Resul Pookutty became first Asian to win Golden Reel Award

On 27 February 2016 Famous sound designer ResulPookutty became the first Asian to win the award for Best Sound for documentary India’s Daughter.
•    He won this award at the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ (MPSE) 63rd annual Golden Reel Awards.
•    Other competitions in the list included Beware Baltimore, Chef’s Table, Deadliest Catch, and The Undrafted, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Revenant and many others.
•    Pookutty made his debut in sound design with the 1997 film Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One, directed by Rajat Kapoor.
•    He got his big break with the critically acclaimed 2005 film Black.
•    In 2009, he, along with Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp, won the Academy Award for 

Best Sound Mixing for Slumdog Millionaire.
•    Motion Picture Sound Editors was founded in 1953.
•    It is an honorary society of motion picture sound editors.
•    Each year the MPSE presents The Golden Reel Awards, acknowledging year's best work in the various areas of sound editing.