Suniel
Shetty
has
never
worked
in
a
realistic
film,
but
he's
winning
accolades
for
portraying
the
role
of
a
farmer
caught
between
Naxals
and
police/government
in
Red
Alert
–
The
War
Within,
directed
by
Ananth
Mahadevan
for
producer
T.P.
Aggarwal.
What
prompted
Ananth
to
cast
Suniel
in
a
serious,
realistic,
unconventional
film?
"That's
what
Suniel
asked
me," Ananth
recalls,
"I
distinctly
remember,
Suniel
was
perplexed
when
I
offered
him
a
'solo
hero'
film.
But
when
he
read
the
story,
he
realized
Red
Alert
was
not
one
of
those
films
that
he
had
been
associated
with
in
the
past."
Suniel
gradually
became
serious
when
he
started
preparing
for
the
role.
"He
shed
all
those
attributes
he's
known
for
and
slipped
into
the
role
of
Narsimha.
I
feel
vindicated
now
that
Suniel
has
won
acclaim
and
awards
for
his
performance
at
various
international
festivals,"
Ananth
states.