Violent dance) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written, directed and produced by Mohan G. Kshatriyan.

[3] The film was supported by leaders of the Pattali Makkal Katchi and Bharatiya Janata Party in Tamil Nadu, and "attempted to cause social unrest through its casteist and communalist politics", according to Newslaundry.

[7] Dharsha Gupta who was contested earlier in Cooku with Comali TV show, was cast in the film as the female lead.

[12] The music of the film is being composed by Jubin,[13] collaborating with Mohan and Richard Rishi for the third time after Pazhaya Vannarapettai and Draupathi.

[15] The News Minute called the trailer as "another film that spouts his violent, casteist propaganda, creating false narratives about romance, masculinity, social justice and anti-caste ideology.".

[16] Godman Nithyananda, calling himself of incarnation of Vanniyar clan god Draupathi, praised the movie trailer.

[17][non-primary source needed] The Ministry of Minority Welfare stated that the trailer is misrepresenting the Christian community.

"[23] S. Srivatsan from The Hindu, "Unlike Draupadi, in which Mohan G seems to have played it safe by testing waters with his "ideology", he seems to have finally come out with this movie by making a passionate plea to "erase" caste from caste-related violence, in a shocking manner.

He introduces a dangerous concept called crypto-Christians, primarily attacking Dalit Christians, who, according to the director, are benefiting from the fruits of caste, despite having been converted.

"[24] Sudhir Srinivasan of the Cinema Express said "Director Mohan G's protagonists of the two films he's done so far belong to the privileged and the powerful and are shown as hapless victims.

Ultimately, both Draupathi and Rudra Thaandavam, despite containing an interesting premise, feel simply like crafty arguments, mounted on exceptions, with which to defend the privileged and the powerful, and discredit the subjugated.

It seems to be poisonously motivated that the scenes have been set up as if the scheduled caste youth are only engaged in drug sales and illegal activities.

The villain Gautam Menon who is a political leader and drug trafficker is shown as someone with left wing ideology.

Even as brazen killings and caste rampages take place on a daily basis, questioning the Prevention of Atrocities Act, which supports the oppressed, is a venomous propaganda.

[28] Ranjani Krishnakumar of Film Companion said "Mohan G brings together his research about all the impediments of social justice, and creates his protagonist from it who is patriarchy, casteism and fascist bigotry all rolled into one.

"[33] Logesh Balachandran of The Times of India gave a rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars and said "Overall, the film could have been better if the makers had tried to be neutral in their approach while handling sensitive issues.".

[34] Cinema Express gave a negative review and said "As this film wants to mount some opposition to cries of caste oppression, Rudra’s lawyer turns out to be a Dalit man (Radha Ravi).

In another scene, the justification for kicking the bike of two young boys running away from a drug bust is established by portraying them as putting a pregnant woman in danger.

There are failed attempts by Mohan G to hide his casteism when he places dialogues like "Nee ellam meesaya pathi pesalama (Can you even talk about a moustache)", reminding the caste oppression where Dalit men were attacked for sporting a big or curled mustache.

"[36] While theatres in Ariyalur and other northern districts saw audiences mainly belonging to the Pattali Makkal Katchi, those in Tiruchy attracted significant numbers of Brahmin priests.

[39] Arul Rathinam, PMK IT-wing head said "Some recent films have shown one community as victim and other as ruthless villain.