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Robin Kunjukutty

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Robin Kunjukutty
Born (1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 (age 34)
NationalityIndian
Alma materSound Engineering Academy, Thiruvananthapuram
OccupationAudio engineer
Years active2011-present
SpouseJincy
Children2

Robin Kunjukutty (born 12 January 1991) is an Indian film sound designer, sound editor and re-recording mixer, who predominantly works in various Indian language films and web series including Hindi and Malayalam.[1][2] He is a member of the Motion Picture Sound Editors.[3] He won Kerala Film Critics Association Award 2024 for Best Sound (re-recording mix) for the film Vadakkan.[4] He co-founded Sonic Drops Studio, a sound post-production studio, along with Tony Babu in Mumbai.

Career

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After completing the sound engineering course from Sound Engineering Academy, Trivandrum, Robin moved to Mumbai and assisted sound designer Niraj Gera.[1] Starting his career as an assistant sound editor for B.A. Pass, he then works as independent sound editor, designer and mixing engineer for various films including Ugly, Jolly LLB 2, Raman Raghav 2.0, Eeda, Kala, Meppadiyan, Modern Love Mumbai and Ouseppinte Osiyathu.

Selected filmography

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Year Title Film Web Series Short Film Documentary Credit Director(s) Language Ref(s)
2012 B.A. Pass Yes Asst. sound editor Ajay Bahl Hindi [1]
Memories and Forgetfulness Yes Sound editor Ani Thomas English, Hindi, Rajasthani
MTV Sound Trippin Yes Sound editor
Re-recording mixer
Sneha Khanwalkar Hindi [5]
2013 Shahid Yes Sound editor Hansal Mehta
Ugly Yes Anurag Kashyap [1]
2015 18 Feet Yes Sound designer
Re-recording mixer
Renjith Kuzhur Malayalam [6]
Ottaal Yes Sound editor
Dialogue editor
Jayaraj [2]
2016 Raman Raghav 2.0 Yes Anurag Kashyap Hindi [1]
2017 Jolly LLB 2 Yes Sound editor Subhash Kapoor
Newton Yes Amit V. Masurkar
Sakhavu Yes Sidhartha Siva Malayalam [1]
Adventures of Omanakuttan Yes Rohith V. S.
Sthir Yes Sound designer
Re-recording mixer
Anastasiya Ador Russian
Tharangam Yes Sound editor Dominic Arun Malayalam
2018 Eeda Yes B. Ajithkumar
Who Yes Ajay Devaloka
Waft Yes Sound designer
Re-recording mixer
Vishnu Udayan [7]
2019 Kenjira Yes Sound designer Manoj Kana Paniya [8]
2020 State of Siege: 26/11 Yes Re-recording mixer Matthew Leutwyler
Prashant Singh
Hindi
Paatal Lok Yes Dialogue editor Avinash Arun
Prosit Roy
Lockdown: India Fights Coronavirus Yes Sound designer
Re-recording mixer
Sajeed A.
Numen Yes Kiran Pullanoor English
2021 Kala Yes Re-recording mixer Rohith V. S. Malayalam [2]
Dhamaka Yes Dialogue editor Ram Madhvani Hindi
Saina Yes Amole Gupte
Shoebox Yes Re-recording mixer Faraz Ali [9]
2022 Meppadiyan Yes Vishnu Mohan Malayalam
Modern Love Mumbai Yes Dialogue editor
Re-recording mixer
Hindi
2023 Thadavu Yes Re-recording mixer Fazil Razak Malayalam [10]
2024 Dange/Por Yes Bejoy Nambiar Hindi/Tamil [11]
Murder In Mahim Yes Raj Acharya Hindi
2025 Vadakkan Yes Sajeed A. Malayalam [12]
Ouseppinte Osiyathu Yes Sarath Chandran R. J.
Ground Zero Yes Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar Hindi

Accolades

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Year Award Category Work Ref(s)
2021 Indian Recording Arts Academy (IRAA) Awards Best Documentary Mixing Lockdown: India Fights Coronavirus [13]
Best Sound Designer for Short Films Numen
Best Short Film Mixing
2022 Best Dialogue editor/ADR engineer (Film or Web Release - Hindi) Saina
2024 Kerala Film Critics Association Awards Best Sound (Re-recording Mix) Vadakkan [14]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f J. S., Harikumar (7 November 2018). "Robin Kunjukutty's experiments with sound". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c U. R., Arya (2 April 2021). "Secret of the sound: Robin Kunjukutty on working in Kala". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  3. ^ "MPSE Active Members". MPSE. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  4. ^ "'Feminichi Fathima' wins Best Film Award at 48th Kerala Film Critics Award 2024". The New Indian Express. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Intel MTV Sound Trippin Cast & Crew". Kinorium.
  6. ^ "18 Feet (Renjith Kuzhur)". indiancine.ma.
  7. ^ "'വാഫ്റ്റ്': കയ്യടക്കത്തിന്റെയും കഥപറച്ചിലിന്റെയും പുത്തൻ ഉദാഹരണം" [Waft Short Film]. Malayala Manorama. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Kenjira Malayalam Movie". nowrunning.com.
  9. ^ "Shoebox". Letterboxd.
  10. ^ "Thadavu Cast & Crew". nettv4u.
  11. ^ "POR Movie Official Trailer". NRIPage. 18 January 2025.
  12. ^ ""Vadakkan" makes history with first audio trailer, bringing pride to Malayalam cinema". Mathrubhumi. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  13. ^ "IRAA Winners". IRAA. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Kerala Film Critics Award: 'Feminichi Fathima' Best Film, Tovino Thomas, Nazriya Nazim and Rima Kallingal win acting honours". The Hindu. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
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