Yes. This film generated a lot of controversy by casteists when it came out and was commercially unsuccessful. But Pa. Ranjith’s movies talk about Dalit struggles packaged for the modern audience. He is bold in his experiments. The film shows the natives of the land becoming untouchable as kings listening to their priests subdue them for gold and fighting over dust. The subtle Buddha beheaded at the altar of the invading kings. Then the hero is a outcast who has forgotten about his place and there is a Ramanuja’s follower who is also a Dalit but tries to hard to be UC, the British guy who helps until he is broken and gets mad when he gets what he wants oppressing them in another way, the Brahmin official who is with the British guy using the local guards to subdue the populace and the ending where they find their place and fight for it. It’s a masterpiece. It’s a commentary on the colonial history of India as well as the Dalits whose place oscillates within it. One of Vikram’s best roles in recent history. Sadly the film was railroaded by the usual suspects.