The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) issues a U/A 16+ certificate for Alia Bhatt’s film Alpha after asking for revisions to certain content. Multiple outlets report that the board requires changes to violent and stabbing-related visuals. NDTV and India Today state that the certification comes with edits to reduce explicitness, including cutting or replacing specific visuals tied to stabs. NDTV also reports that CBFC records indicate no footage is deleted; instead, the makers carry out modifications and use replacement visuals to meet the requirements. Deccan Chronicle adds that, alongside scene revisions, the CBFC directs the producers to submit the film’s dialogue script, clarify the final runtime, and provide a parental consent letter for a child artiste. Taken together, the reports describe a certification process where the film’s final runtime and documentation requirements are clarified, while the main creative changes involve adjusting the depiction of violence and related dialogue content to align with the CBFC’s criteria.