The Archies Movie Review Rating:
Star Cast: Agastya Nanda, Khushi Kapoor, Suhana Khan, Vedang Raina, Mihir Ahuja, Yuvraj Menda, Dot.
Director: Zoya Akhtar
The Archies Movie Review Out ( Photo Credit – Instagram )
What’s Good: Aesthetics, looks, feel!
What’s Bad: Story, narration, screenplay, dialogues, performances, existence!
Loo Break: There are 16 songs; choose any of them!
Watch or Not?: Only if you haven’t read Archie’s comics, because if you have, you’ll hate it even more
Available On: Netflix
Runtime: 2 hours 23 minutes
User Rating:
It’s 1964, we are in Riverdale, a fictional hilltown set in North India dominated by an Anglo-Indian community; and we’re introduced to ‘Green Park’ by Archie Andrews (Agastya Nanda), who explains the history attached to it. Apart from loving Green Park, Archie also likes the Brunnete Veronica Lodge (Suhana Khan) and Blonde Betty Cooper (Khushi Kapoor) at the same time.
The confusing love...
Star Cast: Agastya Nanda, Khushi Kapoor, Suhana Khan, Vedang Raina, Mihir Ahuja, Yuvraj Menda, Dot.
Director: Zoya Akhtar
The Archies Movie Review Out ( Photo Credit – Instagram )
What’s Good: Aesthetics, looks, feel!
What’s Bad: Story, narration, screenplay, dialogues, performances, existence!
Loo Break: There are 16 songs; choose any of them!
Watch or Not?: Only if you haven’t read Archie’s comics, because if you have, you’ll hate it even more
Available On: Netflix
Runtime: 2 hours 23 minutes
User Rating:
It’s 1964, we are in Riverdale, a fictional hilltown set in North India dominated by an Anglo-Indian community; and we’re introduced to ‘Green Park’ by Archie Andrews (Agastya Nanda), who explains the history attached to it. Apart from loving Green Park, Archie also likes the Brunnete Veronica Lodge (Suhana Khan) and Blonde Betty Cooper (Khushi Kapoor) at the same time.
The confusing love...
- 12/7/2023
- by Umesh Punwani
- KoiMoi
When Zoya Akhtar was approached some years ago by Graphic India to see if she was interested in adapting American comic The Phantom, her first question was whether the Archies comics were available for adaptation.
Like many Indians of her generation, she had been an avid reader of the comics as a child: “I remember cycling to the library to get the double digest, then would come back home and nobody could get a word out of me, I was just reading that comic,” Akhtar tells Deadline.
She says the appeal of the comics is that they were a portal into the West at a time when India was still not totally liberalized and there was no cable and satellite TV to provide a window into the wider world. “It showed us everything about Western culture – how people dressed, what they were listening to, what food they were eating, so...
Like many Indians of her generation, she had been an avid reader of the comics as a child: “I remember cycling to the library to get the double digest, then would come back home and nobody could get a word out of me, I was just reading that comic,” Akhtar tells Deadline.
She says the appeal of the comics is that they were a portal into the West at a time when India was still not totally liberalized and there was no cable and satellite TV to provide a window into the wider world. “It showed us everything about Western culture – how people dressed, what they were listening to, what food they were eating, so...
- 12/7/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
The first image that the word ‘Bollywood’ conjures up is one of song and dance. And Netflix’s “The Archies” promises to be a prime example of that.
“The Archies” is a 1960s-set feature film adaptation of the Archie comics, which are hugely popular on the Indian subcontinent. The musical drama is directed by Zoya Akhtar and produced by Akhtar and Reema Kagti (“Dahaad”) for Tiger Baby and Sharad Devarajan for Graphic India. It is written by Kagti, Akhtar and Ayesha DeVitre (“Kapoor & Sons”).
