I Have No Plans To Direct A Film-Resul Pookutty

Oscar-winning film technician Resul Pookutty Wednesday said he has no plans of directing a film.

"I have no plans to direct a Malayalam film. I will continue to do the job I know the best and there will be no change in my profession," Pookutty told reporters here.

Pookutty along with Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for "Slumdog Millionaire" last year.

This year he has been invited to be on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the roster of voting members. He is among 135 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures.

"This shows that Asian talent is getting wider recognition and that is a great achievement," said Pookutty.

Pookutty, 37, who hails from Anchal, about 50 km from the state capital Thiruvananthapuram, is currently busy dubbing and mixing sound for "Endhiran", a Tamil science-fiction film directed by S. Shankar.

The film stars Rajnikanth and Aishwarya Rai in the lead roles.

Oscar Winner Resul Pookutty Released His Auto Biography In Malayalam

Resul Pookutty, the first Indian sound engineer to win an Oscar, has just released his auto biography in Malayalam. The book is called Shabdatharapadham (The Sound of Milky Way).

Talking about the book, he said, “I laughed at the thought when Penguin asked me to write a book on myself. I never thought there will be a book on my life. But then I realized that I can talk about music and how it is my passion, and I can talk about cinema too,” said Pookutty at the book's release.

Resul has written the book with the help of Baiju Natarajan, and he said, “Baiju recorded everything I told him, and then we wrote the book. I call him the second Resul because he knows me very well, and has been with me for a long time."

Resul says he loves cinema so much that he might even make a movie himself.

“I am very much passionate about film-making, and I even have a script ready. If you ask me to direct tomorrow, I will direct it. But I am also happy with my career as a sound engineer, so let me grow in that first, and then turn to direction."

So, which star does Resul hope to cast in his film when he finally makes it? Amitabh Bachchan, of course. "He's my favourite, and nobody can act like him," says Resul.