India, Feb. 24 -- Recently, there were rumours that the next film in the Yash Raj Films Spy Universe, Alpha, directed by Shiv Rawail, will go straight to OTT after the lukewarm response to War 2. There were even talks that YRF has cracked a massive OTT deal to facilitate this. However, Variety India reports that while the massive offer is true, YRF turned it down to give the film starring Alia Bhatt, Sharvari and Bobby Deol a theatrical release.

A source told the publication that YRF had struck a Rs.215 crore deal with Netflix India for the direct digital release of Alpha. However, a spokesperson told them, "[That] Alpha [is] going to stream directly [is a rumour that] aims at putting a heroine-fronted film in an unflattering light. Yash...