“Alpha Is A Catastrophic Failure. Anupama Chopra Praises It For Its ‘Badass Women’ & ‘Kinetic Action’”, The Commune, July 04, 2026

“Alpha is a catastrophically bad film, but the bigger question is, has Anupama Chopra judged it like she judged Dhurandhar? The answer is NO.

Alpha is a film that fails at everything. Half a star for the film is too generous. Alpha is easily one of the weakest films to come out of the YRF Spy Universe. It has expensive visuals, polished action sequences and familiar franchise branding, but none of that can hide the biggest problem – the film simply doesn’t work.

A rogue Indian Army officer secretly continues a super-soldier programme after the government shuts it down. On paper, that could have become an engaging spy thriller. Instead, director Shiv Rawail turned it into another loud, empty YRF action film that mistakes explosions for storytelling, in short, a cringefest………”

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