Dreaming of Words (with Catalan subtitles)

Njattyela Sreedharan, nascut a Kerala (Índia), va dedicar 25 anys de la seva vida a confeccionar un diccionari inèdit que connectés les llengües malayalam, kannada, tamil i telugu. Gairebé sense estudis i amb el rebuig d’acadèmics i de l’administració va viatjar per quatre estats investigant i estudiant aquestes llengües. Una història que mostra l’amor per les llengües i la vida i la riquesa cultural de l’Índia.

Njattyela Sreedharan, a fourth standard drop-out, compiles a dictionary connecting four major Dravidian languages. Travelling across four states and doing extensive research, he spent twenty five years making the multilingual dictionary. This unique dictionary offers a comparative study of Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. 'Dreaming of Words' traces Sreedharan's life, work, love for languages and the struggles to get the dictionary published. The film also explores the linguistic and cultural diversity in India.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreaming_of_Words

Producer and Director : Nandan
Cinematographer : Surjith S Pai
Editor : Sreevalsan RS
Sound Designer : Akshay Vaidya
Music Composer : Arun Alat
Cast : Njattyela Sreedharan, PK Pokker, KP Mohanan, Seetharam Master, Usha NP, KK Ramesh

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