Boby John

Boby John
Born (1970-08-31) 31 August 1970 (age 54)
Vazhakulam, Kerala, India[1]
NationalityIndian
Alma materNirmala College
FTII
OccupationAudio engineer
Years active1995-present
SpouseShailaja George
Children2
Parents
  • John Mathai
  • Annakutty

Boby John (born 31 August 1970) is an Indian film sound designer and mixing engineer. He has worked in various Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam and Assamese feature films, documentary films, short films and television advertisements. He is one of India's best sync sound editors.[2][3] He owns a mixing studio, Prathibha Studio, at Mumbai.[1][4][5]

Early life

Boby John was born on 31 August 1970 in Vazhakulam, a small town near Muvattupuzha in Ernakulam district of Kerala state. He completed his schooling from Thekkummala St. Rita's LP School and Vazhakulam Infant Jesus High School. He then joined at Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha for his pre-degree course and later completed B.Sc in Physics in 1991. In 1992, he joined at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, for the three year postgraduate diploma course in sound recording and sound design.[6][5]

Selected filmography

Year Title Credit Director(s) Language
2005 Black Dialogue editor Sanjay Leela Bhansali Hindi
2005 Mangal Pandey: The Rising Dialogue editor Ketan Mehta Hindi
2007 Dhamaal Dialogue editor Indra Kumar Hindi
2008 All the World's a Stage
(documentary)		 Re-recording mixer
Sound designer		 Nirmal Chander Gujrati, Hindi
English
2008 Sarkar Raj Dialogue editor Ram Gopal Varma Hindi
2008 Firaaq Sound editor Nandita Das Hindi
2008 Welcome to Sajjanpur Sound editor Shyam Benegal Hindi
2009 Loudspeaker Sound editor Jayaraj Malayalam
2010 Tere Bin Laden Sound editor Abhishek Sharma Hindi
2010 Peepli Live Sound editor Anusha Rizvi Hindi
2010 Veettilekkulla Vazhi Sound editor Dr. Biju Malayalam
2011 Tanu Weds Manu Dialogue editor Aanand L. Rai Hindi
2011 The Dirty Picture Sound editor Milan Luthria Hindi
2012 Shanghai Dialogue editor Dibakar Banerjee Hindi
2012 Akasathinte Niram Sound editor Dr. Biju Malayalam
2012 Celluloid Man (documentary) Dialogue editor Shivendra Singh Dungarpur English, Hindi
Kannada, Bengali
2013 Special 26 Sound editor Neeraj Pandey Hindi
2013 Zinda Bhaag Re-recording mixer Meenu Gaur, Farjad Nabi Punjabi
2013 Liar's Dice Sound editor Geetu Mohandas Hindi
2014 Killa Sound editor Avinash Arun Marathi
2014 Perariyathavar Sound editor Dr. Biju Malayalam
2014 Daughters of Mother India
(documentary)		 Re-recording mixer
Sound designer		 Vibha Bakshi Hindi, English
2015 Dhanak Sound designer Nagesh Kukunoor Hindi
2015 Bokul Re-recording mixer
Sound designer		 Reema Borah Assamese
2015 The Immortals (documentary) Re-recording mixer Shivendra Singh Dungarpur Hindi, Tamil
Bengali, English
2016 Krantidhara Re-recording mixer Himanshu Khatua Odia
2016 Ki & Ka Sound editor R. Balki Hindi
2016 Laal Rang Re-recording mixer Syed Ahmad Afzal Hindi
2016 Kaadu Pookkunna Neram Sound editor Dr. Biju Malayalam
2016 Force 2 Sound designer Abhinay Deo Hindi
2016 Gurgaon Sound editor Shanker Raman Hindi, Haryanvi
2016 Zikr Us Parivash Ka
(documentary)[7]		 Re-recording mixer
Sound designer		 Nirmal Chander Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, English
2017 Raees Effects editor (action scenes) Rahul Dholakia Hindi
2017 Phillauri Sound editor Anshai Lal Hindi
2017 Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Dialogue editor Dileesh Pothan Malayalam
2017 Secret Superstar Dialogue editor Advait Chandan Hindi
2017 Mayaanadhi Dialogue editor Aashiq Abu Malayalam
2018 Carbon Dialogue editor Venu Malayalam
2018 Hey Jude Sound editor Shyamaprasad Malayalam
2018 Raid Sound editor Raj Kumar Gupta Hindi
2018 Raazi Dialogue editor Meghna Gulzar Hindi
2018 CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
(documentary)		 Re-recording mixer Shivendra Singh Dungarpur Czech, English
Slovak, Hungarian
Polish, French
2018 Njan Prakashan Dialogue editor Sathyan Anthikkad Malayalam
2019 Kumbalangi Nights Dialogue editor Madhu C. Narayanan Malayalam
2019 Son Rise (documentary) Re-recording mixer
Sound designer		 Vibha Bakshi Hindi, English
2019 Virus Dialogue editor Aashiq Abu Malayalam
2019 Section 375 Dialogue editor Ajay Bahl Hindi
2019 Bard of Blood (web television) Re-recording mixer Ribhu Dasgupta Hindi
2019 Ganagandharvan Dialogue editor Ramesh Pisharody Malayalam
2019 Android Kunjappan Version 5.25 Dialogue editor Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval Malayalam
2020 Sab Kushal Mangal Dialogue editor Karan Vishwanath Kashyap Hindi
2020 Jamtara – Sabka Number Ayega
(web television)		 Re-recording mixer Soumendra Padhi Hindi
2020 Dil Bechara Sound editor Mukesh Chhabra Hindi
2020 Khuda Haafiz Dialogue editor Faruk Kabir Hindi
2021 Tribhanga Re-recording mixer Renuka Shahane Hindi
2021 The Girl on the Train Re-recording mixer Ribhu Dasgupta Hindi
2021 Nayattu Dialogue editor Martin Prakkat Malayalam
2022 Guilty Minds
(web television)		 Re-recording mixer Shefali Bhusan Hindi
2022 Modern Love Hyderabad
(web television)		 Re-recording mixer Nagesh Kukunoor
Venkatesh Maha		 Telugu
2023 Thuramukham Dialogue editor Rajeev Ravi Malayalam
2023 Bholaa Dialogue editor Ajay Devgan Hindi
2023 School of Lies
(web television)		 Re-recording mixer Avinash Arun Hindi
2023 The Jengaburu Curse
(web television)		 Re-recording mixer
Sound designer		 Nila Madhab Panda Hindi

Awards

Year Award Category Film/Documentary Ref.
2008 Indian Documentary Producers' Association (IDPA) Awards Best Sound Design (Non-fictional) All the World's a Stage [8]
2020 Indian Recording Arts Academy (IRAA) Awards Best Dialogue editor/ADR engineer (Film - Regional) Kumbalangi Nights [9]

References

  1. ^ a b Suresh, Meera (14 November 2016). "Sounding Perfect". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Hollywood is not the end of the story says Rasool Pookutty". iffk.in. 8 December 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Boby John". moviebuff.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  4. ^ Rao, Tanmaya (2 February 2020). "Design of a Sound Studio". Behance. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b Cherian, Sunil (10 January 2014). "Being bossed while being boss" (PDF). Kuwait Times. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Padaarpan : Momentous Milestones" (PDF). Film and Television Institute of India. 30 October 2019. p. 12. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  7. ^ Chatterjee, Partha (8 December 2017). "Remembering Begum Akhtar". Frontline - The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Screenings and Awards of PSBT Films - 2008" (PDF). Public Service Broadcasting Trust. p. 362. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  9. ^ "IRAA Awards 2020 Winners". IRAA. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

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