Papilio Buddha (film)
Papilio Buddha is a 2013 Indian feature film written and directed by Jayan K. Cherian. The film focuses on the atrocities committed against Dalits, women and the environment. It features Sreekumar, David Briggs and Saritha Sunil in the lead roles while Padmapriya, Prakash Bare and Thampy Antony play supporting roles. Keralabased Environmentalist Kallen Pokkudan appears in another important role in the film which also cast 150 Adivasis. The film was completely shot from Wayanad in Kerala and the cinematography has been done by M J Radhakrishnan. The story deals with discrimination against landless Dalits and the politics of suppression of their struggle against the upper castes and other powerful elements locally.
Shankaran Sreekumar, a young Dalit man, befriends a white gay American lepidopterist Jack David Briggs, for whom he helps catch butterflies, including the rare and beautiful Papilio buddha, and it turns out the two men are romantically involved. While to the displeasure of Shankarans elderly father, homosexuality is of little consequence among this Dalit community.Shankarans father is a communist who feels let down by the failure to achieve equal rights. Meanwhile, Manju, a strongminded woman who has a job as a rickshaw driver, struggles to avoid prejudice in a maledominated career. ........
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