pallavi, Madonna Sebastian, Anupama Parameswaran. As for the Hindi remake, we hear the makers are yet to finalize the details of the female leads. On the other hand, speaking on the schedule of Arjun Kapoor, he seems to have a packed one since he is currently focusing on Namastey England.Prior to this, he wrapped up Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar , both with Parineeti Chopra.He will also be kick starting the magnum opus Panipat along with Sanjay Dutt Kriti Sanon.And then has signed Raj Kumar Guptas untitled film on a RAW agent. Also Read: Rahul Bhatt is training Arjun Kapoor