Young actors Mihir Ahuja, Dot, Yuvraj Menda and Vedang Raina feature in the film’s cast. The offspring of Bollywood royalty are debuting in the film, including Khushi Kapoor, the daughter of the late actor Sridevi and producer Boney Kapoor and sister of Janhvi Kapoor; superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan; and Agastya Nanda, the grandson of revered actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan.
“The Archies” is a 1960s-set feature film adaptation of the Archie comics, which are hugely popular on the Indian subcontinent. The musical drama is directed by Zoya Akhtar and produced by Akhtar and Reema Kagti (“Dahaad”) for Tiger Baby and Sharad Devarajan for Graphic India. It is written by Kagti, Akhtar and Ayesha DeVitre (“Kapoor & Sons”).
Young actors Mihir Ahuja, Dot, Yuvraj Menda and Vedang Raina feature in the film’s cast. The offspring of Bollywood royalty are debuting in the film, including Khushi Kapoor, the daughter of the late actor Sridevi and producer Boney Kapoor and sister of Janhvi Kapoor; superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan; and Agastya Nanda, the grandson of revered actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan.
- 12/7/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The trailer of the upcoming streaming Bollywood film ‘The Archies’ was unveiled on Thursday, and it follows the life of seven teenagers in the idyllic fictional town of Riverdale. The film stars a bunch of newcomers including Suhana Khan – the daughter of Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan, Agastya Nanda – the grandson of veteran Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Khushi Kapoor – the daughter of producer Boney Kapoor.
The 3 minute long trailer shows the titular character of Archie Andrews, essayed by Agastya, who is a compulsive flirt and has his eyes set on Veronica, portrayed by Suhana, and Betty portrayed by Khushi, both of whom are best friends.
The trailer shows the group of teenagers wrestling with love, heartache, friendship and rebellion as it offers a glimpse into the world of the film, set in the hilly town of Riverdale, in the India of the 1960s.
The conflict in the film arises...
The 3 minute long trailer shows the titular character of Archie Andrews, essayed by Agastya, who is a compulsive flirt and has his eyes set on Veronica, portrayed by Suhana, and Betty portrayed by Khushi, both of whom are best friends.
The trailer shows the group of teenagers wrestling with love, heartache, friendship and rebellion as it offers a glimpse into the world of the film, set in the hilly town of Riverdale, in the India of the 1960s.
The conflict in the film arises...
- 11/9/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
The trailer of the upcoming streaming Bollywood film ‘The Archies’ was unveiled on Thursday, and it follows the life of seven teenagers in the idyllic fictional town of Riverdale. The film stars a bunch of newcomers including Suhana Khan – the daughter of Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan, Agastya Nanda – the grandson of veteran Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Khushi Kapoor – the daughter of producer Boney Kapoor.
The 3 minute long trailer shows the titular character of Archie Andrews, essayed by Agastya, who is a compulsive flirt and has his eyes set on Veronica, portrayed by Suhana, and Betty portrayed by Khushi, both of whom are best friends.
The trailer shows the group of teenagers wrestling with love, heartache, friendship and rebellion as it offers a glimpse into the world of the film, set in the hilly town of Riverdale, in the India of the 1960s.
The conflict in the film arises...
The 3 minute long trailer shows the titular character of Archie Andrews, essayed by Agastya, who is a compulsive flirt and has his eyes set on Veronica, portrayed by Suhana, and Betty portrayed by Khushi, both of whom are best friends.
The trailer shows the group of teenagers wrestling with love, heartache, friendship and rebellion as it offers a glimpse into the world of the film, set in the hilly town of Riverdale, in the India of the 1960s.
The conflict in the film arises...
- 11/9/2023
- by Agency News Desk
And the countdown begins! Get ready to meet Riverdale’s favourite set of teenagers. The Archies, a coming-of-age musical, follows the lives of Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Reggie, Ethel and Dilton who will take audiences to the fictional hilly town of Riverdale on 7th of December 2023. Seen through the lens of the unique Anglo-Indian community, The Archies explores friendship, freedom, love, heartbreak and rebellion.
