Alpha Review: Alia Bhatt and Sharvari Deliver a Slick Spy Thriller that Entertains

Alpha: YRF Spy Universe turns Alia Bhatt, Sharvari into its most compliant agents

In Alpha, Alia Bhatt and Sharvari are viewed entirely from a male gaze, with the camera lingering on their finely chiselled bodies as they don bikinis while being on the run, dance in the streets of Spain, or in an end credits song that is a textbook example of objectification.

Alpha review: Alia Bhatt and Sharvari deliver a slick spy thriller that entertains

Alpha is a Hindi action thriller directed by Shiv Rawail in his feature film debut and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. Written by Soumil Shukla, Shridhar Raghavan, Ishita Moitra, and Uday Chopra, it marks the seventh installment in the YRF Spy Universe and the franchise’s first female-led spy thriller.  The story revolves around Colonel Vikrant Kaul (Anil Kapoor) and his pregnant wife Janki (Dia Mirza), who is diagnosed with a li…