AN Oscar winner who worked on the hit film Slumdog Millionaire yesterday spoke of his desire to share his success with the poor people of India.
Sound designer Resul Pookutty is in Bahrain to preside over the induction of Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam's (BKS) new executive committee tonight.
However, while he is not working in Bollywood he finds time to oversee the Resul Pookutty Foundation, which he founded to provide green developments and healthcare to villages in India.
Out of the 3,000 surgeries performed, 300 were offered for free to the poor.
"Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan donated 1.1 million rupees (BD9,336) towards the charity.
"He has also been very supportive of our scholarship programme as well," Mr Pookutty told a Press conference at the BKS.
"The programme sponsors an underprivileged child to study at filmmaking institutes in India, which costs $5,000 (BD1,885) for three years.
"We also have plans in the pipeline to adopt a village in the western Indian state of Maharashtra," Mr Pookutty added.
He also revealed that while he was at college, a poster of British cult film classic Trainspotting adorned his wall and he never expected to one day work with its director Danny Boyle - the man behind Slumdog Millionaire.
"I had the poster of his film Trainspotting on my wall in my college days and I was very overwhelmed with the offer (to work on Slumdog Millionaire) and I signed up immediately." Mr Pookutty landed the Oscar for best sound mixing for his work on Slumdog Millionaire, which collected eight Academy Awards in 2008.
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'Slumdog Millionaire' designer on charity mission', Gulf Daily News, April 16, 2010, Jennifer Gnana
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