Red Alert – The War Within

This is the true story of Narsimha,a farm labourer,who desperately needed money to fund the education of his children.

Written by EXPRESS FEATURES SERVICE
November 13, 2009 03:46 AM IST

This is the true story of Narsimha,a farm labourer,who desperately needed money to fund the education of his children. He finds himself in the midst of Naxalites where his mission becomes a mere subset of a greater cause that the militants pursue. From being a mere cook to actually training in weapons to being involved in shootouts and kidnapping,Narsimha himself is in the thick of life and this had to be portrayed on screen in a limited time-frame, says Ananth Mahadevan,the director who had to be extra careful with the facts since he was dealing with the sensitive issue of Naxalites. Also,when the cast and crew landed at the Tirupati forests to shoot,they realised that they were filled with Naxalites. We then shot in the forests of Khandala which were a replica of Tirupati.