Tony Babu | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Neo Film School, Ernakulam |
Occupation | Audio engineer |
Years active | 2011-present |
Spouse | Jisha |
Children | 1 |
Website | tonybabu |
Tony Babu (born 11 July 1990) is an Indian film sound designer, sound editor, sound mixer and mixing engineer. He has worked in various Indian language films and web series including Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam and Punjabi. [1] [2] He is a member of the Motion Picture Sound Editors. He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Sound Designer for The Great Indian Kitchen . [3]
After completing the sound engineering course from Neo Film School, Ernakulam, [4] Tony moved to Mumbai and assisted Boby John for four years. He then works as independent sound editor and designer for various films including C/O Saira Banu, Udaharanam Sujatha, Joseph, Kilometers and Kilometers and The Great Indian Kitchen [5]
Year | Title | Credit | Director(s) | Language |
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2011 | Tanu Weds Manu | Sound editor | Aanand L. Rai | Hindi |
The Dirty Picture | Sound effects editor | Milan Luthria | Hindi | |
2013 | Special 26 | Sound editor | Neeraj Pandey | Hindi |
2014 | Killa | Sound effects editor | Avinash Arun | Marathi |
2015 | Roy | Sound editor | Vikramjith Singh | Hindi |
Piku | Sound editor | Shoojit Sircar | Hindi | |
Tanu Weds Manu: Returns | Sound editor Assistant sound designer | Anand L. Rai | Hindi | |
Bajirao Mastani | Sound editor | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Hindi | |
2016 | Baaghi | Sound editor Sound effects designer | Sabbir Khan | Hindi |
Sila Samayangalil | Dialogue editor | Priyadarshan | Tamil | |
2017 | C/O Saira Banu | Sound mixer Sound designer Sound editor | Antony Sony Sebastian | Malayalam |
2018 | Kunju Daivam | Sound mixer Sound designer Sound editor | Jeo Baby | Malayalam |
Orayiram Kinakkalal | Sound designer Sound editor | Pramod Mohan | Malayalam | |
Lust Stories | Associate sound designer Sound editor | Anurag Kashyap Zoya Akhtar Dibakar Banerjee Karan Johar | Hindi | |
Sacred Games | Dialogue editor | Anurag Kashyap Vikramaditya Motwane Neeraj Ghaywan | Hindi | |
Karwaan | Associate sound designer Sound editor | Akarsh Khurana | Hindi | |
Little Things | Sound editor | Ajay Bhuyan Ruchir Arun | Hindi | |
Nonsense | Sound mixer Sound designer Sound editor | M. C. Jithin | Malayalam | |
Joseph | Sound mixer Sound designer Sound editor | M. Padmakumar | Malayalam | |
2020 | Gauthamante Radham | Sound designer | Anand Menon | Malayalam |
Trance | Dialogue editor Sound editor | Anwar Rasheed | Malayalam | |
K-nowledge (short film) [6] | Sound designer | Grace Antony | Malayalam | |
Kilometers and Kilometers | Sound designer Supervising sound editor | Jeo Baby | Malayalam | |
The Great Indian Kitchen | Sound designer Supervising sound editor | Jeo Baby | Malayalam | |
TBA | Ayisha [7] | Sound designer | Aamir Pallikkal | Malayalam Arabic |
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