The Archies
2023 Hindi Movie
Drama Musical Romance Comedy
The Archies isn’t ALL show and no substance.The usually bitchy-ness one expects to be the flavor of a high school story, is replaced by kindness and acceptance. A sweet moment between Dilton and Reggie made my cold heart happy. There is a rather random but enjoyable little bop about how everything is political, right from the lunch we eat to the way we dress for school. In a lesser film, this would have been a dance off between 2 women fighting over the attention of a boy. Here it is a sing along goading its young viewers, into political action, the sequence setting the stage for a later sequence with a group of kids standing up against town management to protect trees in the city park. The writing ALSO wants to talk about what it means to be “Indian”, why minorities deserve to live where they chose to, and in portions these attempts at civic statements come through. There is also a slightly too underlined, but memorable scene where Reggie’s publisher father, played by Luke Kenny tells Reggie about the importance of a free press, and what it is like to be a journalist operating under the government’s eye. If the internet has shown us anything recently, is that genz is today very much interested in talking about all the above. Even if Agastya looks only mildly amused amidst it all.
In March 2021, it was announced that Zoya Akhtar's next would be an adaptationof a comic book series. Not just any series — the Archie Comics. She was joined by Ayesha Devitre...
Being from the age of Archies, having devoured 'Archies' daily in my teenageyears, I found the casting uncrafted. Suhana and Khushi were absolutely poor at conversing in Hindi...
If "Student Of The Year" was made in 1960s.The Archies is based on archies comics, and it does less than decent effort to give that feel and vibe of comics with all the...
Isse acha toh Riverdale hi dekh leti
It's cute and .. . . . . that is it!
A good movie indeed.A teenage drama with a big job in hand and plenty of messaging. Actors are all great and every scene in the movie is close to a painting. I was looking for...
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Filmmaker vs Star kids!
I had very high hopes because afterall it is Zoya's movie, but this one fellflat for me and sadly now lists last in her filmography for me. I could feel the cuteness via frames,...
"Bizarre"
Set in 1960s, The Archies takes place in a fictional town called Riverdale,which mainly harbours people of the Anglo-Indian community. The idea of selecting an Anglo-Indian...
Please go and watch The Archies because it is a beautiful movie which has avery relevant message. I congratulate the entire cast and crew for bringing this film to light. Also...