New Delhi (PTI): Buoyed by the BAFTA win and the Cinema Audio Society (CAS) award for best sound mixing, Resul Pookutty of the 'Slumdog Millionaire' team is heading to Los Angeles and just wants to be "there and enjoy" the Oscar ceremony.
"Winning an Oscar nomination (for 'Slumdog Millionaire') is the highest honour any sound engineer can get," Pokutty said. "Winning or losing does not matter much though people are saying I have a great chance of winning. I just want to go there and enjoy," he said. Pokutty, earlier, this week became the first Indian to win CAS award. The award was presented to him along with re-recording mixers Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke in Los Angeles during the 45th Annual Awards ceremony of CAS. "This award is from the Guild as its a great honour. This is one of the biggest honour I can ever get," he said. The CAS consists of over 550 sound mixers and associates from the film and television industries. Pokutty feels that Rahman has a great chance of winning an Oscar. "He has a great chance of winning," he said. Pokutty's colleagues at his Mumbai studio are just excited. "With his winning the CAS award, there is more than 70 per cent chance that he will bag the Oscar," said sound designer Amrit Pritam, who is an associate recordist for the Hindi version of 'Slumdog Millionaire'. Pookutty, grew up in a small village of Vilakkupara in Kollam district of Kerala and came to Mumbai after graduating from FTII, Pune. His debut film was Rajat Kapoor's 'Private Detective' in 1997. His work in 'Gandhi My Father' and 'Ghajini' won critical acclaim. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200902201761.htm
