Amrit Pritam
Amrit Pritam is a sound designer. He is the recipient along with Resul Pookutty of a Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Award and two Producers Guild of India – Apsara Awards Additionally, Pritam has been conferred with awards by the state governments of Assam, Goa, and Maharashtra.
He has served on several notable film juries, including the House of Illusions jury at the Chalachitram [National Film Festival], the Assam State Film Awards, and the Goa State Film Awards.
Early life
Amrit Pritam was born on 4 November 1975, in Jorhat town, Assam. He graduated in Physics from JB College, Jorhat, in 1998. And then did a 3-year Sound Engineering course at the Dr. [Bhupen Hazarika Regional Government Film and Television Institute], Guwahati, Assam. Following his education, he moved to Mumbai in 2002 and started working in films, initially, as a FX Foley tracklayer, dialogue cleaner, pre-mixer, production mixer, and sound editor.
Film studies
Amrit Pritam has served on the Academic council of the film Studies dept. of JB College, Jorhat, Assam; and has conducted film workshops and classes at film festivals such as SIFFCY and educational venues such as Guwahati University, Cotton University, Tezpur University, and the Film and Television Institute of India. He plans to someday set up a school dedicated to teaching the art of sound in cinema.
Filmography
Pritam worked closely with Resul Pookutty in Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle.