Oscar and BAFTA profitable sound mixer and designer Resul Pookutty and the award profitable ‘Dollu’ film’s sound designer Nithin Lukose alleged that the nationwide jury has erred whereas conferring “Nationwide Award” within the class of Greatest Location Sound Recordist (for sync sound movies solely) for ‘Dollu’ film.
They claimed that the sound was recorded for ‘Dollu’ film and it was not a sync soundtrack (recorded stay throughout shoot). The feedback have stirred an argument because the famend technicians questioned the aptitude of the jury members for failing to tell apart between dubbing and sync sound.
In the meantime, the movie staff maintained that the entry type for the class didn’t have any specification whether or not the soundtrack was synced or dubbed and work was not labeled. Three engineers have been nominated for location sound recordist, sound designer and re-recordist as per the requirement of the nominations.
The movie staff additionally clarified that they by no means claimed that their film to be a sync recorded soundtrack and so they have additionally approached the award jury for the clarification. The staff claimed that they needed to spend Rs 15 lakh extra for recording the sound of drums.
Resul Pookutty acknowledged that the movie (Dollu) that received the Sync Sound Recording on the Nationwide Awards will not be even a sync sound movie, it is a dubbed movie. He additional acknowledged that it’s confirmed by the sound designer of the movie Nithin Lukose.
Nithin Lukose acknowledged: “I do not know what occurred behind the curtains of the Nationwide Award picks and its procedures, however I pity the judgment of the jury who could not differentiate between a dub and a sync sound movie, claiming to be consultants.”