Red Alert: The War Within
Red Alert: The War Within is an Indian film that released theatrically in India on 9 July 2010.[1] The drama is based on the true story of Narasimha who gets caught up in a clash between police and Naxalites and is then forced to work with the latter.
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Directed by | Ananth Narayan Mahadevan |
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Written by | Aruna Raje |
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Production company | Star Entertainment Pvt Ltd |
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Running time | 120 minutes[2][3] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Red Alert premiered at the 6th Stuttgart Film Festival in 2009.
Cast
Source for first 12 cast-members:[4] Characters per additional sources.
- Sunil Shetty ... Narasimha
- Sameera Reddy ... Laxmi[5]
- Ayesha Dharker... Radhaka
- Seema Biswas... Saralaka
- Bhagyashree... Uma
- Ashish Vidyarthi ... Velu
- Makrand Deshpande... V.K. Raghavan[6]
- Sunil Sinha ...
- Ehsan Khan... Krishna
- Gulshan Grover ... Deputy Inspector General Rathod[6]
- Naseeruddin Shah... Naga
- Vinod Khanna... Krishnaraj
- Ashraful Haque... Naxalite
- Vikas Shrivastav... Naxalite
Release
The Hindi-language film was dubbed into Telugu, Chhattisgarhi and English versions, with all four versions scheduled to be released the same day.[7] Rahul Aggarwal, one of the producers, said all the actors dubbed their English lines themselves.[7]
The film was originally scheduled to be completed and released in 2008.[8]
Response
The film was not reviewed by a sufficient number of contributing critics to be rated at the review aggregating site Rotten Tomatoes.[9] 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."[10] 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."[6] 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."[11]
Accolades
References
- 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"
- "Sameera Reddy as Laxmi in Red Alert – The War Within", H.S. Communications via Films4U.in, 27 June 2010
- Lovece, Frank. "Film Review: Red Alert: The War Within", Film Journal International, 8 July 2010
- 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
- Iyer, Meena (10 November 2009). "Suniel wins award for Red Alert". The Times Of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
External links
- 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