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Pappilo Buddha deals
with multiple social issues which are amongst biggest challenges facing the
real India – Gender inequality, casteism and atrocities committed against
certain castes.
The story deals with the discrimination
against landless Dalits (considered a lower strata of society in India) and
the politics of suppression of their struggle against the upper castes and
other powerful elements of the society.
It explores the life
of a group of displaced Dalits in the western coastal belt of India and
probes the new identity politics based on Ambedkarism.
The film is so hard
hitting that it was denied censorship, initially, due to visuals and
dialogues which denigrated Gandhi. In one scene a group of irate Dalits burn
and effigy of the Mahatma which prompted the British Film Institute to
express shock and disbelief in their notes.
The film won awards
at Athens international film festival and Kerala state awards. It’s the only
Malayalam film in Darpan 2013.
Papillo Buddha (Language - Malayalam (Indian) with English subtitles; Rating –
M18) will be screened on 6th Sep, 7:30m at Arts House Screening
room, as part of the Indian Film festival - Darpan 2013.
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