A preview of the film was held in Thiruvananthapuram in September 2012 . The screening brought a number of Dalit Human Rights Movement ( DHRM ) activists to the theatre hall . " The film has not shown even one-hundredth of the torture borne by us . And now they wo n’t even allow our film to be screened , " says Thathu , a Dalit who saw the film . About the denigrating remarks about Mahatma Gandhi , the director said , " Gandhi has a saintly image created through our educational system and the media . When we brought out a counter-narrative to the official one , there is no space for us . Then how can it be a democracy ? " Initially banned in India and subsequently certified for theatrical distribution , '' Papilio Buddha '' had a world premiere on 19 March 2013 at the 27th London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival organised by the British Film Institute . It was the only Indian film to be selected for the festival . The film was an inaugural film in three festivals — International Film Festival Thrissur , Chittur Panchajanayam International Film Festival and Jamia Milia Malayalam Film Festival . 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 was the only Indian film selected to be screened in the Panorama Section at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival
64th Berlin International Film Festival
64th Berlin International Film Festival
Papilio Buddha (film)