"Last night was really exciting. It was like a dream. So many things happened in a short span. I could not sleep for more even two hours," Pookutty, who was awarded along with fellow re-recording mixers Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke, told reporters over phone from Los Angeles.
The Film and Television Institute of India graduate said he will reach his Mumbai home on February 26 to attend his daughter Falina's birthday.
"Falina will be a year old on the 26th. And I have to reach home," he said.
Pookutty also said that his acceptance speech was dubbed the most eloquent by American Broadcasting Corporation.
"I was informed by Vikas Swarup that ‘ABC’ termed my speech as most eloquent at yesterday's ceremony," he said.
A beaming Pookutty had yesterday said on stage that the Oscar was a piece of history handed over to him.
"I come from a country and civilisation that gave the world the word that precedes silence and is followed by more silence. That word is 'Om'. So I dedicate this award to my country," he had said in his speech.
