Inspired by actual events, director Ananth Narayan Mahadevan's Red Alert: The War Within follows the incredible journey of a destitute farm worker who becomes swept up in a revolution while raising money to send his children to school. Initially inducted into the Naxalite movement as a cook, Narasimha (Sunil Shetty) faces a barrage of increasingly difficult moral decisions as he advances to weapons training, participates in kidnappings, and turns his gun on his own countrymen. Later, a bitter confrontation with the leader of his cell leaves Narasimha to fend for himself amidst increasingly violent clashes between the rebels and the military. His conscience telling him to fight for his country as his instincts lead him to protect his family, Narasimha prepares to make a choice that will affect not only his own future, but the futures of his children as well.