The movie In the Name of Buddha is the film maker's response to this enormous human tragedy that has engulfed the lives of tens of thousands of innocent people. The film tells the story of Siva, a native Tamil from Sri Lanka who was compelled to leave his motherland and take refuge in the U.K. The story narrates the harrowing experience he went through (and thousands like him), in vivid, visual details. The film focus is on the atrocities, flagrant violations of human rights: the freedom fighters, the Lankan army, the Indian peace keeping force all vie with one another in inflicting mindless violence on the hapless victims. It is an extremely disturbing tale told from the stand point of the victim, a tale that gives a rude jolt to the complacency that we nestle in, a tale that compels us to do some serious introspection of our roles as responsible human beings inhabiting this planet. The film upholds the value of compassion and abjures all forms of retribution. there is no room for rhetoric: violence begets only violence, what the world today needs is peace.
—Rajesh Touchriver