Sanal George is an

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who is based in

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. He is the recipient of the 65th National Film Award of India for Best Sound Design for the feature film ''Walking with the Wind''. He was also awarded the Asian Film Academy fellowship in 2013 as part of the

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. Sanal was awarded the Kerala State Television Award 2016 for the

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''Chaver''.

Early life

Sanal George hails from

Peruvannamuzhi Peruvannamuzhi or Peruvannamoozhy is a village in Chakkittapara Panchayath Kozhikode district, Kerala, India. Peruvannamuzhi forms part of the newly inaugurated Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary and is rich in flora and fauna. Tourism Kuttiyadi Irriga ...

near

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. He completed his graduation before taking up his post-graduation course in Sound Recording & Design from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII),

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. While at FTII, he was awarded the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) and

Resul Pookutty Resul Pookutty (born 30 May 1971) is an Indian film sound designer, sound editor and audio mixer. He won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing, along with Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp, for ''Slumdog Millionaire''. Pookutty has worked in Hind ...

Foundation Scholarship for academic excellence.

Career

He started his career as an Assistant Sound Mixer in Shashant Shah's 'Chalo Dilli' in 2010. Over the years, he has worked in various projects including but not limited to feature films, short films and documentaries as Sound Designer and Production Sound Mixer. He was associated with

Aamir Khan Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan (; born 14 March 1965) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, and television personality who works in Bollywood, Hindi films. Referred to as "Mr. Perfectionist" in the media, he is known for his work in a variety of film g ...

's film Dangal as an assistant sound recordist to Subhadeep Mitra. He was the recipient of the 65th National Film Award of India for Best Sound Design for the

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-language feature film Walking with the Wind, released in the year 2017. Resul Pookutty expressed his joy over George's win highlighting that he was the winner of the Resul Pookutty-IIFA Foundation Scholarship.

Filmography

In the media

Sanal George was one of the 200 alumni of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTTI) in Pune who have written a letter to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting expressing disapproval over the institution's decision to no longer allow heads of departments to be a part of the academic council.The letter, which has been signed by numerous prominent alumni including Academy Award winner Resul Pookutty, film directors Anoop Singh and several others.

References

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