Films

Breath

2017 | Short | Malayalam, Kannada | 10 minutes

Two working class youth in Bangalore resort to peddling marijuana to make a living. Amidst a time of harsh police crackdowns on drug peddlers, a stranger comes into their house looking to buy marijuana. The ensuing tension turns into a life changing moment for the two.

Dreaming of Words

2021 | Documentary | Malayalam, Tamil | 60 minutes

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.