India, July 3 -- Alia Bhatt, Sharvari, Bobby Deol, Anil Kapoor

If social media is to be believed, filmmakers today have suddenly forgotten how to make films, and every big-ticket release after Dhurandhar is apparently too scared for theatres and destined for a direct OTT premiere. That's an exaggeration, of course, but only slightly. The negativity around Alpha over the past few months has been deafening. Reddit, X and Instagram have been flooded with rumours of extensive reshoots after Dhurandhar, whispers that Alpha's makers were considering skipping theatres altogether. And endless declarations that the film is doomed.

As I watch Alpha, it ultimately doesn't turn out to be a great film. But whatever happened to giving a film, any fil...