Alia Bhatt and Sharvari Wagh are set to star in YRF Spy Universe’s first female-led film Alpha, the shooting for which has commenced, production banner Yash Raj Films announced on Friday.
“The #ALPHA girls are here,” the makers wrote alongside a teaser video on Instagram.
“Greek alphabet ka sabse pehla akshar aur humare programme ka motto sabse pehle, sabse tez, sabse veer, dhyaan se dekho toh har shahar mai ek jungle hai aur har jungle mai humesha raaj kareg Alpha (The first letter of the Greek alphabet, the motto of our programme – the one who is the fastest, the sharpest and the bravest. If we look carefully, we would see that every city has a jungle and every jungle is always ruled by the Alpha),” Alia’s voiceover says in the video.
Alpha is directed by Shiv Rawail, known for the Netflix series The Railway Men: The Untold Story of Bhopal 1984 and films like Fan (2016) and Dhoom 3 (2013). The film is produced by Aditya Chopra.
The YRF Spy Universe boasts record-breaking hits such as Salman Khan’s Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Hrithik Roshan’s War (2019) and Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan (2023).
While Sharvari recently grabbed headlines for her stellar performance in Aditya Sarpotdar’s Munjya and the Junaid Khan-led historical drama Maharaj, Alia completed filming for her home banner Eternal Sunshine Productions’s third project Jigra. Also starring Vedang Raina, Jigra is slated to hit theatres on September 27.
