A mere few days after music maestro AR Rahman talked about how there was a certain set of people who were spreading rumours about him in Bollywood, Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty agrees with the music director calling it the #OscarCurse. The sound designer also said that he had gone through a mental breakdown.
Mr. Pookutty who won an oscar for the film Jai Ho along with A R Rahman was replying to a tweet by Shekar Kapur about the topic of the #OscarCurse. Shekar Kapur had taken to Twitter to explain the phenomenon that Rahman was going through. He told Rahman that getting an Oscar meant that you were more talented than Bollywood can handle.
Take a look:
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 more talent than Bollywood can handle .. pic.twitter.com/V148vJccss
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) July 26, 2020
Resul took to reply to this saying that he almost went through a breakdown because people used to say we don’t need you and it was regional cinema that held him tight during these times. But in spite of all this, the oscar winner suggested that he still loves the industry.
Take a look:
Dear @shekharkapur ask me about it, I had gone through near breakdown as nobody was giving me work in Hindi films and regional cinema held me tight after I won the Oscar… There were production houses told me at my face ”we don’t need you” but still I love my industry,for it…. https://t.co/j5CMNWDqqr
— resul pookutty (@resulp) July 26, 2020
But Resul didn’t want to blame anyone and said it was only much later that he understood he was facing the #OscarCurse. Apparently, the superstition is that when you get awarded with an Oscar, your career takes a slide after that.
@shekharkapur …and much later when I discussed this with my @TheAcademy members friends they told me about #OscarCurse! It’s faced by everybody! I enjoyed going through that phase, when you are on top of the world &when you know people reject you,it’s the biggest reality check!
— resul pookutty (@resulp) July 26, 2020
In his last tweet on the topic, he said he wasn’t blaming anyone and that the Oscar curse was over and everyone moved on. He mentioned that while there will always be people to run you down there were far more to support you. He also put all of his tweets in one post so that people don’t misinterpret it. He also said that he doesn’t like the turn that the nepotism debate was taking either.
Check it out:
All my post r not seen in my timeline, posting it here again so that it’s not wrongly interpreted.Oscar curse is over, We moved on.I’m also not liking the direction in which the whole nepotism discussion is going. So peace! I’m not blaming anybody fr nt taking me in their films🙏 pic.twitter.com/ldpzSNUlsP
— resul pookutty (@resulp) July 27, 2020
Whoa! Do you think the #OscarCurse is real? How unfortunate and creepy is that?