Grand welcome for Resul Pookutty in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 6 (ANI): Resul Pookutty, the triumphant Oscar winner returned home to a rousing welcome in Kerala on Friday.

The State Government accorded him a grand welcome at a function held here.

Pookutty, who hails from Kerala's Kollam district said, "This is a grandeur welcome that anybody can hope to get. I am completely elated. I can't explain. I don't have words."

Pookutty, who won the sound mixing Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire, will be in Kerala till March 13. During this period, he will attend several events across the State.

A programme in his honour will be held at MSM College in Kayamkulam, from where he graduated.

He will also travel to Trissur and Kozhikode for public events.

A. R. Rahman and Pookutty won three Oscars for India as the "Slumdog Millionaire" juggernaut swept the Oscar awards.

"Slumdog Millionaire" is a movie about a young man looking for love and competing for money on the Indian version of the television game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire". (ANI)