Alpha teaser, starring Alia Bhatt and Sharvari, which was unveiled on Wednesday and quickly became the talk of the town on social media. While many fans praised the action-packed look of YRF’s first female-led spy thriller, others accused the makers of borrowing scenes and ideas from international films, including La Femme Nikita and French classic American Sniper.The teaser introduces a key moment that involves Bobby Deol‘s character and Alia Bhatt’s spy in training. In the scene, Bobby takes his daughter, who he trained to be a spy from a young age, to a fancy restaurant for her 18th birthday. However, instead of celebrating, he assigns him his first mission: to commit a murder.Initially disappointed that she was expecting a birthday celebration, Alia’s character eventually accepts the assignment and completes the mission.Soon after the teaser was released, social media users started comparing the sequence to a scene from Luc Besson’s La Femme Nikita. In the French action thriller, Tcheky Karyo’s character Bob takes Anne Parillaud’s trained assassin Nikita to a fancy restaurant. What seems like a special outing soon turns into a task when he hands her a gun and orders her to kill three people.Several users said that the similarities between the two scenes were hard to ignore.A social media user shared a clip from the French film and wrote, “The opening scene is copied from Luc Besson’s action classic La Femme Nikita.”Another commented: “The opening scene is 90% copied from Luc Besson’s action classic La Femme Nikita. The plot is similar too.”
The wolf-sheep analogy also draws comparisons
In addition to the restaurant sequence, some viewers pointed out that a wolf and sheep analogy in the teaser resembles a familiar monologue from American Sniper.The comparison has sparked controversy online, with some fans accusing it of recycling ideas from popular international films, while others argue that similarities need not be plagiarism and should be seen in the context of the film’s overall narrative.
About Alpha
Directed by Shiv Rawail and produced by Aditya Chopra’s Yash Raj FilmsAlpha is positioning itself as the first female-led entry in the YRF Spy Universe.The film stars Alia Bhatt, Sharvari and Bobby Deol in pivotal roles and joins the successful spy franchise that includes War, Pathaan and Ek Tha Tiger.Despite allegations of plagiarism, the teaser has created quite a buzz, with fans eagerly awaiting more details about the film and its place in the expanding spy universe.
