The Sound Story Explained

The Sound Story
Director:Prasad Prabhakar
Producer:Rajeev Panakkal
Screenplay:Prasad Prabhakar
Starring:Resul Pookutty
Music:Songs:
Rahul Raj
Score:
Sharreth
Cinematography:Neil D'Cunha
Editing:Unni Malayil
Antony
Studio:Palmstone Multimedia
Prasad Prabhakar Productions
Distributor:Sony Pictures Entertainment Films India
Country:India
Language:Malayalam

The Sound Story is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by Prasad Prabhakar, starring sound designer Resul Pookutty in the lead role, marking his acting debut.[1] The films narrates the story of a sound designer who strives hard to realize his dream of recording all the sounds of the Thrissur Pooram. The film was released on 5 April 2019.[2] The film also contains Tamil, English and Urdu dialogues/lyrics.[3] The film was dubbed and released in Hindi under the same title and in Tamil as Oru Kadhai Sollattuma.[4]

Cast

Production

The project was initially planned as a documentary about the temple festival Thrissur Pooram, it later evolved into a feature film about a sound engineer's endeavor to record the sounds of the event for the visually impaired people.[5] After a four-month long pre-production, over 80 technicians from Hollywood and India worked on capturing the sounds of the Pooram festival featuring 300 artists and crowd, live.[6] [7] Filming was completed in 17 days.[5]

Soundtrack

The original songs of the movie are composed by Rahul Raj. The audio rights have been acquired by Sony Music India.[2]

A. R. Rahman launched the audio along with director S. Shankar on 12 November 2017.[8] Rahul Raj had to be in Berklee, Spain in October 2018. Realizing he would not have the time to complete the background score, he opted out. Composer Sharreth was thus brought in to do the background score.

Release

The film was released on 5 April 2019.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The sound hunter. .
  2. Web site: Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty makes acting debut. 4 November 2017.
  3. Web site: The Sound Story Review: A documentary-type film that is let down by its over-the-top backstory . .
  4. Web site: Oru Kadhai Sollattuma: Oscar winner Resul Pookutty to make acting debut — India Live Today Movies. 2 November 2017.
  5. News: Shrijith. Sajin. We shot 'The Sound Story' without a script: Resul Pookuttyl. 17 April 2019. The New Indian Express. 28 March 2019.
  6. Web site: Oscar award winning Resul Pookutty to turn actor in Oru kadhai Sollattuma — Tamil Movie News — IndiaGlitz. 31 October 2017.
  7. Web site: ஆஸ்கர் நாயகன் ரசூல் பூக்குட்டி நாயகனாக நடிக்கும் படம் - 4 மொழிகளில் ரிலீஸ். 2 November 2017.
  8. Web site: AR Rahman and Shankar to attend Oru Kadhai Sollattumaa audio launch. 8 November 2017.
  9. Web site: Mera Naam Shaji, The Sound Story release today (April 5). https://web.archive.org/web/20190406044212/http://www.sify.com/movies/mera-naam-shaji-the-sound-story-release-today-april-5-news-malayalam-tefk70jeiijfc.html. dead. 6 April 2019. Sify. 17 April 2019. 5 April 2019.