Resul
expresses
a
sense
of
disappointment
about
the
experience
of
attending
the
Oscars
for
the
second
time.
"I
realized
unless
you're
nominated
there's
no
fun
in
attending
the
Oscars.
This
time
I
was
just
a
spectator
and
to
that
extent
I
got
to
meet
a
lot
of
interesting
people
including
the
best-actress
and
best-director
winners
Sandra
Bullock
and
Katheryn
Bigelow
who
were
absolutely
charming."
Clearly
the
highlight
of
the
evening
for
Resul
was
to
meet
Quentin
Tarantino.
"I
am
an
absolute
fan.
And
I
had
to
tell
him
how
I
liked
his
Inglourious
Basterds.
When
I
spoke
to
him
Quentin
turned
out
to
be
a
great
guy
with
a
warm
sense
of
humour.
He
asked
me
a
lot
of
questions
about
my
work
and
Indian
cinema."
To
his
surprise
Resul
was
recognized
at
the
Oscars
this
year
as
the
guy
who
did
the
sound
for
Slumdog
Millionaire.
Says
Resul,
"A
year
has
passed.
But
the
impact
of
Slumdog
at
the
Oscars
lingered
even
this
year.
That
maybe
because
no
film
this
year
did
a
clean
sweep
at
the
Oscars
like
Slumdog
did
last
year."
On
Friday
Resul
left
for
Oman
where
he
and
the
Big
B
were
going
to
honoured
by
the
government.
Behind
the
much-publicized
visit
to
the
Oscars
this
week
the
maverick
sound
recordist
Resul
Pookutty
had
a
far
bigger
mission
to
accomplish.
On
Wednesday
Resul
closed
the
deal
for
his
second
major
international
film
after
Slumdog
Millionaire
which
is
a
film
starring
the
hot
and
saleable
Joaquin
Phoenix
of
Walk
The
Line
and
Gladiator
fame.
Speaking
from
Manhattan
New
York
on
Thursday
morning
Resul
could
barely
contain
his
excitement.
"It's
my
second
international
film
after
Slumdog.
It
is
an
honour.
I
couldn't
he
happier
because
I
am
doing
a
period
film.
It
is
a
very
special
challenge
because
I've
to
recreate
the
sound
textures
of
New
York
in
1854."
Throwing
more
light
on
the
project
Resul
says,
"It's
an
adaptation
of
a
haunting
thriller
entitled
The
Beautiful
Cigar
Girl
by
Daniel
Stashower.
It
is
based
on
an
eerie
real-life
experience
of
author
Edgar
Allen
Poe
which
happened
just
months
before
his
death.
Joaquin
Phoenix
plays
Edgar
Allen
Poe."
The
film
to
be
directed
by
Henry
Miller
will
be
shot
in
the
US
this
summer
and
Resul
needs
to
wrap
up
all
his
work
in
India
before
he
devotes
three
months
to
the
project.
Story first published: Monday, March 15, 2010, 11:21 [IST]