Red Alert: The War Within

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Red Alert: The War Within
Directed byAnanth Narayan Mahadevan
Written byAruna Raje
Produced by
Starring
Music by
Production
company
Star Entertainment Pvt Ltd
Release dates
  • July 19, 2009 (2009-07-19) (Stuttgart Bollywood and Beyond)
  • July 9, 2010 (2010-07-09) (India)[1]
Running time
120 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Red Alert: The War Within is a 2009 Bollywood crime thriller film directed by Ananth Narayan Mahadevan, starring Sunil Shetty in one of his career best performances. [2] The film is based on a true story of Narasimha who gets caught up in a clash between police and Naxalites and is then forced to work with the police.[3][4] The film dealt with the intricacies of Naxalism in Khammam district of Telangana, India. Due to additional dialogues in Telugu the film is partly bilingual. Red Alert was premiered at the 6th Stuttgart Film Festival, and 40th International Film Festival of India.[5] and has received the vision award for best direction. The film received highly positive reviews and remained a cult classic. The film was latter dubbed into Telugu. [6] [7] [8]

Cast

Source for first 12 cast-members:[9] Characters per additional sources.

Release

The Hindi-language film was dubbed into Telugu, Chhattisgarhi and English versions, with all four versions scheduled to be released the same day.[12] Rahul Aggarwal, one of the producers, said all the actors dubbed their English lines themselves.[12] [13]

Response

The film was not reviewed by a sufficient number of contributing critics to be rated at the review aggregating site Rotten Tomatoes.[14] 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."[15] 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."[11] 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."[16]

Accolades

  • Winner, Director's Vision Award at the 2009 Stuttgart Film Festival[17]
  • Winner, South Asian International Film Festival Award for Best Actor - Sunil Shetty [17]
  • Winner, Stardust Search Light Award for Best Actor - Sunil Shetty

References

  1. ^ Red Alert: The War Within at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2010/07/07/6412/index.html
  3. ^ "Movie Synopsis: Red Alert: The War Within (Hindi)", Philly.com (Philadelphia Inquirer/Philadelphia Daily News)
  4. ^ "Movies: Red Alert: The War Within (English)", The Miami Herald
  5. ^ http://www.icawpi.org/analysis/media/499-bollywood-set-to-release-qred-alert-the-war-withinq
  6. ^ http://www.redalertthemovie.com
  7. ^ Red Alert: The War Within at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  8. ^ http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6200874-red-alert-eye-opener-on-naxalism-lesson-for-all-upcoming-flick-red-alert
  9. ^ Red Alert: The War Within official site: "Cast & Crew"
  10. ^ "Sameera Reddy as Laxmi in Red Alert – The War Within", H.S. Communications via Films4U.in, 27 June 2010
  11. ^ a b c Lovece, Frank. "Film Review: Red Alert: The War Within", Film Journal International, July 8, 2010
  12. ^ a b Adarsh, Taran. "Red Alert to release in four languages", BollywoodHungama.com, July 6, 2010
  13. ^ "Suniel Shetty to work in film on Maoists in 'Red Alert'", RealBollywood.com, May 14, 2008
  14. ^ Red Alert: The War Within at Rotten Tomatoes
  15. ^ Saltz, Rachel. "Maoists Rebelling in India", The New York Times, July 9, 2010
  16. ^ Keleman, Adam. "Red Alert: The War Within", Slant, July 8, 2010
  17. ^ a b Iyer, Meena (November 10, 2009). "Suniel wins award for Red Alert". The Times Of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
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