‘The Archies’, a Zoya Akhtar spectacle produced by Tiger Baby, Graphic India and Archie Comics that transports the audience to the whimsical world of 1960s Riverdale somewhere in India, is creating streaming waves since it dropped on Netflix this week.
The musical narrative is led by seven charming characters from the beloved Archie comics, steering through the retro alleys of love, friendship, and youthful aspirations. The central message of the musical packed with star kids is: “You are never too young to change the world”.
Director Zoya Akhtar shared: “Having spent a lot of my childhood living in an Archie Comic, I'm thrilled to introduce Riverdale to this generation.
“The characters are iconic, their teenage life innocent, the world simpler, a time when less was more. Archie Comics, Netflix, Tiger Baby and Graphic India were in complete sync and wanted the adaptation to be as wholesome as the original comic was. It’s clean young adult content and was very fresh for Reema and me to work on. It’s also very exciting that a global IP chose the India film industry to make its first feature. Excited to get it out there.”
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Monika Shergill, Vice president for Content at Netflix, added: “The Archie comics, with their timeless charm and universal theme of friendship was a loved IP to adapt to the Indian cultural tapestry.
“We set out with the ambition to make a live action film with an Indian twist, and Zoya and Reema were the perfect choice to bring the story to life. They are incredible storytellers and have made a film full of colour and heart, fantastic characters and toe-tapping songs. The Archies is truly a family entertainer with a touch of delicious nostalgia."
The film stars Amitabh Bachchan’s grandson Agastya Nanda as Archie, Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan as Veronica and Boney and Sridevi Kapoor’s younger daughter Khushi Kapoor as Betty. Mihir Ahuja as Jughead, Vedang Raina as Reggie and Yuvraj Menda Dilton complete the key characters of the comic book series. Singer-songwriter Dot plays the role of Ethel.
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Archie Comics is the leading mass market comic book publisher in the world and the home to a wide array of the most popular humour, action-adventure and superhero characters in entertainment, including Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, Reggie, Kevin Keller, Josie and the Pussycats, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Afterlife With Archie, the Dark Circle Comics superhero characters and many more. Archie Comics have sold over 2 billion comics worldwide and are published around the world in a number of languages.
