Curated By: Dishya Sharma
Last Updated: November 09, 2023, 11:10 IST
A look at The Archies trailer.
The Archies trailer is finally out. The Zoya Akhtar directorial is headlined by Suhana Khan, Khushi Kapoor and Agastya Nanda.
The Archies Trailer: Zoya Akhtar has finally revealed the trailer of her much-talked about film, The Archies. Set in India, Zoya has roped in almost all new faces. These include Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan, Boney Kapoor’s daughter Khushi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan’s grandson Agastya Nanda. The other cast includes Mihir Ahuja, Aditi Saigal, Yuvraj Menda, and Vedang Raina. While the first look, posters and songs have already revealed that The Archies is set in the 1950s and 1960s, the trailer finally revealed the premise of the film.
The Archies is set in desi Riverdale in which Suhana plays the role of Veronica Lodge, a teenager who has just moved back from the UK and is ready to dive into the 2.0 version of her teenage life. She is best friends with Betty Cooper, played by Khushi, and Archie Andrews, essayed by Agastya. While everything in their lives seem to be going well, Veronica’s father decides to bring in malls and development to Riverdale.
As a result, several iconic places begin to shut down, including Betty’s father’s bookstore and the massive green landscape comes under danger. The redevelopment plans take a toll on Veronica’s friendships in the hill station town. However, Veronica decides to side with her friends and find a way to stop her father.
Check out The Archies Trailer here:
The Archies has already released two songs — Va Va Vroom and Sunoh. Both the songs have been penned by Javed Akhtar. While Sunoh has been composed by Ankur Tiwari, Va Va Vroom is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.
Last month, speaking at the Bollywood Hungama OTT India Fest 2023, Zoya explained the reason she chose to opt for newcomers for the film. “We were clear that we wanted newcomers because they are such iconic characters and getting anybody who is already very well-known would bring their baggage onto it or their image onto it, good or bad. Also, they (characters) are 17-year-old in the film, so we needed kids that were teenagers,” the filmmaker said.
Zoya said when streamer Netflix made her “an offer” to adapt and set the popular comics in India, the “Gully Boy” director said she couldn’t refuse. “I didn’t know what I wanted to do next, they got ‘Archies’ to me, which is one of our favourite comics, I grew up on this. I was like, ‘How can I take this, retain its essence and make it from India?’ “Since it’s a global IP, I need to be able to take something from here and do it in a language that retains its original essence and speaks to kids today. We were excited about that. We have done whatever we wanted to and now we are getting scared, as always,” she added.
