Robin Kunjukutty

In this Indian name, the name Kunjukutty is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Robin .

Robin Kunjukutty
Born	(1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 (age 34) Sasthamkotta, Kollam district, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Sound Engineering Academy, Thiruvananthapuram
Occupation	Audio engineer
Years active	2011-present
Spouse	Jincy
Children	2

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

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

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

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

1. 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. 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.

External links

• Robin Kunjukutty at IMDb