Bollywood
After AR Rahman, Oscar winner Resul Pookutty opens up on lack of work in Bollywood, "Oscar curse".
Updated : Jul 27, 2020, 04:35 PM IST | Edited by : Riddhima Kanetkar
Resul Pookutty recently opened up about being shunned by the industry after he won as Oscar following working with AR Rahman as a sound designer, editor, and music mixer for Slumdog Millionaire. Now, Kangana Ranaut, who has been vocal about nepotism in Bollywood showed her support for Resul. In a series of tweets, she wrote, "During the release week of Manikarnika when whole industry ganged up on Kangana, @resulp called her in a long conversation for about more than an hour, not only he appreciated the film but spoke about the major emotional & professional crisis he is facing because of Bullying."
In another tweet, Kangana said, "..post his Oscar, Kangana has always known the seriousness of Bullying in Bully-wood but no action was taken back then and now that we have lost a life still we are going in circles, is there any hope for us @PMOIndia? "
For the uninformed, Resul, replying to Shekhar Kapur, had tweeted saying, "Dear @shekharkapur ask me about it, I had gone through near breakdown as nobody was giving me work in Hindi films and regional cinema held me tight after I won the Oscar... There were production houses told me at my face ”we don’t need you” but still I love my industry,for it..."
He continued in his next tweet talking about "Oscar curse" and said, "@shekharkapur ...and much later when I discussed this with my @TheAcademy members friends they told me about #OscarCurse! It’s faced by everybody! I enjoyed going through that phase, when you are on top of the world &when you know people reject you, it’s the biggest reality check!"
Recently, AR Rahman had also opened up on not getting a lot of Hindi films despite being internationally recognised talent. He said there is a gang of people working against him due to which there are misunderstandings and a lot of rumours.