Resul Autobiography Strikes Top Note!

A humble boy from Kerala goes on to make the right sounds… hah, quite literally… and soars to the global spotlight, winning an Oscar, no less!

Resul Pookutty, Academy award winner for 'Slumdog Millionaire' ('Best Sound Mixing'), earned collective media hype as 'Shabdathapadham' (meaning 'in the way of the sound track'), his autobiography in Malayalam, penned by Baiju Natarjan, was released by His Excellency Shri K. Sankaranarayanan, Governor of Maharashtra, at a scintillating event convened at a famed five star hotel in Mumbai.

The 'Mozart of Madras', A R Rahman bagged the privilege of receiving the premier copy from the hands of the Governor, even as eminent lyricist Gulzar looked on fondly.

The autobio, running into 53 chapters, traces Resul's journey from his early childhood days in the pristine surroundings of Kerala, studying under the lights of kerosene lamps in a remote hamlet, to studying law and ending up at the Film and Television Institute of India. Besides, the book also delves into the realms of cinema and sound, and spotlights his encounters with the legends of cinema.

Expectedly, it also looks at the one event that changed Resul's life forever. The glittering Oscar night at the Kodak theatre in Los Angeles and the mounting euphoria that it set off..

Says Pookutty, "I'm not sure whether this is an autobiography, travelogue, reference book or something else. For me, it is the journey of an ordinary man thrown into extraordinary situations."

Incidentally, this is the first time that an Oscar award winner in India has unveiled his autobiography, and it's English version is on the anvil too.

Besides, Resul Pookutty is all set to kickstart an author signing tour in Kerala, a unique happening and a first for any book published in Malayalam.

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