The cast, many of whom are debuting in their first film, announced the date of launch along with their director, Zoya Akhtar with a live billboard on one of India’s busiest roads – Mumbai’s Western Express Highway. The billboard also has a countdown timer which tracks the number of days before the film launches on Netflix. Fans have already begun marking their calendar for this musical set in the 1960s.
The Indian adaptation of the beloved comics will see Dot play Ethel Muggs, Agastya Nanda...
The cast, many of whom are debuting in their first film, announced the date of launch along with their director, Zoya Akhtar with a live billboard on one of India’s busiest roads – Mumbai’s Western Express Highway. The billboard also has a countdown timer which tracks the number of days before the film launches on Netflix. Fans have already begun marking their calendar for this musical set in the 1960s.
The Indian adaptation of the beloved comics will see Dot play Ethel Muggs, Agastya Nanda...
- 8/29/2023
- by Editorial Desk
- GlamSham
Netflix has unveiled a new teaser for “The Archies,” a coming-of-age, live action musical set in 1960s India based on the teenagers of Riverdale.
“The Archies” is a feature film adaptation of the Archie comics, which are hugely popular on the Indian subcontinent.
The teaser, released during Netflix’s Tudum fan event, reveals that the film is set in 1964 in Riverdale, described on a railway sign as a “hill station,” a term dating back to colonial times that refers to a town located at a higher elevation than the nearby plain. One of the transport links servicing the hill stations are small mountain railway trains running on narrow gauge tracks, known affectionately in India as “toy trains” and the teaser opens with a shot of top train puffing into Riverdale station.
Once in the quaint town, the teaser reveals the iconic Pop Tate’s, a soda shop that Archie and his friends hang out at.
“The Archies” is a feature film adaptation of the Archie comics, which are hugely popular on the Indian subcontinent.
The teaser, released during Netflix’s Tudum fan event, reveals that the film is set in 1964 in Riverdale, described on a railway sign as a “hill station,” a term dating back to colonial times that refers to a town located at a higher elevation than the nearby plain. One of the transport links servicing the hill stations are small mountain railway trains running on narrow gauge tracks, known affectionately in India as “toy trains” and the teaser opens with a shot of top train puffing into Riverdale station.
Once in the quaint town, the teaser reveals the iconic Pop Tate’s, a soda shop that Archie and his friends hang out at.
- 6/17/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
‘The Archies’ Wraps Production
Production has wrapped up on “The Archies,” a Netflix coming-of-age, live action musical set in 1960s India, based on the teenagers of Riverdale and the popular comic book series of the same title. Directed by Zoya Akhtar (“Gully Boy”), the film stars the offspring of many of Bollywood’s current superstars. These include: Mihir Ahuja, Dot, Yuvraj Menda and Vedang Raina. They are joined by Khushi Kapoor, the daughter of the late actor Sridevi and producer Boney Kapoor and sister of Janhvi Kapoor; superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan; and Agastya Nanda, the grandson of revered actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. It was written by Akhtar, Reema Kagti and Ayesha Devitre. Production is by Tiger Baby (Akhtar and Kagti), Graphic India (Sharad Devarajan) and Archie Comics.
Hainan Under Way
The Hainan Island International Film Festival got under way on Sunday, after a delay...
Production has wrapped up on “The Archies,” a Netflix coming-of-age, live action musical set in 1960s India, based on the teenagers of Riverdale and the popular comic book series of the same title. Directed by Zoya Akhtar (“Gully Boy”), the film stars the offspring of many of Bollywood’s current superstars. These include: Mihir Ahuja, Dot, Yuvraj Menda and Vedang Raina. They are joined by Khushi Kapoor, the daughter of the late actor Sridevi and producer Boney Kapoor and sister of Janhvi Kapoor; superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan; and Agastya Nanda, the grandson of revered actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. It was written by Akhtar, Reema Kagti and Ayesha Devitre. Production is by Tiger Baby (Akhtar and Kagti), Graphic India (Sharad Devarajan) and Archie Comics.
