

Script writers and lyrists including Padmarajan, Lohithadas, P Bhaskaran and Vayalar etc. Adoor Gopalakrishnan, G Aravindan, John Abraham, Shyamaprasad and Priyadarshan are some of the famous film directors. Malayalam films are being watched worldwide. Drama writers and artists including Thoppil Bhasi and NN Pillai have created revolutions in Kerala stages. Kumaranashan, Ulloor, Vallathol, Changambuzha, G Shankarakuruppu, ONV and Balamaniamma are some of the famous poets. The poetry in Malayalam is also rich and famous. MT Vasudevan Nair, Thakazhi, Basheer, Kamala Das, M Mukundan etc. Many of the Malayalam books are translated to foreign languages. This in fact influenced some foreign universities to teach Malayalam language. This is due to the interest of people in Kerala to migrate to other countries in search of job. You can speak people speaking Malayalam in all corners of the world. Hundreds of daily papers and even more periodicals are being published in Malayalam. They consist of novels, poems, dramas, scripts and biographies etc. A mammoth collection of books are published in Malayalam. Even if the land of Kerala is small and the number of people speaking Malayalam is limited, the growth of literature in Malayalam finds no barriers. The language has got various regional and communal dialects among the local people. Malayalam language has a total of 53 characters. The richness of Kerala culture and Malayalam is already famous and this title of classical language will call up more attention of the world to this small state of India. After this the importance of Malayalam is enhanced in the global level. Along with Tamil, Kannada and Telugu, Malayalam is declared as the fourth classical language in south India by the Union cabinet. The language has observed many changes and influences from other languages including Tamil, Hindi and English and presently about 35 million people are speaking this language.

Ezhuthachan is known as the father of Malayalam. It is said that Malayalam language was originated in 6 th century from the Old Tamil language. Malayalam has got its own scrip and the word ‘Malayalam’ is written as ‘ മലയാളം’. It belongs to the Dravidian family of languages and has got a legacy of centuries. The charm of Malayalam is famous all over the world. The land of Kerala is so beautiful and so is the language. It is the official language of Kerala and is used predominantly in Kerala, Lakshadweep and Mahe (a part of Puducherry union territory). Malayalam is a classical language spoken in India.
