Wanna kick ass, Alia?

Alia Bhatt

We all love a slick action movie where the hero, in a high-stakes sequence, takes down an army of baddies. But what do we love more? Watching a heroine kick butt and demolish the enemy. It looks like Alia Bhatt will serve us just that in her spy thriller. So far, high-octane action has been a signature of YRF spy movies. We've heard that in keeping with the ethos, producer Aditya Chopra and director Shiv Rawail have envisioned seven action set-pieces for the yet-untitled movie that will see Bhatt and Sharvari as undercover agents with Bobby Deol playing the antagonist.

Sources tell us that Bhatt's project, the sixth in the spy universe, is being mounted as a big-budget action spectacle. Apparently, Chopra believes that as the first female-led espionage film from his banner, it will generate much interest among the audiences, particularly women. A source elaborates, "While Katrina Kaif's Zoya and Deepika Padukone's Rubai from the Tiger and Pathaan franchises respectively have been loved by audiences, this marks the first female-led project. So, Aditya is keen to make it a cool action entertainer that sees Alia and Sharvari's characters as mean killing machines. The filmmaker likes to rope in different action directors so that each set-piece looks distinct. This time, he has brought a mix of experts, including Korean stunt coordinator Se-yeong Oh, Franz Spillhaus, and Indian action director Sunil Rodrigues. While one sequence will see Alia doing martial arts, another will have her in fierce combat with Bobby."

In her 12-year career so far, this is the first time that Bhatt will be seen in an action avatar in Hindi movies, although she explored the genre in her Hollywood debut, Heart of Stone (2023). Naturally, she will undergo a gruelling training programme before she rains down kicks and punches. The source adds, "Shiv plans to take the film on floors after September. Alia and Sharvari will train hard before the shoot begins. Over subsequent offerings, Alia's character will cross paths with Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan, Salman Khan's Tiger, and Hrithik Roshan's Kabir from the War franchise."