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Born in a family in Kayamkulam , near Anchal about 40 km from Kollam , Kerala . He was the youngest of eight children born to an impoverished family . His father was a private bus ticket checker . Pookutty had to walk 6 km to the nearest school and study in the light of a kerosene lamp as his village had no electricity .
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Born in a family in Kayamkulam , near Anchal about 40 km from Kollam , Kerala . He was the youngest of eight children born to an impoverished family . His father was a private bus ticket checker . Pookutty had to walk 6 km to the nearest school and study in the light of a kerosene lamp as his village had no electricity .

He did his bachelor ’ s degree in physics from MSM College , Kayamkulam in 1987 – 1990 .[ 8 ] He pursued a career in law from Govt . Law college Thiruvananthapuram . However , he was unable to complete it . He is a 1995 graduate from Film and Television Institute of India , Pune , and later in 2014 June he wrote the remaining LLB exam papers at Thiruvananthapuram Govt . law college . And he said that it was Resul ’ s father ’ s desire to make him an advocate .
Pookutty moved to Mumbai after his graduation . He termed it as “ a natural immigration as a graduate of the institute .” He pointed out that “ Ninety-five percent of the technicians of the Mumbai film industry are alumni of FTII , Pune .”[ 4 ] Pookutty made his debut in sound design with the 1997 film Private Detective : Two Plus Two Plus One , directed by Rajat Kapoor . He got his big break with the critically acclaimed 2005 film Black , directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali . He subsequently engineered sound for major productions like Musafir ( 2004 ), Zinda ( 2006 ), Traffic Signal ( 2007 ), Gandhi , My Father ( 2007 ), Saawariya ( 2007 ), Dus Kahaniyaan , Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja ( 2009 ) and Enthiran ( 2010 ).

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