Resul Pookutty comes full circle , finally joining a talented team to make a movie in his mother tongue Malayalam for the first time.

Malayalam producer Sree Gokulam Gopalan and his son Praveen, makers of superstar Mammootty’s biopic magnum opus historical film Pazhassi Raja, directed by ace director Hariharan, held a press meet to announce that Oscar-winning sound specialist Resul Pookutty has joined the crew to provide sound for this Rs. 25 crore mega project

Resul is doing ‘Pazhassi Raja‘, which will be his first film in his mother tongue as well as the first in south India. He will be doing the post-sound work for the film and is very excited about the project as it is an amazing film. It is also one of the very big-budget films in Malayalam cinema,” Pookutty’s manager Baiju confirmed.

The 39-year-old started his career in Bollywood in 1995 with Rajat Kapur’s Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One that never saw the light of day. He then went on to design sounds for films like Black (2005), Traffic Signal (2007), Saawariya (2007) and Ghajini (2008) before bagging an Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire.
Directed by Hariharan, the film’s screenplay is written by renowned writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair and music by Ilaiyaraaja.
It stars southern superstars Mamootty and Sarath Kumar and actresses Kanihaa and Padmapriya in the lead. The film will be released in five languages - Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, English and Hindi.
Resul Pookutty, who won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for Slumdog Millionaire, voluntarily opted to work for the film after watching Pazhassi Raja’s post production work in Chennai. Resul is said to have been highly impressed by the film.

“For me, it is an emotional moment to be part of a M.T. Vasudevan Nair-Hariharan-Mammootty project. Right from my schooldays in Kollam, I have been seeing their films and loved Vadakkan Veeragatha. Hariharan showed me some rushes of Pazhassi Raja, which impressed me and looked well crafted, which made me take up the assignment,” Resul Pookutty was quoted as saying.