Papilio Buddha (India/USA) directed by Jayan Cherian will screen in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival to be held from February 6-16, 2014.
New York based filmmaker Jayan Cherian’s debut feature, Papilio Buddha, revolves around a group of displaced dalits in the Western Ghats of India. It portrays their struggle against the local powers and government told through Shankaran, an educated youth, who is indifferent to the resistance movement run by his father Karian, a communist who now feels betrayed by the movement.
The Malayalam-language film had initially been refused a censor certificate for including a speech denigrating Mahatma Gandhi, visuals of extreme violence against a woman and severe use of expletives. But the film eventually released in March this year.
The film has been screened at Montreal World Film Festival, Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival and Athens International Film and Video Film Festival in 2013.
The film also received two Kerala State Film awards: Special Jury Award for Best Director (Jayan Cherian) and Special Mention for Best Actress (Saritha).
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