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==Film== The 2021 Indian documentary film [[Dreaming of Words]] traces the life and work of [[Njattyela Sreedharan]], a fourth standard drop-out, who compiled a multilingual dictionary connecting four major [[Dravidian languages]]: [[Malayalam]], [[Kannada]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bookofachievers.com/articles/82-yo-compiles-dictionary-of-4-dravidian-languages-useful-ofcourse|title=82-year-old Kerala man's Dictionary is in the four Dravidian languages. 25 long years to compile|access-date=7 March 2022|archive-date=31 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331160135/https://bookofachievers.com/articles/82-yo-compiles-dictionary-of-4-dravidian-languages-useful-ofcourse|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/246205/83-yo-kerala-school-dropout-creates-unique-dictionary-in-4-south-indian-languages-vid01/|title=83-YO Kerala School Dropout Creates Unique Dictionary in 4 South Indian Languages|date=31 December 2020|access-date=7 March 2022|archive-date=31 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331160135/https://www.thebetterindia.com/246205/83-yo-kerala-school-dropout-creates-unique-dictionary-in-4-south-indian-languages-vid01/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/for-keralites-door-opens-to-three-other-dravidian-languages/article32986464.ece|title = For Keralites, door opens to three other Dravidian languages|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 30 October 2020|last1 = Sajit|first1 = C. p.|access-date = 7 March 2022|archive-date = 31 March 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220331160129/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/for-keralites-door-opens-to-three-other-dravidian-languages/article32986464.ece|url-status = live}}</ref> Travelling across four states and doing extensive research, he spent twenty five years<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://silvertalkies.com/the-man-who-wrote-a-dictionary-in-four-languages/|title=The Man Who Wrote A Dictionary In Four Languages β Silver Talkies|website=silvertalkies.com|access-date=7 March 2022|archive-date=31 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331160135/https://silvertalkies.com/the-man-who-wrote-a-dictionary-in-four-languages/|url-status=live}}</ref> making this multilingual dictionary.
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