Tony Babu

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Tony Babu
Born (1990-07-11) 11 July 1990 (age 34)
Nationality Indian
Alma materNeo Film School, Ernakulam
Occupation Audio engineer
Years active2011-present
SpouseJisha
Children1
Website tonybabu.com

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. [3] He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Sound Designer for The Great Indian Kitchen . [4] He co-founded Sonic Drop Studio, a sound post-production studio in Mumbai.

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Career

After completing the sound engineering course from Neo Film School, Ernakulam, [5] 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. [6]

Selected filmography

YearTitleCreditDirector(s)Language
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 editorVikramjith SinghHindi
Piku Sound editor Shoojit Sircar Hindi
Tanu Weds Manu: Returns Sound editor
Assistant sound designer
Anand L. RaiHindi
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 MohanMalayalam
Lust Stories Associate sound designer
Sound editor
Anurag Kashyap
Zoya Akhtar
Dibakar Banerjee
Karan Johar
Hindi
Sacred Games Dialogue editorAnurag Kashyap
Vikramaditya Motwane
Neeraj Ghaywan
Hindi
Karwaan Associate sound designer
Sound editor
Akarsh Khurana Hindi
Little Things Sound editorAjay Bhuyan
Ruchir Arun
Hindi
Nonsense Sound mixer
Sound designer
Sound editor
M. C. JithinMalayalam
Joseph Sound mixer
Sound designer
Sound editor
M. Padmakumar Malayalam
2020 Gauthamante Radham Sound designerAnand MenonMalayalam
Trance Dialogue editor
Sound editor
Anwar Rasheed Malayalam
K-nowledge (short film) [7] Sound designer Grace Antony Malayalam
Kilometers and Kilometers Sound designer
Supervising sound editor
Jeo BabyMalayalam
The Great Indian Kitchen Sound designer
Supervising sound editor
Jeo BabyMalayalam
2023 Ayisha [8] Sound designerAamir PallikkalMalayalam
Arabic
Kannur Squad [9] Sound designer
Supervising sound editor
Roby Varghese Raj Malayalam

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