Papilio Buddha

A band of displaced untouchables in Western Ghats of India embrace Buddhism in order to escape from caste oppression.

Cast

S.P. Sreekumar

as Shankaran

Kallen Pokkudan

as Kariyan

Saritha

as Manjusree

Prakash Bare

as Sp

David Briggs

as Jack

Kozhikode Narayanan Nair

as Minister

Antony Thekkek

as Gandhian Ram Das

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