Ahead of Bastar, Films To Watch Which Are Set Against Naxalism Backdrop

1/7: Jalsa: Sanjay joins an extremist group after having had a tough childhood. A police officer decides to guide him toward a better path and in doing so, his daughter falls in love with him. / Image: IMDb

2/7: Virodhi: In this movie, Srikanth played a journalist with a Naxalite background. The primary theme of this movie is how Srikanth's work as a journalist affects the system. / Image: IMDb

3/7: Dear Comrade: Bobby, a student union leader with anger issues, falls in love with Lilly, a state-level cricketer. However, his temperament poses an obstacle in his path to being united with Lily. / Image: IMDb

4/7: Lal Salam: Nettoor Stephen, T K Antony, and Sethulakshmi, three communist comrades, struggle to empower the labour class people. They get imprisoned when a landlord gets killed during an uprising. / Image: IMDb

5/7: Sindhooram: Buliraju, a trainee police officer, is forced to join the Naxalite movement after he is falsely charged by corrupt police officials and branded as a vigilante. / Image: IMDb

6/7: Chakravyuh: Adil enlists the help of his friend Kabir to infiltrate a Naxal organisation. The plan succeeds, but Kabir starts sympathising with the Naxals, that puts him at war with his friend. / Image: IMDb

7/7: Red Alert: The War Within: Narasimha is forced to join a group of Naxalites. He sympathises with the group members as they had suffered a lot but an incident forces him to rethink. / Image: IMDb