‘Sanjay Leela Bhansali said he was scared of me during the shooting of Black’: Resul Pookutty

Resul got a reply from the director after the release of the film, which went on to become a huge hit. “I have been trying to answer your question for the last two years. I don’t know why. Maybe, I am from a village… and it could be the village-boy syndrome. When I met you, when I spoke to you about the film, you were so clear with your ideas. You had so much knowledge about what you do. That scared me. You knew so much about cinema… it should have been a reassurance for me but it scared me. I replied, ‘Thank you so much for your reply. I have moved on with my life.'”

Similarly, Resul recalled the time when Sanjay Leela Bhansali told him that he was scared while working with him in Black (2005). “For example, when I did Black, my first big commercial project… I did enormous work in Black. Even today, when people look at it tell me that it’s a phenomenal work in sound. Black was released, and after two months, Bhansali called me to wish me Happy Eid. Then he told me, ‘You know Resul. In my entire film career, you are the only technician that I was scared of. During the making of the film, I realised every time you were taking the film away from me.’ First, I was shocked. Then I realised that’s the biggest compliment.”