Origins of an assassin

The first Alpha teaser showcases Alia Bhatt’s action-packed assassin avatar ahead of the film’s July 3 release

Yash Raj Films on Wednesday unveiled the first teaser of its much-awaited spy thriller Alpha, offering audiences their first glimpse of actor Alia Bhatt as a deadly assassin in the YRF Spy Universe. 

It opens with Bhatt’s character celebrating her 18th birthday with her father, played by Bobby Deol. However, things take a turn when she is presented with a gift box containing details of her first mission. 

The teaser then introduces Bhatt’s character with glimpses from her childhood, where she is trained by Deol to turn into a skilled assassin codenamed “Sita” for a top-secret programme — the first origin story within the YRF Spy Universe where the protagonist is an assassin.

Go get them sigma girl: SRK 

Soon after the teaser’s release, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan made sure to give a special shoutout to his Dear Zindagi co-star Alia Bhatt and the entire team behind the film. Taking to his Instagram Story, the superstar re-shared the teaser and showered praise on Alia, Bobby Deol and director Shiv Rawail. Referring to Alia’s expanding “skill set” and action-packed transformation, he wrote, “Well done Alia, in years from breaking hearts and now to breaking bones your skill set keeps expanding.”