After AR Rahman, sound designer Resul Pookutty says no one gave him work in Bollywood despite winning an Oscar

AR Rahman made a shocking revelation about the Bollywood industry in an interview. As reported by news agency PTI, AR Rahman said that he is not getting enough work in the Hindi film industry because “there is a whole gang working against him”. In an interview with Radio Mirchi, when the music maestro was asked why he doesn’t compose more music for Bollywood movies, he said, “See, I don’t say no to good movies, but I think there is a gang, which, due to misunderstandings, is spreading some false rumours.”

Reacting to AR Rahman’s claim, Shekhar Kapur replied on Twitter, “You know what your problem is @arrahman? You went and got #Oscars. An Oscar is the kiss of death in Bollywood. It proves you have more talent than Bollywood can handle.” Now, Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty also replied to Shekhar’s tweet and wrote, “Dear @shekharkapurask 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…..”

Check his tweet here.

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…. https://t.co/j5CMNWDqqr

— resul pookutty (@resulp) July 26, 2020

He also wrote in another tweet it was Shekhar Kapur who taught him to dream and there were a handful of people who believed in him.

All my post r not seen in my timeline, posting it here again so that it’s not wrongly interpreted.Oscar curse is over, We moved on.I’m also not liking the direction in which the whole nepotism discussion is going. So peace! I’m not blaming anybody fr nt taking me in their films? pic.twitter.com/ldpzSNUlsP

— resul pookutty (@resulp) July 27, 2020

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