Pookutty, first Asian to win Golden Reel Award

Academy Award-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty has made India proud by becoming the first Asian to win the award for best sound for documentary India’s Daughter at the prestigious Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 63rd annual Golden Reel Awards. 

Pookutty, 44, who attended the awards ceremony in Los Angeles, took to Twitter to share his excitement about winning the honour for British documentary maker Leslee Udwin-directed India’s Daughter, made on the Delhi gangrape incident of December 2012, which is banned in India. “I am honoured with the Golden Reel Award for India’s Daughter’. This is an incredible recognition for me as well as for all those who worked in the banned film apart from all those who protested against the brutal killing of Nirbhaya,” Pookutty told PTI from Los Angeles. 

The Oscar-winning sound engineer said he is the first Asian to win the coveted award at the 63rd Golden Reel Award from the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ (MPSE) of US for best sound.