Red Alert: The War Within
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| Directed by | Ananth Narayan Mahadevan |
| Written by | Aruna Raje |
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| Starring | Vinod Khanna Sunil Shetty Bhagyashree Sameera Reddy Ayesha Dharker Seema Biswas Naseeruddin Shah |
| Music by | Lalit Pandit |
Production company | Star Entertainment Pvt Ltd |
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Running time | 120 minutes[2][3] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Red Alert: The War Within is an Indian crime drama film directed by Ananth Narayan Mahadevan. It was released theatrically in India on 9 July 2010.[1] The drama is based on the true story of Narsimha who gets caught up in a clash between police and Naxalites and is then forced to work with the latter.
Red Alert premiered at the 6th Stuttgart Film Festival in 2009.
Cast[edit]
Source for first 12 cast-members:[4] Characters per additional sources.
- Vinod Khanna as Krishnaraj
- Sunil Shetty as Narsimha
- Bhagyashree as Uma
- Sameera Reddy as Laxmi
- Ayesha Dharker as Radhika
- Seema Biswas as Sarala
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Velu
- Gulshan Grover as DIG Rathod[5]
- Naseeruddin Shah as Naga (cameo)
- Makrand Deshpande as Raghavan
- Sunil Sinha
- Ehsan Khan as Krishna
- Ashraful Haque as Naxalite
- Vikas Shrivastav as Naxalite
Release[edit]
The Hindi-language film was dubbed into Telugu, Chhattisgarhi and English versions, with all four versions scheduled to be released the same day.[6] Rahul Aggarwal, one of the producers, said all the actors dubbed their English lines themselves.[6]
The film was originally scheduled to be completed and released in 2008.[7]
Response[edit]
The film was not reviewed by a sufficient number of contributing critics to be rated at the review aggregating site Rotten Tomatoes.[8] Rachel Saltz of The New York Times said the film "seems torn between two storytelling modes: episodic with a documentary flavor and action-driven pulp. It makes a hash of both." She added, "For some reason [it] has been dubbed into heavily accented English for American release, adding an unnecessary 'What did he say?' level of difficulty."[9] Frank Lovece of Film Journal International echoed that, saying, the film "plays like one of those stiff historical drams that educational-film companies make for schools. Or in this case, an outsourced educational-film company."[5] Adam Keleman of Slant believed, "The unforgivable flaw of the film is its lack of subtlety, the way character detail and plot development is laid for us on a silver platter, never requiring the audience to ... fully engage with the intricacies of the lead character's internal and moral quandary."[10]
Accolades[edit]
- Winner, Director's Vision Award at the 2009 Stuttgart Film Festival[11]
- Winner, South Asian International Film Festival Award for Best Actor - Sunil Shetty [11]
- Winner, Stardust Search Light Award for Best Actor - Sunil Shetty
References[edit]
- ^ a b Red Alert: The War Within at Box Office Mojo
- ^ "Movie Synopsis: Red Alert: The War Within (Hindi)", Philly.com (Philadelphia Inquirer/Philadelphia Daily News)
- ^ "Movies: Red Alert: The War Within (English)", The Miami Herald
- ^ Red Alert: The War Within official site: "Cast & Crew"
- ^ a b Lovece, Frank. "Film Review: Red Alert: The War Within", Film Journal International, 8 July 2010
- ^ a b Adarsh, Taran. "Red Alert to release in four languages", BollywoodHungama.com, 6 July 2010
- ^ "Suniel Shetty to work in film on Maoists in 'Red Alert'", RealBollywood.com, 14 May 2008
- ^ Red Alert: The War Within at Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ Saltz, Rachel. "Maoists Rebelling in India", The New York Times, 9 July 2010
- ^ Keleman, Adam. "Red Alert: The War Within", Slant, 8 July 2010
- ^ a b Iyer, Meena (10 November 2009). "Suniel wins award for Red Alert". The Times Of India. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
External links[edit]
- Red Alert: The War Within (official site)
- Red Alert: The War Within at IMDb
- Tuteja, Joginder. "'Red Alert could have been set in Cuba or Ireland' - Anant Mahadevan", BollywoodHungama.com, 7 July 2010
- Kashifrazaseed. "Red Alert, eye opener on Naxalism, lesson for all", AllVoices.com, 30 June 2010
