Zoya Akhtar On The Friendship Of The Archies Cast Including Suhana Khan, Khushi Kapoor: 'I Hope They Champion Each Other'
Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar’s upcoming directorial ‘The Archies’, will be released on Netflix on December 7. Zoya wished the cast the best of luck as this film will mark each actor's cinematic debut.
New Delhi: Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar’s upcoming directorial ‘The Archies’, will be released on Netflix on December 7. The film marks the acting debut of superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan’s daughter Suhana; Sridevi and film producer Boney Kapoor’s daughter Khushi; and megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s grandson Agastya Nanda. Apart from these three, it also features Dot, Mihir Ahuja, Vedang Raina, and Yuvraj Menda. Zoya has wished the cast the best of luck as this film will mark each actor's cinematic debut.
Taking to Instagram, she posted a black and white picture of the cast. All the actors appeared side by side and were seen smiling, with an 'Archies' billboard in the background in Mumbai's Western Express Highway.
She captioned the post: "Your first hoarding is up kiddos. May there be many more. May you never stop working hard and forever remain wide eyed. I wish you the world."
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Meanwhile, in an interview with Vogue, Zoya talked about how these actors developed bonds with each other during the shoot. She told Vogue, “I hope they champion each other throughout the course of their respective careers because they’ve been so good—they’ve been good for each other and they’ve been good with each other.”
She also spoke about the preparations the actors went through before starting the shoot. "I wanted them to be over all of that by the time they came to set, so it was very important for them to get along with one another. There was this big boot camp where they had dance classes, acting workshops and cinematography training. Acting is a technical job. They had to learn how to cycle and skate. They did very well, of course, but the beauty of it was that I got to vicariously relive my debut through them because everything was a new experience for them. Their constant wide-eyedness, which I'd kind of forgotten, filled me with so much joy,” she told Vogue.
Based on the 1960’ American comic book of the same name, according to the film makers, ‘Archies’ is a retro teen-comedy set in the 1960s which explores themes of friendship, freedom, love, heartbreak and rebellion through the lives of Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Reggie, Ethel and Dilton. It will take audiences to the fictional hilly town of Riverdale.
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