The Indian film director and screenwriter, Zoya Akhtar’s highly awaited directorial debut “The Archies” was released on the popular streaming platform Netflix last week on. The Archies turned out to be the acting debuts of actors Suhana Khan, Khushi Kapoor, Vedang Raina, and several other young stars. The film created quite a stir lately being one of the most trending talks of the town while also gaining recognition and success. It has proved to be one of the most anticipated film releases of 2023 even before the official trailer dropped and into the public eye as soon as the news of it being made was released to the masses.
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The immensely popular dairy brand of the nation, Amul India recently featured The Archies in their latest X (formerly known as Twitter) post which ended up being the crossover we didn’t know we needed until now. The artwork released by Amul India features Agastya Nanda dressed up as his character in the film, holding a guitar, a creative cartoon replica of his role in the film adaptation of the popular comics. Amul’s famous illustration style and the charming Archies characters are enough to make you smile. The post also included a very catchy and creative wordplay in the artwork’s title, “Comic bhookh story!”.
It perfectly compiled the ideas of the extremely beloved comic book series as well as Amul’s iconic food art style and popular food products. The picture also had the words “Amul khana padenga” written on it along with the post being captioned, “Amul Topical: Indian Hindi language teen musical comedy film releases!”
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About “The Archies”
The film stars the new generation of actors Suhana Khan, Agastya Nanda and Khushi Kapoor along with their fellow co-stars Vedang Raina, Mihir Ahuja, Aditi Dot and Yuvraj Menda. The film setting can be seen based in the 1960s India, revolving mostly around a fictional place called Riverdale. Inspired by the very popular comic series “The Archies” features the fictional music band composed of a group of young friends trying to navigate through their lives as they are faced by a problem and threat of losing their beloved park.
The film gained enthusiastic praises from viewers since hitting Netflix on December 7, 2023. Fans seem very pleased with the teen musical comedy for its catchy songs, subtle storytelling, and the classic recreation of a retro world based on the original Archie comics. This adaptation was not just the product of Zoya Akhtar but also consisted of the hardwork and vision of her people like Reema Kagti, Sharad Devarajan, and Jon Goldwater.
Zoya Akhtar reveals Agastya Nanda’s take when first approached for the film
In an insightful and fun interview with Free Press Journal, the Archies director Zoya Akhtar decided to spill some beans about the casting process as well as the cast of the Archies itself. While having a joyous and intricate conversion about the film, she recalled some information about the main lead of the film. She later revealed that Agastya Nanda, the son of Shweta Bachchan wasn’t very keen on acting in the film at the very beginning of the casting process.
She stated that every single person knew how the cast was supposed to be an ensemble of seven characters. Every character had their very own beginning, middle, and end knowing exactly what to accept as well as expect. She also mentioned that during the casting call Agastya, Suhana, and others were all auditioned.
She further continued saying that she and her casting team wanted the characters to be in the age group of 17 years. Even though Agastya didn’t want to act, they decided to test him and he showed up for the audition despite being into business.
