Resul Pookutty Wanted to Win a Physics Nobel Prize

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Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji

Panaji, Nov 27 (IANS): Academy award winner Resul Pookutty wanted to win a Nobel for India in physics, but ended up winning the coveted Oscar instead.

Pookutty, who won the Oscar award for best sound designing for Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire", was speaking to the audience during a 'Masterclass' conducted on the sidelines of the 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) Saturday.

Academy Award winner, sound recordist Resul Pookutty seen during the MASTERCLASS session at the Inox multiplex on the sixth day of the ongoing 41st International Film Festival of India in Panaji on Saturday. Resul Pookutty, who won the Oscar award for best sound designing for Danny Boyle’s ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ confessed to the houseful film delegates,"To be honest I wanted to be a physicist and win a Nobel for India, but I won an Oscar instead. I'm just as happy,"

Film maker Jay Bajaj seen enjoying some timeout soon after the press conference on his film 'The man who saved the Taj Mahal' on the sixth day of the ongoing 41st International Film Festival of India in Panaji on Saturday.

Veteran actor and film maker Amol Palekar seen along with his wife Sandhya Gokhle at the Inox multiplex lounge on the sixth day of the ongoing 41st International Film Festival of India in Panaji on Saturday.

Better late then never...The free transport service for IFFI delegates was started on the sixth day of the ongoing 41st International Film Festival of India in Panaji on Saturday.

The busy help desk at the Inox courtyard on the sixth day of the ongoing 41st International Film Festival of India in Panaji on Saturday.

Delegates seen outside the Inox multiplex on the sixth day of the ongoing 41st International Film Festival of India in Panaji on Saturday.

Noted bollywood actor Rahul Khanna seen during the Red Carpet welcome at the Old GMC on the sixth day of the ongoing 41st International Film Festival of India in Panaji on Saturday. Rahul Khanna walked the Red Carpet for the screening of 'Wake up Sid'.

Noted bollywood and Marathi actor Reema Lagoo seen at the Inox multiplex lounge on the sixth day of the ongoing 41st International Film Festival of India in Panaji on Saturday.

"To be honest I wanted to be a physicist and win a Nobel for India, but I won an Oscar instead. I'm just as happy," Pookutty said.

"I've always loved science and wanted to pursue my studies in physics. Eventually I took up a course in sound engineering. That's when I realised that this is so much more than engineering, and that this is what I love doing and this is what I want to do," he said.

He said festivals like IFFI encouraged a filmmaker to further hone his skills. "Such film festivals have encouraged me and helped bring me up to where I am today. I'm thankful and happy to be in Goa at IFFI again," the master sound designer said.

Pookutty, along with Bollywood actor Boman Irani and filmmaker Govind Nihalani, is conducting Masterclasses at the IFFI campus, where they candidly interact with filmmakers and film buffs, while discussing nuances of cinema-making.