Oscar-winning sound engineer, Resul Pookutty says he haddifficulty finding work in Bollywood after winning the Academy Award, but isglad that the Oscar Curse is over.
Pookutty's contention comes in the wake of Shekhar Kapur'stweet to Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman, telling the musician that the Hindifilm industry refused to give him work because he had won an Academy Award,which proved "you have more talent than Bollywood can handle".
Kapur had tweeted to Rahman after the latter said there wasa gang in Bollywood that refused to let him in by spreading rumours about him inthe industry.
Opening up about his struggles, Pookutty tweeted to lookback at the time when he was nearing a "breakdown".
"Dear @shekharkapur, ask me about it, I had gonethrough near breakdown as nobody was giving me work in Hindi films and regionalcinema held me tight after I won the Oscar... There were production houses toldme at my face "we don't need you" but still I love my industry, forit," he tweeted.
Pookutty's post was a response to filmmaker Shekhar Kapur'stweet reading: "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 moretalent than Bollywood can handle."
The sound engineer added that he could have moved toHollywood but he did not.
"My work in India won me the Oscar. I got nominated sixtimes for MPSE and won too... There will always be people to run you down but Ihave far more faith in my people than anybody else," he shared.
Pookutty went on to describe his experience as a result ofthe ‘Oscar Curse'.
"And much later when I discussed this with my Academymembers friends, they told me about Oscar Curse. It's faced by everybody. Ienjoyed going through that phase, when you are on top of the world and peoplereject you, it's the biggest reality check," he explained.
He continued: "Oscar curse is over, We moved on. I'malso not liking the direction in which the whole nepotism discussion is going.So peace! I'm not blaming anybody for not taking me in their films."