Tony Babu

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.

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

Tony Babu
Born	(1990-07-11) 11 July 1990 (age 34) Sasthamkotta, Kollam district, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Neo Film School, Ernakulam
Occupation	Audio engineer
Years active	2011-present
Spouse	Jisha
Children	1
Website	tonybabu.com

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

Year	Title	Credit	Director(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 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)[7]	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
2023	Ayisha[8]	Sound designer	Aamir Pallikkal	Malayalam Arabic
	Kannur Squad[9]	Sound designer Supervising sound editor	Roby Varghese Raj	Malayalam

Accolades

• 2020 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Sound Designer for The Great Indian Kitchen^[4]

References

1. "Mollywood on Tony Babu's check-list now". Deccan Chronicle. 24 March 2017.
2. "'കുക്കർ മ്യൂസിക്കലി, മിക്സി വെറുപ്പിക്കൽ'; ഗ്രേറ്റ് ഇന്ത്യൻ കിച്ചന്റെ സൗണ്ട് ഡിസൈനർ ഇവിടെയുണ്ട്" [Here's the Great Indian Kitchen's Sound designer]. News18 Kerala (in Malayalam). 28 January 2021.
3. "MPSE Active Members". MPSE. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
4. Praveen, S. R. (16 October 2021). "51st Kerala State Film Awards: Here is the full list of winners". The Hindu.
5. Menon, Anoop (24 August 2018). "New avenues are paving the way for fresh faces in Malayalam cinema". Indulge.
6. "ഇന്ത്യന്‍ അടുക്കളയിലെ ശബ്ദലേഖകന്‍" [Sound designer of Indian kitchen]. Mangalam Publications (in Malayalam). 1 February 2021.
7. Soman, Deepa (24 June 2020). "Grace Antony's short film's teaser is here". The Times of India.
8. "Ayisha: Manju Warrier to headline Indo-Arab film". Cinema Express. 10 September 2020.
9. "Kannur Squad trailer: Mammootty chases dreaded criminals in intriguing thriller". The Indian Express. 7 September 2023. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Tony Babu at IMDb