Hainan Under Way
The Hainan Island International Film Festival got under way on Sunday, after a delay...
- 12/19/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The Archies, based on the iconic comic and set in the fictional town of Riverdale in the 60s, makes its way to India with Netflix and Tiger Baby. A video message from ‘The Archies’ director Zoya Akhtar in conversation with the CEO of Archie Comics, Jon Goldwater was shared at Netflix Films Day in Mumbai, in anticipation of the first-ever Archie feature film. Singer and Music Supervisor of The Archies, Ankur Tewari with band – The Islanders presented a live musical showcase of the magical world of The Archies.
Director and producer at Tiger Baby, Zoya Akhtar shared, “It’s been an absolute honour to be asked to make an Indian adaptation and the first-ever film for this very iconic Archies franchise. This is a surreal experience since Archie Comics was a part of my childhood. It is super exciting to take these beloved characters and introduce them to a new...
Director and producer at Tiger Baby, Zoya Akhtar shared, “It’s been an absolute honour to be asked to make an Indian adaptation and the first-ever film for this very iconic Archies franchise. This is a surreal experience since Archie Comics was a part of my childhood. It is super exciting to take these beloved characters and introduce them to a new...
- 8/29/2022
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
The offspring of Bollywood superstars are debuting in “The Archies,” Netflix’s coming-of-age, live action musical set in 1960s India based on the teenagers of Riverdale.
Young actors Mihir Ahuja, Dot, Yuvraj Menda and Vedang Raina will feature in the film’s cast. They are joined by Khushi Kapoor, the daughter of the late actor Sridevi and producer Boney Kapoor and sister of Janhvi Kapoor; superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan; and Agastya Nanda, the grandson of revered actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan.
The feature film adaptation of the Archie comics, which are hugely popular on the Indian subcontinent, will be produced by Akhtar and Reema Kagti for Tiger Baby and Sharad Devarajan for Graphic India. It is written by Kagti, Akhtar and Ayesha DeVitre (“Kapoor & Sons”).
Set in the 1960s, the musical drama is directed by Zoya Akhtar (“Gully Boy”). “A musical experience bursting with youth,...
Young actors Mihir Ahuja, Dot, Yuvraj Menda and Vedang Raina will feature in the film’s cast. They are joined by Khushi Kapoor, the daughter of the late actor Sridevi and producer Boney Kapoor and sister of Janhvi Kapoor; superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan; and Agastya Nanda, the grandson of revered actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan.
The feature film adaptation of the Archie comics, which are hugely popular on the Indian subcontinent, will be produced by Akhtar and Reema Kagti for Tiger Baby and Sharad Devarajan for Graphic India. It is written by Kagti, Akhtar and Ayesha DeVitre (“Kapoor & Sons”).
Set in the 1960s, the musical drama is directed by Zoya Akhtar (“Gully Boy”). “A musical experience bursting with youth,...
- 5/14/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
And The Iifa Awards Winners are:
Best Playback Singer Female– Kanika Kapoor (‘Da Da Dasse’ – Udta Punjab) and Tulsi Kumar (‘Soch Na Sake’ –Airlift )
Best Playback Singer Male– Amit Mishra (‘Bulleya’ – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
Best Lyricist– Amitabh Bhattacharya (‘Channa Mereya’ – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
Best Music Director-Pritam (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
Myntra Style Icon Award-Alia Bhatt
Woman of the Year– Taapsee Pannu (Pink)
Best Negative Role– Jim Sarbh (Neerja)
Best Performance in a Comic Role– Varun Dhawan (Dishoom)
Best Debut Male– Diljit Dosanjh (Udta Punjab)
Best Debut Female– Disha Patani (M.S. Dhoni)
Supporting Actor Female– Shabana Azmi (Neerja)
Supporting Actor Male – Anupam Kher (M.S. Dhoni)
Best Actor in a Leading Role Female– Alia Bhatt (Udta Punjab)
Best Actor in a Leading Role Male– Shahid Kapoor (Udta Punjab)
Best Story– Ayesha Devitre Dhillon, Shakun Batra (Kapoor & Sons)
Best Direction– Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury (Pink)
Best Picture– Neerja...
