Desc: Gundert the Man the Language: Directed by Sanju Surendran. Gundert- The Man The Language. The film attempts a biographic depiction - the reconstruction of the life and times of Herman Gundert, the famed linguist and publisher; a figure who cannot be discounted while charting the evolution of the cultural history of Kerala. This portraiture is done through the eyes of a sculptor, the vision of an academician and the memories of the descendents of the Gundert family.