"No amount of provocation can just be violence." Sameera Reddy
Q.
What
is
Red
Alert
all
about?
A.
It's
a
very
serious
film
which
talks
about
the
Naxalite
problem.
We
don't
try
to
blame
either
the
government
or
the
militants.
Rather,
we
hope
to
find
a
solution
to
this
major
internal
security
issue.
Q.
Were
you
aware
of
this
problem
before
hand?
A.
No,
we
people
living
in
metros
have
no
idea
about
the
seriousness
of
this
issue.
Even
I
was
equally
clueless
about
this
matter.
We
would
read
in
the
papers
that
there
is
some
violence,
but
never
really
bothered
to
find
out
more.
Red
Alert
wants
the
whole
country
to
get
up
and
face
this
growing
menace.
Q.
Something
about
your
character...
A.
I
play
Laxmi,
a
young
girl,
who
goes
to
the
police
station
and
there
the
cops,
instead
of
helping
her,
rape
her.
This
trauma
completely
shatters
her
faith
in
the
system.
We
aim
to
show
that
people
who
take
up
arms
against
the
state
sometime
have
no
other
option.
They
are
in
such
a
state
of
mind
that
when
anybody
gives
them
a
gun
and
says
kill,
they
just
do
it.
But
later
on
my
character
does
realize
the
wrongness
of
her
ways,
but
by
then
it's
too
late.
Q.
Does
this
mean
you
are
just
justifying
violence?
A.
No
amount
of
provocation
can
just
be
violence.
It's
just
that
we
need
to
understand
why
they
are
doing
it.
Q.
You
seem
to
be
happy
doing
serious
cinema.
A.
Yes,
Buddha
Babu
has
opened
a
brand
new
door
for
me.
Even
in
this
movie,
I
will
be
totally
glamorous,
dressed
like
a
man.
This
hard
hitting
film
does
not
warrant
any
other
element.
The
best
part
of
the
new
actress
in
me
is
that
I
tried
to
think
a
lot
as
my
dumb
character
in
Race
as
well.
Most
other
actresses
would
not
have
done
that.
Q.
What
would
the
USP
of
Red
Alert
be?
A.
We
not
only
have
well
written
characters
but
equally
good
actors
like
Suneil
Shetty,
Nassurdin
Shah
and
Vinod
Khanna.
Many
times
a
good
film
fails
due
to
absence
of
good
actors
to
enact
them.
Q.
But
you
will
continue
to
do
glam
roles?
A.
Yes,
why
not!
Q.
But
which
do
you
prefer?
A.
Does
a
mother
distinguish
between
her
2
children?
Q.
Which
yesteryear
actress
do
you
take
inspiration
from?
A.
I
really
look
up
to
Smita
Patil.
She
never
did
much
glamorous
roles
but
yet
I
saw
the
oomph
element
in
her.
Even
Sridevi
played
both
serious
and
commercial
roles
quite
well.
Q.
After
Kalpurush,
what
is
next
in
regional
cinema?
A.
Yes,
this
national
award
winning
film
has
finally
released.
Now
I
am
doing
one
more
Bong
film
titled
Voyeur.
It
shows
how
much
the
camera
has
invaded
our
lives,
not
only
of
the
celebs
but
targeting
lay
people
as
well.
We
need
to
work
out
a
line
between
public
and
private
life.
I
am
also
doing
a
Tamil
film.
My
next
Hindi
project
would
be
an
animation
film
Mahayodha
Ram.
But
among
all
these,
Red
Alert
will
be
the
first
to
be
released.