Best Playback Singer Female– Kanika Kapoor (‘Da Da Dasse’ – Udta Punjab) and Tulsi Kumar (‘Soch Na Sake’ –Airlift )
Best Playback Singer Male– Amit Mishra (‘Bulleya’ – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
Best Lyricist– Amitabh Bhattacharya (‘Channa Mereya’ – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
Best Music Director-Pritam (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
Myntra Style Icon Award-Alia Bhatt
Woman of the Year– Taapsee Pannu (Pink)
Best Negative Role– Jim Sarbh (Neerja)
Best Performance in a Comic Role– Varun Dhawan (Dishoom)
Best Debut Male– Diljit Dosanjh (Udta Punjab)
Best Debut Female– Disha Patani (M.S. Dhoni)
Supporting Actor Female– Shabana Azmi (Neerja)
Supporting Actor Male – Anupam Kher (M.S. Dhoni)
Best Actor in a Leading Role Female– Alia Bhatt (Udta Punjab)
Best Actor in a Leading Role Male– Shahid Kapoor (Udta Punjab)
Best Story– Ayesha Devitre Dhillon, Shakun Batra (Kapoor & Sons)
Best Direction– Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury (Pink)
Best Picture– Neerja...
- 7/16/2017
- by BollySpice Editors
- Bollyspice
When the family secret that unravels towards the end of Kapoor & Sons makes it seem that things will fall apart and the centre will not hold, director Shakun Batra manages to make the loose ends come together in a messy kind of way that is so integral to the way families are. Never one. Ever always fun. All tangled in inter-personal relations, governed by emotions that they seldom understand. So who are we to judge them?
It was Leo Tolstoy who said it. “All happy families are alike. Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The family in Kapoor & Sons, played with magnificent eloquence by actors who know their job, is happy on the surface. But scratch the polished exterior, and you get frightening fissures.
It is up to the outsider who peers into the family scene to make some sense of what lies beneath.
And this Kapoor family – my God!
It was Leo Tolstoy who said it. “All happy families are alike. Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The family in Kapoor & Sons, played with magnificent eloquence by actors who know their job, is happy on the surface. But scratch the polished exterior, and you get frightening fissures.
It is up to the outsider who peers into the family scene to make some sense of what lies beneath.
And this Kapoor family – my God!
- 3/21/2016
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Recently, one of the beautiful states of India, Kashmir, was hit by heavy floods and many tourists as well as locals have been trapped there owing to the natural calamity. One of them who got affected by this was director Shakun Batra.
Shakun Batra who directed the short spoof video on actress Alia Bhatt titled 'Alia Bhatt: Genius of the Year', took off to the beautiful valley in order to attend a friend's wedding in Srinagar. After the news of floods in Kashmir hit the web, his friends and well wishers in Mumbai were trying to contact him but in vain. However, one of his friends Ayesha Devitre was lucky enough to get through and she revealed that Shakun contacted her on September 7 from an unknown number to inform her that he is safe but since then she hasn't spoke to him. She also further added that while...
Shakun Batra who directed the short spoof video on actress Alia Bhatt titled 'Alia Bhatt: Genius of the Year', took off to the beautiful valley in order to attend a friend's wedding in Srinagar. After the news of floods in Kashmir hit the web, his friends and well wishers in Mumbai were trying to contact him but in vain. However, one of his friends Ayesha Devitre was lucky enough to get through and she revealed that Shakun contacted her on September 7 from an unknown number to inform her that he is safe but since then she hasn't spoke to him. She also further added that while...
- 9/11/2014
- BollywoodHungama
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