The trailer of Mohan G Kshatriyan’s latest film ‘Rudra Thandavam’ was released yesterday (August 24) following the release of the film’s poster.
Actor Richard Rishi, a constant in Mohan’s ventures, plays the lead character of Rudra Prabhakaran, a police officer dealing with drug trafficking. Gautham Vasudev Menon, who has of late been donning the actor’s hat, seems to be the lead antagonist playing the role of a Communist.
The trailer gives a slight hint of what the film is about. The story seems to revolve around a dutiful police officer who gets slapped with a false under Protection of Civil Rights Act (PCR Act) and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act (shortened as SC/ST Atrocities Act) for taking action against an accused involved in drug crime. It also touches around the larger subject of rampant illegal religious conversion among Scheduled Castes as Radha Ravi, who seems to be playing the role of a public prosecutor, mentions in the trailer that the PCR Act does not apply to those who get converted to Christianity.
Because of the relevance and the contentious nature of the subject, the film has already set the expectations high. The dialogue of Gautham Menon “Only I will decide who does politics and hold protests on what matter. I shouldn’t ever see you on any stage. If I do, I will f****** burn you to death and hoist a veera vanakkam kodi (comrade salute) flag on the same spot” has already received rave response.
Many have lauded the director for taking such a bold subject in an industry which otherwise romanticizes Communism and plight of Scheduled Castes.
Watch the trailer here:
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