Think in your own mother tongue, says Resul Pookutty

IIK Staff Reporter; Photo: Anwar Sadath Thalasserry

Sunday, December 4, 2016

"Children should be able to think in their mother tongue", said Oscar winning Indian film sound designer Mr Resul Pookutty. "Today our children talk in English and Hindi without any difficulty, but for the real growth of creativity, the thoughts should flow in one's own mother tongue", he said. Resul Pookutty was in Kuwait to participate in the Mega Indian school fest organized by Indian Community School, Kuwait. Community school Senior principal Dr Binumon and school management committee member Mr Vinu Nair also were present with him during the media interaction.

Sound engineering is not just a technical jargon. One should understand the cinema to understand the sound, Resul Pookutty said. After the Oscar award came to India for sound engineering, many sound institutes popped up across the country offering various courses in sound engineering. But one should not be carried away with the advertisement, he cautioned. "I should be able to impart the students whatever I achieved. Otherwise there is no point in starting an institution, he said in reply to a question about starting sound institute of his own. People realized that the sound engineering exists in Indian cinema after 2009, Resul pookutty said.

Today when we are complaining about the fall of film industry, we are happily forgetting the fact that we are not giving any infrastructure development for the industry. Today the theaters in our country are all either getting converted to auditorium or marriage halls and the rest are making it as multiplexes. This phenomenon makes it difficult for common man to watch a good film. New screens are not adding up in our country, he said.



Never give up in your run for success, he reminded todays youngsters. Creating the perfect sound for a movie requires a lot of technical understanding, the Academy award-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty said. Resul has been associated with Indian as well as international films, ranging from Highway, Ra.One to Slumdog Millionaire. The acclaimed sound designer feels Hollywood biggies make huge money here without shooting in the country and if Indian filmmakers don’t pull up their socks, the industry will be “doomed.”

“These films are taking away the resources from this country without spending a single penny on making that film. It is high time that Indian filmmakers who want our film industry to survive, to look at this aspect and change our filmmaking to a different level.” “People today are exposed to first-rate content. They are going to compare our product with what is coming out in the west. If we are not able to consolidate our domestic market, we will be doomed as an industry in the next ten years.” For Resul Pookutty, all his international recognition came for the work he has done in India.

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