Red Alert (2015 film)

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Red Alert
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Kannada version poster
Directed by Chandra Mahesh
Written bySriram Chowdhury (dialogues)
Screenplay byChandra Mahesh
Story bySriram Chowdhury
Produced byP V Sriram Reddy
P. S. Trilok Reddy (presenter)
StarringH. H. Mahadev
Anjana Menon
Suman
Vinod Kumar Alva
Edited byP R Goutham Raju
Music byRavi Varma
Production
company
Cine Nilaya Creations LLP
Release dates
  • 31 July 2015 (2015-07-31)(Kannada)
  • 14 August 2015 (2015-08-14)(Malayalam)
  • 6 November 2015 (2015-11-06)(Telugu)
CountryIndia
LanguagesKannada
Malayalam
Telugu

Red Alert is a 2015 Indian action drama film co-written and directed by Chandra Mahesh. The film stars H. H. Mahadev, Anjana Menon, Suman and Vinod Kumar Alva. The film was simultaneously shot in Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu with the Malayalam version titled as High Alert. All three versions featured a slightly different supporting cast. [1]

Contents

Plot

Four boys from the city come to watch the massive Ganesha immersion. What turn did their lives take forms the rest of the story. [2]

Cast

Actor (Kannada)Actor (Malayalam)Actor (Telugu)Role
H. H. MahadevSri Ram
Anjana Menon DCP Bhuvaneswari
Suman
Vinod Kumar Alva
Bullet Prakash Kalabhavan Shajon Posani Krishna Murali
Kuri Prathap Dharmajan Bolgatty Ali
Divya Gowda
K. Bhagyaraj Cameo appearance


Production

Director Chandra Mahesh initially proposed his script to Suresh Reddy of 6TV Telangana, but Reddy was busy at the time and was unable to produce the film so Chandra Mahesh sought out a different producer. The film began production on 15 March 2014. [2] The film was shot in four languages namely Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil, although the Tamil version Chennai Nagaram was never released. This film marked the debut of H. H. Mahadev, who was also the producer's son. [3] Chandra Mahesh signed on Anjana Menon after seeing her work in the unreleased Tamil film Payanangal Thodarkindrana in which she rides a bullet during a chase sequence. Menon plays a encounter specialist in the film and did all of her stunts herself. [4] [1] Vinod Kumar Alva plays a don in the film. [5] In one sequence, Menon had to drive a bullet and shoot with her left hand. The gunshot subsequently affected her hearing in her right ear and took her three months to recover. [4] The film was completed by September of 2014, and the remaining song was shot on 18 December 2014. [2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ravi Varma.

Kannada [6]
Malayalam [7]
Telugu [3]

Release and reception

The film was released in Kannada, then in Malayalam and lastly in Telugu. [2] The release of the film was delayed in Telugu due to the death of the producer. [3]

Regarding the Malayalam version High Alert, Asneem A. A. of Bluefox Media rated the film 3.5/5 and wrote that Anjana gave a good performance as police officer Bhuvaneshwari and her action scenes are worth mentioning. The new face actors are not bad, and the highlight is Mahadev's performance, whose dance was brilliant. Shahjon, Dharmajan, and Anoop Chandran's comedy made people laugh but added that the dubbing could have been better. [8]

Regarding the Telugu version, Y. Sunita Chowdhary of The Hindu wrote, "The movie clearly shows the insecurity of the director. The small twists hardly surprise. The film progresses very slowly and the comedian’s intermittent appearances are irritating. Since there is no place for a romantic track, one of the youth breaks into a dance imagining himself as the hero" and concluded, "the entire execution, technical factors notwithstanding, looks outdated". [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Anjana Menon Playing a Tough Cop". The New Indian Express . 12 August 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Chandra Mahesh interview: Red Alert press meet". Idlebrain.com . 5 November 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Red Alert Telugu Movie Full Songs Jukebox | HH Mahadev | Ravi Varma | Shankar Mahadevan". 9 September 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2025– via YouTube.
  4. 1 2 "Everyone cheered my bike stunts: Anjana Menon". The Times of India . 16 May 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Anjana to don the khaki next". The Times of India . 21 May 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Red Alert (2015) Kannada Movie Full Songs Jukebox - Bullet Prakash, Suman, Vinod Kumar". 4 July 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2025– via YouTube.
  7. ↑ "High Alert (2015) Malayalam Movie Full Songs Jukebox". 13 July 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2025– via YouTube.
  8. ↑ "ഹൈ അലേർട്ട്". Bluefox Media (in Malayalam). 15 August 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2025– via Facebook.
  9. ↑ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (6 November 2015). "Lame thriller" . The Hindu . Retrieved 19 October 2025.
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