Mumbai, June 16 -- For decades, audiences have celebrated larger-than-life action spectacles led predominantly by male heroes. The formula has worked, the tropes are familiar and the genre has produced some of cinema's biggest blockbusters. But every genre evolves when someone dares to challenge convention.

Alpha is that attempt at disruption. And a much needed one.

At a time when audiences are increasingly seeking fresh stories and new perspectives, Alpha places a woman at the center of a massive popcorn action entertainer. It's a simple idea, yet one that remains surprisingly rare in mainstream commercial cinema: a female lead who is not just part of the action, but the action itself.

Headlined by Alia Bhatt, Alpha offers a refreshin...