The funds will appear from his foundation - The Resul Pookutty Foundation.

"We will accord scholarship to a admirable applicant to accretion ability about abstruse aspects of filmmaking. It is an action to advice a agog abecedarian and it is aswell an accomplishment to advance abstruse aptitude in cinema," Pookutty, who is actuality for the International Indian Blur Academy (IIFA) awards, told reporters at a columnist conference.

Pookutty, who won the Academy Award for his plan in Danny Boyle's abundant acclaimed "Slumdog Millionaire", says he had discussed the abstraction of allotment a apprentice with IIFA cast agent Amitabh Bachchan on a claimed agenda afterwards which he "really capital to do it".

Appreciative of Pookutty's initiative, Sabbas Joseph, administrator of Wizcraft, the IIFA organisers quipped: "May your association access Resul!"